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Her envy of [[Bag End]] was well-known,<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Hobbit]]'', "[[The Return Journey]]"</ref> she could not wait to inherit it, and was furious when [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] made [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] his heir. However, when Frodo left for [[Rivendell]] he sold Bag End to Lobelia, but unfortunately Otho had died by then.<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[A Long-expected Party]]"</ref> | Her envy of [[Bag End]] was well-known,<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Hobbit]]'', "[[The Return Journey]]"</ref> she could not wait to inherit it, and was furious when [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] made [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] his heir. However, when Frodo left for [[Rivendell]] he sold Bag End to Lobelia, but unfortunately Otho had died by then.<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[A Long-expected Party]]"</ref> | ||
During [[The War of the Ring]], Lobelia was imprisoned in [[Lockholes]] for arguing with the [[Chief]]'s Men. When she came out, Lobelia was popular for the first time for bravely standing up to the [[Saruman]]'s [[Men]]. However, she was crushed to find out her son had died whilst she was in prison. | During [[The War of the Ring]], Lobelia was imprisoned in [[Lockholes]] for arguing with the [[Chief]]'s Men, and attacking one of them with an umbrella. When she came out, Lobelia was popular for the first time for bravely standing up to the [[Saruman]]'s [[Men]]. However, she was crushed to find out her son had died whilst she was in prison. | ||
After the War of the Ring, Lobelia returned to her home village of [[Hardbottle]] to live with the other [[Bracegirdle]]s, giving Bag End to Frodo. When she died, she gave her money to Frodo to be used to help [[hobbits]] left homeless by Saruman and her son.<ref name="Grey">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Return of the King]]'', "[[The Grey Havens]]"</ref> | After the War of the Ring, Lobelia returned to her home village of [[Hardbottle]] to live with the other [[Bracegirdle]]s, giving Bag End to Frodo. When she died, she gave her money to Frodo to be used to help [[hobbits]] left homeless by Saruman and her son.<ref name="Grey">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Return of the King]]'', "[[The Grey Havens]]"</ref> |
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Lobelia Sackville-Baggins | |
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Hobbit | |
Biographical Information | |
Other names | Lobelia Bracegirdle, Mistress Lobelia |
Location | Hardbottle, Hobbiton |
Birth | S.R. 1318 |
Death | S.R. 1420 |
Family | |
Parentage | Blanco Bracegirdle + Primrose Boffin |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Female |
Gallery | Images of Lobelia Sackville-Baggins |
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, née Bracegirdle (T.A. 2918 - 3020, died aged 102) was the second child, and only daughter, of Primrose Boffin and Blanco Bracegirdle.
History
Lobelia was a renowned character of the Shire, she married Bilbo's cousin Otho Sackville-Baggins, and they had one child together, Lotho, who was born in S.R. 1364.[1]
Her envy of Bag End was well-known,[2] she could not wait to inherit it, and was furious when Bilbo made Frodo his heir. However, when Frodo left for Rivendell he sold Bag End to Lobelia, but unfortunately Otho had died by then.[3]
During The War of the Ring, Lobelia was imprisoned in Lockholes for arguing with the Chief's Men, and attacking one of them with an umbrella. When she came out, Lobelia was popular for the first time for bravely standing up to the Saruman's Men. However, she was crushed to find out her son had died whilst she was in prison.
After the War of the Ring, Lobelia returned to her home village of Hardbottle to live with the other Bracegirdles, giving Bag End to Frodo. When she died, she gave her money to Frodo to be used to help hobbits left homeless by Saruman and her son.[4]
Genealogy
The Sackville-Baggins family tree.[1]
Mungo Baggins 1207-1300 | Laura Grubb 1214-1316 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Belladonna Took 1252-1334 | Bungo 1246-1326 | Belba 1256-1356 | Longo 1260-1350 | Camellia Sackville unknown | Linda 1262-1363 | Bingo 1264-1363 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bilbo 1290-1421+ | Otho Sackville-Baggins 1310-1412 | Lobelia Bracegirdle 1318-1420 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lotho 1364-1419 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Etymology
Sackville was the name of a relatively young Hobbit family.[5] Their name had an association with Baggins in that both contained an element for "bag/sack"; Sackville was a slightly more aristocratic version.[6] Tom Shippey argued that this "similarity" also provoked an antonymy: Bag End was used around England as a replacement of French cul-de-sac, "dead end street" - even Tolkien's own aunt Jane Neave lived in a house of that name. Tolkien did not like the Norman conquest of Britain, and made the Bagginses English. The name Sackville, however, is very Norman, as one of the few, if not the only, Hobbit family name.[7]
Other versions of the legendarium
In J.R.R. Tolkien's manuscript of The Hobbit the Sackville-Baggins were called the Allibone Baggins.[8] John D. Rateliff stated that the change to "Sackville" was penciled in about the time the story was being prepared for publication in 1936. The significance of "Allibone" is unknown although Mr. Rateliff thought it might relate to Alboin, a character in The Lost Road.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Baggins of Hobbiton"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "The Return Journey"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Long-expected Party"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Grey Havens"
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- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull (eds.), Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings, published in: Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, page 762
- ↑ Tom Shippey, J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century, page 10
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, John D. Rateliff (ed.), The History of The Hobbit, Return to Bag-End, The Third Phase, "The End of the Journey", p. 691
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, John D. Rateliff (ed.), The History of The Hobbit, Return to Bag-End, The Third Phase, "The End of the Journey", Text Note 14, p. 699
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