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}}'''Ailinel''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈa͡ɪlinel]}}, stem ''Ailinell-'') was the second child of [[Tar-Meneldur]] and [[Almarian]] of [[Númenor]]. Her elder brother was [[Tar-Aldarion|Aldarion]], who later became King [[Tar-Aldarion]], and her younger sister was [[Almiel]]. Ailinel wedded a noble named [[Orchaldor]], a descendant of the [[House of Hador]], and they had a son named [[Soronto]].  
}}'''Ailinel''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈa͡ɪlinel]}}, stem ''Ailinell-'') was the second of the three children of [[Tar-Meneldur]] and [[Almarian]] of [[Númenor]]. Her older brother [[Tar-Aldarion|Aldarion]] later became King [[Tar-Aldarion]]; her younger sister was [[Almiel]].<ref name="Early">{{UT|earlier}}</ref>  Ailinel married [[Orchaldor]], who was descended from the [[House of Hador]] and they had a son named [[Soronto]].<ref name="Wife">{{UT|Wife}}</ref>
 
Because her brother [[Tar-Aldarion]] had only one child — a daughter — he changed the law of succession so that his child could become a [[Ruling Queen of Númenor|Ruling Queen]]. According to some readings of [[Númenor]]'s complex laws of inheritance, if the law had not changed, Ailinel's son [[Soronto]] would have become [[Tar-Aldarion]]'s heir. If history had been different, then, Ailinel would have been the foremother of the succeeding Kings of [[Númenor]] (though sources differ on the technicalities of this point).


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Ailinel's name appears to incorporate the [[Quenya]] word for 'lake', ''[[ailin]]'', and the feminine suffix ''[[-el]]''.
Ailinel's name appears to incorporate one of the [[Quenya]] words for "lake", ''[[ailin]]'', and the feminine suffix ''[[-el]]''.
 
== Genealogy ==
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[[Category:House of Elros]]

Revision as of 16:20, 29 December 2013

Ailinel
Númenórean
Biographical Information
LocationNúmenor
LanguageAdûnaic, Sindarin and Quenya
BirthS.A. 712
Family
HouseHouse of Elros
ParentageTar-Meneldur and Almarian
SiblingsTar-Aldarion and Almiel
SpouseOrchaldor
ChildrenSoronto
Physical Description
GenderFemale

Ailinel (Q, pron. [ˈa͡ɪlinel], stem Ailinell-) was the second of the three children of Tar-Meneldur and Almarian of Númenor. Her older brother Aldarion later became King Tar-Aldarion; her younger sister was Almiel.[1] Ailinel married Orchaldor, who was descended from the House of Hador and they had a son named Soronto.[2]

Etymology

Ailinel's name appears to incorporate one of the Quenya words for "lake", ailin, and the feminine suffix -el.

Genealogy

 
 
Tar-Meneldur
 
Almarian
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tar-Aldarion
 
AILINEL
 
Orchaldor
 
Almiel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Soronto
 
 
 
 
 
 

References