Bregolas

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Bregolas
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Biographical Information
TitlesLord of Ladros
PositionHead of the House of Bëor
LocationLadros
BirthF.A. 393
RuleF.A. 448-455
DeathF.A. 455 (aged 62)
Dagor Bragollach
Family
HouseHouse of Bëor
ParentageBregor
SiblingsBregil, Hirwen, Gilwen, Barahir
ChildrenBeleth, Baragund, Belegund
Physical Description
GenderMale
GalleryImages of Bregolas

Bregolas (F.A. 393-455[1]) was the third Lord of Ladros.

History[edit | edit source]

Bregolas was the elder son and third child of Bregor, fifth chieftain of the Bëorians, and he was a direct descendant of Bëor the Old. Bregolas inherited the lordship because his two elder siblings were females. His younger brother was Barahir, his two elder sisters were Bregil and Hirwen, and his youngest sister was Gilwen. Barahir his brother was the father of Beren Erchamion; Bregolas himself had two sons, Baragund the elder and Belegund the younger, and an only daughter Beleth who was his first child.[1] Bregolas fought in the Dagor Bragollach (Battle of Sudden Flames) beside the Elven-lords Angrod and Aegnor, younger sons of the Noldorin High-king Finarfin in Aman, and the brothers of the Elven-king Finrod Felegund in Beleriand; and Bregolas was eventually slain with the brothers. Bregolas was the grandfather of Morwen the daughter of Baragund, and Rían the daughter of Belegund.[2]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

In The Etymologies, Bregolas is said to be an Exilic Noldorin word for "fierceness", from the root BERÉK-.[3]

Genealogy[edit | edit source]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Boromir
338 - 432
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bregor
359 - 448
 
Andreth
361 - 455
 
Beril
b. 365
 
 
 
 
 
Beren
b. 374
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Arachon
unknown
 
Bregil
b. 386
 
Hirwen
389
 
BREGOLAS
393 - 455
 
Gilwen
b. 397
 
Barahir
400 - 460
 
Emeldir
b. 406
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brandir
b. 409
 
Beldis
b. 411
 
Beleth
b. 417
 
Baragund
420 - 460
 
Belegund
422 - 460
 
 
 
Beren
432 - 503
 
Lúthien
Y.T. 1200 - F.A. 503
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brandir the Lame
465 - 499
 
 
 
 
 
Morwen
441 - 501
 
Rían
450 - 472
 
 
 
 
 
Dior
470 - 506
 
 

Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]

In the The Grey Annals, created in the 1930s,[4] Bëor was directly followed by Bregolas and Barahir, who were his sons (and Bregolas was born in F.A. 400[5]). After publication of The Lord of the Rings a new genealogy for the House of Bëor was made in the 1950s and at that time four generations were inserted after Bëor, with Bregor becoming the father of Bregolas and Barahir.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)", (i) The House of Bëor, p. 231
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", root BERÉK-
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals", p, 3
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §124, p. 49
  6. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)", (i) The House of Bëor, p. 229
Bregolas
House of Bëor
Born: F.A. 393 Died: F.A. 455
Preceded by:
Bregor
6th Head of the House of Bëor
F.A. 448 - 455
Followed by:
Barahir
3rd Lord of Ladros
F.A. 448 - 455
None
Realm destroyed