Tar-Amandil
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Amandil means "Devoted to [[Aman]]" in [[Quenya]] (from ''-ndil'' "friend, lover, devoted to"). Like all the rulers of Númenor who took their royal names in Quenya, Amandil added the prefix ''tar-'' ("high") to his name when he received the Sceptre. | Amandil means "Devoted to [[Aman]]" in [[Quenya]] (from ''-ndil'' "friend, lover, devoted to"). Like all the rulers of Númenor who took their royal names in Quenya, Amandil added the prefix ''tar-'' ("high") to his name when he received the Sceptre. | ||
| − | His [[Adûnaic]] name was [[Ar-Aphanuzir]] | + | His [[Adûnaic]] name was [[Tar-Amandil|Ar-Aphanuzir]] |
== Genealogy == | == Genealogy == | ||
Revision as of 21:56, 6 July 2010
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| Tar-Amandil | |
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| Númenórean | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Other names | Ar-Aphanuzir |
| Birth | S.A. 192 |
| Rule | S.A. 442 (148 years) |
| Death | S.A. 603 (aged 411 years) |
| Family | |
| Parentage | Vardamir |
| Siblings | Aulendil, Nolondil, Vardilmë |
| Children | Eärendur, Elendil, Mairen |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
Tar-Amandil was the third King of Númenor. He ruled for 148 years, from 442 to 590 of the Second Age. Tar-Amandil was legally the third King, but actually its second ruler. His father, Vardamir Nólimon, declined to take the Sceptre upon the death of his own father, Elros Tar-Minyatur, and was only a titular King.
Tar-Amandil had three children: two sons, Elendil and Eärendur; and a daughter, Mairen. Just as his father had yielded the Sceptre before his death, Tar-Amandil abdicated in 590 and was succeeded by his eldest son Elendil, who would rule as Tar-Elendil. This tradition of renouncing the Sceptre a few years before death was observed by most of the rulers of Númenor until Tar-Atanamir.
Etymology
Amandil means "Devoted to Aman" in Quenya (from -ndil "friend, lover, devoted to"). Like all the rulers of Númenor who took their royal names in Quenya, Amandil added the prefix tar- ("high") to his name when he received the Sceptre.
His Adûnaic name was Ar-Aphanuzir
Genealogy
Tar-Vardamir | ________________|________________ | | | | | | | | TAR-AMANDIL Vardilmë Aulendil Nolondil | ____________|_________ | | | | | | Tar-Elendil Eärendur Mairen | | Tar-Meneldur
| Preceded by: Tar-Vardamir |
3rd King of NúmenorII 442 – 590
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Followed by: Tar-Elendil |