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Revision as of 22:30, 8 January 2011
Tar-Amandil | |
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Númenórean | |
Biographical Information | |
Other names | Ar-Aphanuzir (A) |
Titles | King of Númenor |
Language | Adûnaic, Sindarin and Quenya |
Birth | S.A. 192 |
Rule | S.A. 442 - 590 (de facto) S.A. 443 - 590 (de jure) |
Death | S.A. 603 (aged 411) |
Family | |
House | House of Elros |
Parentage | Vardamir |
Siblings | Aulendil, Nolondil and Vardilmë |
Children | Eärendur, Elendil and Mairen |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Gallery | Images of Tar-Amandil |
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.[source?]
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 |