Tar-Vanimeldë

Tar-Vanimeldë
Númenórean
Biographical Information
Titles	Ruling Queen of Númenor
Birth	S.A. 2277
Rule	S.A. 2526 - 2637 (111 years)
Death	S.A. 2637 (aged 360)
Family
House	House of Elros
Parentage	Tar-Telemmaitë
Spouse	Herucalmo
Children	Tar-Alcarin
Physical Description
Gender	Female
Gallery	Images of Tar-Vanimeldë

Tar-Vanimeldë was the daughter of Tar-Telemmaitë and the sixteenth Ruler of Númenor; the third and last Ruling Queen.

Tar-Vanimeldë gave little thought to the practicalities of government, preferring music and dancing. The day-to-day affairs of state she left to her husband Herucalmo, who was of noble descent himself (of the same degree from Tar-Atanamir), and who effectively ruled Númenor while his wife held the Sceptre.

When she died, her son Alcarin should have taken up the Sceptre, but Herucalmo refused to give up his power. Instead, though he had no legal claim to the throne, he took the name Tar-Anducal and ruled as King for the next twenty years. After Herucalmo's death, the kingship passed back to its rightful heir, his son, who became Tar-Alcarin.

Genealogy

Tar-Atanamir

Tar-Ancalimon

Tar-Telemmaitë

TAR-VANIMELDË

Herucalmo, (Tar-Anducal)

Tar-Alcarin

References

Preceded by: Tar-Telemmaitë

16th Ruler of Númenor (3rd Ruling Queen) II 2526 – 2637

Followed by: Tar-Anducal (de facto)