Sackville-Baggins Family
The Sackville-Baggins Family was a branch of the Baggins Family.
History
Camellia Sackville was the daughter of the head of the Sackville Family.[1] She married Longo Baggins, the son of Mungo Baggins.[2] Some time prior to the birth of their first son, Otho, Camelia's father died. As was the custom in the "younger" families when there was no male heir, the headship passed to the daughter's eldest son. He would then use his mother's name, and add his father's to it. Thus, the Sackville-Baggins branch was created.[1]
Otho married Lobelia Bracegirdle of Hardbottle, and the two had one child, Lotho.[2] Despite being the heir of the wealthy[3] Sackville Family, the Sackville-Bagginses yearned for the headship of the Baggins Family, and more specifically, their residence, Bag End.[4] After the disappearance of Bilbo Baggins, the Sackville-Bagginses made an unsuccessful claim at the headship, but it was already passed to Frodo.[5]
Genealogy
The Sackville-Bagginses were descendants of Mungo Baggins, like Bilbo. They considered themselves the heir of the Baggins Family headship because Frodo Baggins was the descendant of Largo Baggins, Mungo's younger brother.[2]
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
Lobelia is a genus of the bellflower, named after Matthias de L'Obel.[6]
Other Versions of the Legendarium
In J.R.R. Tolkien's manuscript of The Hobbit the Sackville-Baggins were called the Allibone Baggins.[7] 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.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 214 (late 1958, early 1959)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Baggins of Hobbiton"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 25 (January or February 1938)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "The Return Journey"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "An Unexpected Party"
- ↑ Jim Allan, An Introduction to Elvish, "Giving of Names" p.195
- ↑ 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