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'''Finduilas''' ({{TA|2950}} - {{TA|2988|n}})<ref name="Dol">{{PM|Elendil}}, ''The Line of Dol Amroth'', p. 221</ref> was the daughter of [[Adrahil II]] the [[Prince of Dol Amroth]]. She was the sister of [[Ivriniel]] and Prince [[Imrahil]] of [[Dol Amroth]].<ref name="Dol"/> She became the wife of [[Denethor|Denethor II]] and the mother of [[Boromir]] and [[Faramir]].
Named after [[Finduilas]], an [[Elves|Elf]]-maiden of the [[First Age]], she was of great beauty and gentle heart.<ref name="A">{{App|Stewards}}</ref>
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'''Finduilas''' was the sister of Prince [[Imrahil]] of [[Dol Amroth]].


Named after [[Finduilas]], an [[Elves|Elf]]-maiden of the [[First Age]], Finduilas of Dol Amroth (2950 - 2988) was the daughter of Prince Adrahil II, and had an older sister [[Ivriniel]] in addition to her brother Imrahil.
==History==
In {{TA|2976}} she was wed to the much older [[Denethor]], son of [[Ecthelion II]] the [[Steward of Gondor]].<ref name="B">{{App|TA}}</ref>


In 2976 of the [[Third Age]] she was wed to the much older [[Denethor II|Denethor]], son of [[Ecthelion II]] the [[Steward of Gondor]]. A description of Lady Finduilas is given in Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings ''[[The Return of the King]]'': "She was a lady of great beauty and gentle heart, but before twelve years had passed she died. Denethor loved her, in his fashion, more dearly than any other, unless it were the elder of the sons that she bore him. But it seemed to men that she withered in the guarded city, as a flower of the seaward vales set upon a barren rock. The shadow in the east filled her with horror, and she turned her eyes ever south to the sea that she missed" (1067).
In {{TA|2978}} she gave birth to [[Boromir]],<ref name="B"/> most loved by his father. In {{TA|2983|n}} she gave birth to her second son, [[Faramir]],<ref name="B"/> and afterwards grew weak. Faramir was ignored by his father, and she did her best to raise him on her own.


In 2978 she gave birth to a son [[Boromir son of Denethor II|Boromir]], who became loved by his father. In 2983 she gave birth to her second son, [[Faramir son of Denethor II|Faramir]], and after grew weak. Faramir was ignored by his father, and she did her best to raise him on her own.
In {{TA|2984}} Ecthelion died, and Denethor became Steward of Gondor.<ref name="B"/> Nevertheless the health of the Lady Finduilas dwindled in the city. The [[shadow]] of [[Mordor]] filled her with horror while she never stopped missing the sea,<ref name="A"/> and four years later she died at the very young age of thirty-eight (considering her heritage as a [[Dúnedain|Dúnadan]]).  


In 2984 Ecthelion suddenly died, and Denethor became Steward of Gondor. Nevertheless the health of the Lady Finduilas dwindled, and four years later she died at the very young age of thirty-eight (considering her heritage as a [[Dúnedain|Dúnadan]]). Denethor never remarried, and "became more grim and silent than before" (1067). It was not long after her death that he "would sit long alone in his tower deep in thought, foreseeing that the assault of Mordor would come in his time" (1067). Thus he began using the [[palantíri|palantír]] of [[Minas Tirith in Gondor|Minas Tirith]], and the despair fed to his mind led to his ultimate insanity and suicide some thirty-one years later.
==Legacy==
Denethor never remarried, and became more grim and silent than before. It was not long after her death that he would sit long alone in his tower deep in thought, foreseeing that the assault from Mordor would come in his time.<ref name="A"/> Thus he began using the [[palantíri|palantír]] of [[Minas Tirith]], and the despair fed to his mind led to his ultimate insanity and suicide some thirty-one years later.


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This article is about the wife of Denethor. For the Elf of the First Age, see Finduilas.
Finduilas
Gondorian
Catherine Chmiel - Denethor and Finduilas.jpg
Biographical Information
LocationGondor
LanguageWestron
BirthT.A. 2950
Dol Amroth
DeathT.A. 2988 (aged 38)
Minas Tirith
Family
HouseHouse of Dol Amroth
ParentageAdrahil II
SiblingsIvriniel and Imrahil
SpouseDenethor
ChildrenBoromir and Faramir
Physical Description
GenderFemale
GalleryImages of Finduilas

Finduilas (T.A. 2950 - 2988)[1] was the daughter of Adrahil II the Prince of Dol Amroth. She was the sister of Ivriniel and Prince Imrahil of Dol Amroth.[1] She became the wife of Denethor II and the mother of Boromir and Faramir.

Named after Finduilas, an Elf-maiden of the First Age, she was of great beauty and gentle heart.[2]

History

In T.A. 2976 she was wed to the much older Denethor, son of Ecthelion II the Steward of Gondor.[3]

In T.A. 2978 she gave birth to Boromir,[3] most loved by his father. In 2983 she gave birth to her second son, Faramir,[3] and afterwards grew weak. Faramir was ignored by his father, and she did her best to raise him on her own.

In T.A. 2984 Ecthelion died, and Denethor became Steward of Gondor.[3] Nevertheless the health of the Lady Finduilas dwindled in the city. The shadow of Mordor filled her with horror while she never stopped missing the sea,[2] and four years later she died at the very young age of thirty-eight (considering her heritage as a Dúnadan).

Legacy

Denethor never remarried, and became more grim and silent than before. It was not long after her death that he would sit long alone in his tower deep in thought, foreseeing that the assault from Mordor would come in his time.[2] Thus he began using the palantír of Minas Tirith, and the despair fed to his mind led to his ultimate insanity and suicide some thirty-one years later.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "VII. The Heirs of Elendil", The Line of Dol Amroth, p. 221
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion", "The Stewards"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"