Why is Joffrey death called the purple wedding?

The wedding of Joffrey and Margaery has been dubbed the Purple Wedding by fans for various reasons. The poison used to kill Joffrey is smuggled to the wedding in the purple amethyst hairnet of Sansa Stark, while the wine the king drinks is described first as dark red and soon after as purple.
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Is the red wedding before Joffrey dies?

It ends with Joffrey's death after drinking poisoned wine at the reception, a plot development that despite being in the books came as a shock to viewers since it abruptly killed the show's principal villain just a few episodes after the Red Wedding had violently killed off several of the show's protagonists.
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How much did the purple wedding cost?

Unsurprisingly, the notorious Purple Wedding would have been the most expensive, given Joffrey's excessive taste and the event's regality. In fact, it would have cost $10,308,179, which needless to say, is a freakin' lot.
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How did the poison get into Joffrey's wine?

During the feast, the Tyrell matriarch sneakily took the poisoned stone from Sansa's necklace and put it in Joffrey's wine glass while he was mocking his uncle, cutting open his wedding cake with a sword, and just acting the pompous fool in general. The Kingchild drank the toxic alcohol and died - painfully.
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Was Joffrey virgin?

In the TV series, Joffrey is never shown having had sex. Did he receive sexual gratification from harming people and animals? He did get off on it, yes.
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Olenna Tyrell Didn't Kill Joffrey Baratheon At The Purple Wedding: A Song Of Ice And Fire Theory



Is Joffrey inbred?

Joffrey was born of incest to Queen Cersei Lannister and her brother Jaime. However, the truth of his birth has been kept a secret and he was presented to the world as the son of King Robert Baratheon and heir to the Iron Throne.
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Is Joffrey Baratheon asexual?

Joffrey remained a pawn for the nobles' games in King's Landing until one of the players, Olenna Tyrell, poisoned him during his wedding feast. He appears to be asexual, never sleeping with his girlfriend or wife but frequently beating her for his amusement.
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Did cersei have a son before Joffrey?

Yes, she did have one legitimate Baratheon child. Back in season 1, Cersei explains to Catelyn Stark that the first time she got pregnant, the child was Robert's. However, the black-haired baby died of a fever shortly after it was born.
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Does Joffrey know his true father?

Originally Answered: Did Jeoffrey know that Robert was not his father and Jamie was? Nope. One of the biggest ironies is that Joffrey, for all of his many vile acts, DID legitimately believe that Robert was his father from birth to death.
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Was Margaery Tyrell a virgin?

I mean, officially, Margaery is a virgin. Even Loras is ambiguous about whether Margaery is a virgin or not, but it's definite that she didn't sleep with either of her husbands. Joffrey wasn't even interested in sex so much…
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Was Joffrey buried with his sword?

He never leaves the wedding with it however, as he is poisoned moments later. During the funeral service held in the Great Sept of Baelor, the sword is placed along Joffrey's corpse. While naturally, Widow's Wail would have been passed down to Tommen, by choice or advice, he never took up the weapon.
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How old was Cersei when she died?

Tywin Lannister is around 55 in the books but dies at age 67 in the show. Jaime and Cersei are aged up from 31 to 36 for the first season. The pair ends GoT at age 43. Tyrion is aged from 24 to 32, ending Game of Thrones at age 39.
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Was Joffrey's death painful?

But Joffrey's death scene is gruesome and ignoble. He dies painfully, awfully, convulsing, blood streaming from his nose, his eyes bugged, his skin translucent.
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How did Olenna put the poison in Joffrey's Cup?

Olenna would have the poison capsule in her hand, between two fingers. She dropped it into his cup.
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What is Joffrey's secret?

Joffrey was born of incest to Queen Cersei Lannister and her brother Jaime. However, the truth of his birth has been kept a secret (with only Stannis Baratheon to question it and confide his suspicions to Jon Arryn) and he was presented to the world as the son of King Robert Baratheon and heir to the Iron Throne.
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Who was responsible for poisoning Joffrey?

So, the killer was …

Olenna, obviously! Although she was helped by the fickle Petyr Baelish, who organised the poison for her. Once the admission of guilt was made, fans flocked back to season four to see if they could pick up on Olenna committing the crime.
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Why is it called the Purple wedding?

The wedding of Joffrey Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell has been dubbed the Purple Wedding by fans. The strangler, the poison used to kill Joffrey, is smuggled to the wedding in the deep purple amethysts in Sansa Stark's silver hair net, and the wine the king drinks is described first as dark red and soon after as purple.
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What is the biggest wedding in history?

#1 Prince Charles & Diana – $110 million

Witnessed personally by 3,500 people and broadcasted to 750 million TV viewers from around the globe the Royal Wedding between Prince Charles and Princess Diana in 1981 is simply the most expensive wedding ever.
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What poison did Jamie give olenna?

Essence of Nightshade — Fictional

Essence of nightshade is a powerful, fictional substance often used as a sedative, but just ten drops of it can be lethal.
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Why was the Red Wedding so shocking?

Game of Thrones' Red Wedding is one of the most heart-wrenching scenes in television history, depicting the moment where Robb Stark's mistake in deciding to marry Talisa cost him his life at the hands of the Freys, as well as the lives of Talisa, his mother Catelyn, his direwolf, and countless Stark bannermen.
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How did Jon Snow avenged the Red Wedding?

The result of the red wedding was that the Boltons became Wardens of the North by Royal decree. Now, the Boltons no longer exist as Lords or Wardens of the north. Jon Snow and Sansa took back Winterfell and destroyed House Bolton after winning the 'Battle of Bastards'.
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How did Sansa find out about the Red Wedding?

Sansa has learned from Tyrion the fate of her brother and mother at the Red Wedding. She and her husband join many other guests at the Queen's Ballroom to give Joffrey his wedding gifts. It is a new year, the 300th since Aegon's Conquest, and Joffrey's wedding is that night.
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Who is the father of Cersei's unborn child?

But in the process of trying to reason with his sister, Tyrion may have unintentionally turned the tide in Daenerys' favor. Earlier in the episode we saw Cersei tell Euron that she was pregnant and that he, not Jaime, was the father.
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