Imrazôr
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Imrazôr | |
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Gondorian | |
"Imrazôr and Mithrellas" by Steamey | |
Biographical Information | |
Other names | The Númenórean |
Titles | Prince of Belfalas[1] |
Location | Belfalas |
Birth | T.A. 1950 |
Death | T.A. 2076 (aged 126) |
Family | |
Parentage | Descendant of Adrahil I[note 1][1] |
Spouse | Mithrellas |
Children | Galador and Gilmith |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Gallery | Images of Imrazôr |
Imrazôr was a Gondorian Prince of Belfalas at the end of the second millennium of the Third Age. He was said to have wedded an Elf-maid named Mithrellas, a wandering companion of Nimrodel. His son Galador was the first Prince of Dol Amroth.[2]
Etymology
The meaning of the name is not known, however it includes Adûnaic zôr which means "flame" or "foam".
The first element imra (perhaps from *imar) is not translated but it also appears in the name Imrahil and perhaps Imâr.
Genealogy
Adrahil I c. 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IMRAZȎR 1950-2076 | Mithrellas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Galador 2004-2129 | Gilmith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princes of Dol Amroth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other Versions of the Legendarium
In an early manuscript Imrazôr and not his son was numbered as the first Prince of Dol Amroth.[3]
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", Amroth and Nimrodel
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "VII. The Heirs of Elendil", The Line of Dol Amroth, p. 221-222