I'd pronounce Aenys as "ay-NEES" since Rhaenys has been pronounced "ray-NEES" in the shows. Though Aerys was more like "EH-ris" so who knows.
He's the 2nd Targaryen king. His father was called The Conqueror and his younger brother was called The Cruel. He was an affable guy supposedly but known as a weak king. He had a short reign, died from stress induced cramps and loose bowels (although a LOT of Targaryens died from random things like that, so there's a fan theory that the Maesters were assassinating them, as part of a bigger conspiracy to eliminate magic; the Maesters had the monopoly on medical care for Westerosi nobility fyi).
Maybe it is supposed to bring to mind incontinence...
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