3. Catelyn Stark

Catelyn Stark, Lady of Winterfell, was born into House Tully and married into House Stark. She had a hard time adjusting to life in the North, but loved Ned and her children and would do anything for them.

Time of death: Season 3, episode 9, "The Rains of Castamere"

Cause of death: Black Walder Rivers slit her throat at the Red Wedding.

Sadness ranking: 9.5. The way the scene played out, it seemed like maybe she was going to make it if you hadn't read the books. And she had just seen Roose Bolton stab her son in the heart, and witnessed her daughter-in-law and unborn grandchild get stabbed to death.