Isumbras Took IV

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Isumbras Took IV
Biographical Information
Titles	Thain of the Shire
Location	Great Smials, Tuckborough
Birth	S.R. 1238
Rule	S.R. 1330 - 1339
Death	S.R. 1339 (aged 101)
Family
Family	Took
Parentage	Gerontius Took and Adamanta Chubb
Siblings	Isengrim, Hildigard, Hildigrim, Isembold, Hildifons, Isembard, Hildibrand, Belladonna, Donnamira, Mirabella and Isengar
Children	Fortinbras
Physical Description
Gender	Male

Isumbras Took IV was the twenty-eighth Thain of the Shire.

History

Isumbras was the third child, and second son, of Thain Gerontius. His father's office passed to his elder brother Isengrim III, but because of their father's longevity, Isengrim's reign did not last long. As he left no heir, Isumbras became Thain at the age of ninety-two, even older than his brother was. He served for nine years before he died, and the office passed to his son Fortinbras II.

Etymology

"Isumbras" is of French and Anglo-Saxon origin and means "iron-arm". It comes from the French bras meaning "arm", and the Anglo-Saxon and Middle High German word isen which means "iron".

Tolkien likely got the name from Sir Isumbras, an English medieval romance about a man who suffers a lifetime of hardship but who finds happiness in his latter years.

Genealogy

Fortinbras I 1145 - 1248

The Old Took 1190 - 1320

Adamanta Chubb unknown

Isengrim III 1232 - 1330

Hildigard (died young)

ISUMBRAS IV 1238 - 1339

9 children

Lalia Clayhanger 1283 - 1402

Fortinbras II 1278 - 1380

Ferumbras III 1316 - 1415

References

Born S.R. 1238	Isumbras Took IV Took Family	Died S.R. 1339
Preceded by Isengrim Took III	28th Thain of The Shire S.R. 1330 - 1339	Followed by Fortinbras Took II