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'''Hyarmendacil II''' was the twenty-fourth [[King of Gondor]]. He was the son of King [[Aldamir]] and reigned from [[Third Age]] 1540 to 1621.
'''Hyarmendacil II''', born '''Vinyarion''', was the twenty-fourth [[King of Gondor]]. He was the son of King [[Aldamir]] and reigned from [[Third Age]] 1540 to 1621.


Born as [[Vinyarion]], his father Aldamir was slain in a war with the [[Haradrim]] in 1540 and Vinyarion wished to avenge Aldamir's death.
Vinyarion led Gondor's armies to avenge the death of his father, slain in a war with the [[Haradrim]]. In 1551 he won a great victory of the Haradrim and took the name Hyarmendacil II ([[Quenya]]: "South-victor"; after his ancestor [[Hyarmendacil I]]) to commemorate this achievement.
 
He accomplished this in 1551 with an astounding victory over the Haradrim and it was then when he proclaimed himself Hyarmendacil II (after his famous ancestor from the twelfth century Third Age)


He was succeeded by his son [[Minardil]] in 1621.
He was succeeded by his son [[Minardil]] in 1621.

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Hyarmendacil II
Gondorian
Biographical Information
Other namesVinyarion
PositionKing of Gondor
BirthT.A. 1391
RuleT.A. 1540 - T.A. 1621
DeathT.A. 1621, aged 230 years
Family
ParentageAldamir
ChildrenMinardil
Physical Description
GenderMale

Hyarmendacil II, born Vinyarion, was the twenty-fourth King of Gondor. He was the son of King Aldamir and reigned from Third Age 1540 to 1621.

Vinyarion led Gondor's armies to avenge the death of his father, slain in a war with the Haradrim. In 1551 he won a great victory of the Haradrim and took the name Hyarmendacil II (Quenya: "South-victor"; after his ancestor Hyarmendacil I) to commemorate this achievement.

He was succeeded by his son Minardil in 1621.

Preceded by:
Aldamir
24th King of Gondor
T.A. 1540 – 1621
Followed by:
Minardil