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| | | birth={{SA|2406}}<ref name=Tar-Alcarin>{{UT|Kings}}, entry XVII ''Tar-Alcarin''</ref> | ||
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| parentage=[[Tar-Vanimeldë]] and [[Tar-Anducal|Herucalmo]]<ref name=Tar-Vanimelde/> | |||
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| children=[[Tar-Calmacil]]<ref name=Tar-Calmacil>{{UT|Kings}}, entry XVIII ''Tar-Calmacil''</ref> | |||
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'''Tar-Alcarin''' was the seventeenth [[King of Númenor]].<ref name=Tar-Alcarin/> | |||
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== History == | |||
Tar-Alcarin was the son of [[Ruling Queen of Númenor|Ruling Queen]] [[Tar-Vanimeldë]] and [[Herucalmo]], a descendant of [[Tar-Atanamir]]. When Tar-Vanimeldë died in {{SA|2637}}, Herucalmo took the [[Sceptre]] for his own and assumed the name Tar-Anducal. Tar-Alcarin had to wait for twenty years until his father died before he could become the rightful King. "Tar-Anducal" being an usurper was not reckoned in the Line of Kings as the seventeenth ruler of [[Númenor]].<ref name=Tar-Vanimelde/> | |||
== Etymology == | |||
''Alcarin'' is a [[Quenya]] name. It means "the Glorious".<ref>{{App|Gondor}}, first paragraph, second sentence</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 24</ref> Paul Strack explains that ''Alcarin'' is the shortened form of ''alcarin(qua)''.<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://www.eldamo.org/content/words/word-1016580549.html|articlename=Q. ''Alcarin'' m.|website=Eldamo|accessed=25 December 2021}}</ref> | |||
== Genealogy == | |||
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| next=[[Tar-Calmacil]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:41, 19 March 2022
Tar-Alcarin | |
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Númenórean | |
Biographical Information | |
Titles | King of Númenor |
Location | Númenor |
Affiliation | King's Men |
Language | Adûnaic, Sindarin and Quenya |
Birth | S.A. 2406[1] |
Rule | S.A. 2637 - 2737 (de jure)[2] S.A. 2657 - 2737 (de facto)[1] |
Death | S.A. 2737[1] (aged 331) |
Family | |
House | House of Elros |
Parentage | Tar-Vanimeldë and Herucalmo[2] |
Children | Tar-Calmacil[3] |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Tar-Alcarin was the seventeenth King of Númenor.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
Tar-Alcarin was the son of Ruling Queen Tar-Vanimeldë and Herucalmo, a descendant of Tar-Atanamir. When Tar-Vanimeldë died in S.A. 2637, Herucalmo took the Sceptre for his own and assumed the name Tar-Anducal. Tar-Alcarin had to wait for twenty years until his father died before he could become the rightful King. "Tar-Anducal" being an usurper was not reckoned in the Line of Kings as the seventeenth ruler of Númenor.[2]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Alcarin is a Quenya name. It means "the Glorious".[4][5] Paul Strack explains that Alcarin is the shortened form of alcarin(qua).[6]
Genealogy[edit | edit source]
Tar-Telemmaitë 2136 - 2526 | |||||||||||||||
Tar-Vanimeldë 2277 - 2637 | Tar-Anducal 2286 - 2657 | ||||||||||||||
TAR-ALCARIN 2406 - 2737 | |||||||||||||||
Tar-Calmacil 2516 - 2825 | |||||||||||||||
Tar-Ardamin 2618 - 2899 | Gimilzagar b. 2630 | ||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor", entry XVII Tar-Alcarin
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor", entry XVI Tar-Vanimeldë
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor", entry XVIII Tar-Calmacil
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion", first paragraph, second sentence
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 24
- ↑ Paul Strack, "Q. Alcarin m.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 25 December 2021)
Tar-Alcarin House of Elros | ||
Preceded by: Tar-Vanimeldë (de jure) Tar-Anducal (de facto) | 17th King of Númenor S.A. 2637 - 2737 (de jure) S.A. 2657 - 2737 (de facto) | Followed by: Tar-Calmacil |
Kings of Númenor |
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Elros Tar-Minyatur (S.A. 32 - 442) · Tar-Vardamir* (442) · Tar-Amandil (442 - 590) · Tar-Elendil (590 - 740) · Tar-Meneldur (740 - 883) · Tar-Aldarion (883 - 1075) · Tar-AncalimëQ (1075 - 1280) · Tar-Anárion (1280 - 1394) · Tar-Súrion (1394 - 1556) · Tar-TelperiënQ (1556 - 1731) · Tar-Minastir (1731 - 1869) · Tar-Ciryatan (1869 - 2029) · Tar-Atanamir (2029 - 2221) · Tar-Ancalimon (2221 - 2386) · Tar-Telemmaitë (2386 - 2526) · Tar-VanimeldëQ (2526 - 2637) · Tar-Anducal† (2637 - 2657) · Tar-Alcarin (2657 - 2737) · Tar-Calmacil (2737 - 2825) · Tar-Ardamin (2825 - 2899) · Ar-Adûnakhôr (2899 - 2962) · Ar-Zimrathôn (2962 - 3033) · Ar-Sakalthôr (3033 - 3102) · Ar-Gimilzôr (3102 - 3177) · Tar-Palantir (3177 - 3255) · Ar-Pharazôn‡ (3255 - 3319) |
* Immediately abdicated in favour of his son · Q Ruling Queens · † Usurped throne. Later struck off the Line of Kings · ‡ Usurped throne from his cousin Tar-Míriel |