Tar-Alcarin
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| Tar-Alcarin | |
|---|---|
| Númenórean | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Date of birth | S.A. 2406 |
| Years of rule | S.A. 2657 (de jure 2637) - 2737 (80 years) |
| Date of death | S.A. 2737 |
| Age at death | 331 years |
| Party | King's Men |
| Personal Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Parentage | Tar-Vanimeldë and Herucalmo |
| Children | Tar-Calmacil |
Tar-Alcarin was the seventeenth King of Númenor. His name means "the Glorious".
His parents were the Ruling Queen, Tar-Vanimeldë, and her husband, Herucalmo. Tar-Alcarin should have succeeded his mother upon her death, but Herucalmo usurped the Sceptre as Tar-Anducal. He ruled the Kingdom illegally for twenty years before he died, at which time Tar-Alcarin became the rightful King. Tar-Alcarin then removed his father from the Royal Line so he would never be recorded as a King of Númenor.
Despite the troubled beginning, Tar-Alcarin's reign was a peaceful one in Númenor. In Middle-earth, however, Sauron again ruled the lands. After his death, he was succeeded by his son Tar-Calmacil.
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| Preceded by: Tar-Anducal (de facto) | 17th King of NúmenorII 2657 – 2737
| Followed by: Tar-Calmacil |
