Valandil (Lord of Andúnië)

From Tolkien Gateway
Revision as of 01:51, 7 August 2012 by Jacob T. Fawkes (talk | contribs) (added house infobox)
This article is about the Lord of Andúnië. For the King of Arnor, see Valandil (King of Arnor).
Valandil
Númenórean
Biographical Information
TitlesLord of Andúnië
AffiliationAdûnaic, Sindarin and Quenya
BirthS.A. 630
DeathAfter S.A. 870 (aged 240+)
Family
HouseHouse of Elros
ParentageSilmariën and Elatan
Physical Description
GenderMale

Valandil was the son of Elatan of Andúnië and Silmariën, the eldest daughter of Tar-Elendil, the fourth King of Númenor.[1] He became the first of the Lords of Andúnië, who ruled the city in Andustar in western Númenor.[2] As a ruler of one of the divisions of Númenor he was also a member of the Council of the Sceptre,[3] a position that was inherited by his descendants.[4]

Valandil's mother Silmariën was the eldest child of Tar-Elendil.[5] However, when it came time for Tar-Elendi to relinquish the Sceptre of Númenor it did not pass on to Silmariën or her sister Isilmë; instead it went to Tar-Elendil's third child Meneldur. The royal law of succession at that time (actually an unquestioned inherited custom) stated that the Sceptre was to be inherited by the Ruler's eldest son. Later, Tar-Meneldur's son Tar-Aldarion altered the law so that the eldest child of the King, whether man or woman, would receive the Sceptre.[1] Had this law existed when Tar-Elendil relinquished the Sceptre, Silmariën would have been the first Ruling Queen and Valandil and his descendants would have been the rulers of Númenor.

Instead Valandil became the first of the Lords of Andúnië, who were held in the highest honor after the Kings.[4] In time, one of the descendants of Valandil was Elendil,[6] the first High King of the Dúnedain in Middle-earth. Elendil's son was Isildur and from his line, many generations later, came Aragorn.

Valandil was a close cousin of Aldarion and twice hosted feasts for him in Andúnië, on the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Guild of Venturers and again in midsummer of S.A. 870 when the newly wedded Aldarion and Erendis visited.[1]

Etymology

Valandil means "Devoted to the Valar" in Quenya (from Vala and the suffix -ndil, 'friend of', 'devoted to').

Genealogy

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tar-Elendil
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elatan
 
Silmariën
 
Isilmë
 
Tar-Meneldur
 
Almarian
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
VALANDIL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tar-Aldarion
 
 

References

Valandil
House of Elros
Born: S.A. 630 Died: After S.A. 870
Preceded by:
None, Office created
1st Lord of Andúnië
S.A. 630 - c.870
Followed by:
Unknown,
eventually Eärendur


Template:Smallbrackets