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Eärendil of Gondor

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Eärendil
Gondorian
Biographical Information
Position King of Gondor
Date of birth T.A. 48
Years of rule T.A. 238 - T.A. 324
Death (age and date) T.A. 324, aged 276 years
Personal Information
Gender Male
Parentage Cemendur
Children Anardil

Eärendil (Third Age 48 – 324, aged 276 years) was the fifth King of Gondor, ruling for 86 years, from Third Age 238 until his death.

The only recorded historical event to take place during Eärendil's reign was the birth of Elrond's daughter Arwen, three years after he took the throne. No one in Gondor at that could have known how significant that event would be: nearly three thousand years later, Arwen was to wed Aragorn II, a distant descendant of Eärendil's ancestor Elendil, and become Queen of his realm.

Eärendil rule was peaceful and he was succeeded by his son Anardil.

[edit] Genealogy

 Elendil
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 Cemendur
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 EÄRENDIL
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 Anardil
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 Ostoher

[edit] Inflection

Quenya noun
Eärendil
Case \ # Singular Case \ # Singular
Nominative Eärendil Locative Eärendilessë
Accusative Eärendil Allative Eärendilenna
Genitive Eärendilo Ablative Eärendi(le)llo
Possessive Eärendilwa Instrumental Eärendilenen
Dative Eärendilen *Respective Eärendiles
Asterisked forms are speculative. Chart may not be 100% canonical.
Preceded by:
Cemendur
5th King of Gondor
III 238 – 324
Followed by:
Anardil