Initially betrothed to Prince Joffrey Baratheon , the heir to the Iron Throne , Sansa travels to King's Landing in preparation for her nuptials, but essentially becomes a hostage of House Lannister following the execution of her father on trumped-up charges of treason. Under the sometimes unwitting tutelage of Cersei Lannister , Margaery Tyrell , and Petyr Baelish , Sansa becomes well-versed in politics and court intrigue, but suffers all the same. Even after escaping the capital and returning to her childhood home of Winterfell , she endures further hardship at the hands of House Bolton.
After escaping from Winterfell with the help of her father's former ward , Theon Greyjoy , and her sworn-sword, Brienne of Tarth , Sansa reunites with Jon at Castle Black.
Along with the support of the Free Folk , the knights of the Vale , and certain Northern houses, the two of them retake Winterfell from Ramsay Bolton , and Sansa becomes the Lady of Winterfell , whilst Jon is declared King in the North. Displeased at Jon for abdicating his title in favor of House Targaryen , she finds enmity with Queen Daenerys , who refuses to accept Northern independence in her restoration and quest for the Iron Throne. Following the Battle of King's Landing and Daenerys's subsequent assassination , Sansa declares the North an independent kingdom and is later crowned Queen in the North.
Sansa was born and raised at Winterfell. She has an older brother, Robb , two younger brothers, Bran and Rickon , a younger sister, Arya , and a " bastard half-brother" Jon Snow , with whom she had a distant relationship due to her mother's influence which, like her mother, Sansa later regretted.
Sansa enjoys proper "lady-like" pursuits and is good at sewing, embroidering, poetry, singing, dancing, literature, etiquette, history, and music. When she was young she dreamed of being a queen like Cersei Lannister , and that just like in the epic songs she would meet her knight in shining armor.
