Tar-Amandil
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Númenórean | |
Biographical Information | |
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 |
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.
Amandil had two siblings, Vardilmë Aulendil.
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
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TAR-AMANDIL Vardilmë Aulendil Nolondil
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Tar-Elendil Eärendur Mairen
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Tar-Meneldur
Preceded by: Tar-Vardamir |
3rd King of NúmenorII 442 – 590
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Followed by: Tar-Elendil |