Aldamir

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Aldamir
Gondorian
Biographical Information
Titles	King of Gondor
Birth	T.A. 1330
Rule	T.A. 1490 - 1540 (50 years)
Death	T.A. 1540 (aged 210)
Family
Parentage	Eldacar
Siblings	Ornendil
Children	Hyarmendacil II
Physical Description
Gender	Male

Aldamir (Q: "Tree-jewel", pron. [ˈaldamir]; T.A. 1330^[1] - T.A. 1540^[2]) was the twenty-third King of Gondor (Castamir being counted the twenty-second).

History

Aldamir was the younger son of Eldacar but followed him as King due to the death of his brother Ornendil at the hands of Castamir the Usurper during the Kin-strife. Although Castamir later paid with his life for the killing of Ornendil, the sons of the Usurper successfully escaped and established an independent and hostile lordship in Umbar. Aldamir would later fall in battle with rebelling kings of Harad who were in league with the rebels of Umbar.^[3]

In T.A. 1551, Aldamir's son Vinyarion won vengeance for his father with a great victory in Harad,^[4] after which he assumed the name of Hyarmendacil II.^[3]

Etymology

Aldamir is Quenya, from alda meaning "tree", and mírë meaning "jewel".

Genealogy

Valacar

Vidumavi

Eldacar

Ornendil

ALDAMIR

Hyarmendacil II

References

1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Heirs of Elendil"
2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "The Realms in Exile", "The Southern Line: Heirs of Anarion"
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"

Aldamir
Preceded by: Eldacar	23rd King of Gondor T.A. 1490 - 1540	Followed by: Hyarmendacil II