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'''Edith Mary Tolkien (née Bratt)''' ([[21 January|January 21]], [[1889]] – [[29 November|November 29]], [[1971]]) was the daughter of Frances Bratt and Alfred Frederick Warrilow. She would become [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s wife. | '''Edith Mary Tolkien (née Bratt)''' ([[21 January|January 21]], [[1889]] – [[29 November|November 29]], [[1971]]) was the daughter of Frances Bratt and Alfred Frederick Warrilow. She would become [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s wife. | ||
Revision as of 14:57, 1 November 2020
- "...only the rarest good fortune brings together the man and woman who are really as it were 'destined' for one another, and capable of a very great and splendid love."
- ― J.R.R. Tolkien in Letter 43
Edith Mary Tolkien (née Bratt) (January 21, 1889 – November 29, 1971) was the daughter of Frances Bratt and Alfred Frederick Warrilow. She would become J.R.R. Tolkien's wife.
When Tolkien was living at 37 Duchess Road, Edgbaston, Edith was a young female lodger who lived in the bedroom beneath Tolkien and his brother Hilary.
They were married on Wednesday, 22 March, 1916 in Warwickshire, England. She was the mother of his four children: John, Michael, Christopher, and Priscilla.
J.R.R. Tolkien sometimes referred to Edith as the Lúthien to his Beren, and these names are inscribed on the grave they share.
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Edith Bratt | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Tolkien | Michael Tolkien | Faith Faulconbridge | Christopher Tolkien | Baillie Tolkien | Priscilla Tolkien | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simon Tolkien | Adam Tolkien | Rachel Tolkien | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||