Dale (Kingdom)

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| image = [[File:John Howe - Icon Dale.jpg|150px]]
| name = Kingdom of Dale
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| type = Monarchy (City state)
| headofstate = [[King of Dale]]
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| capital = [[Dale]]
| language = [[Language of Dale]]
| location = Northern [[Wilderland]], between the southwest and southeast arms of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]]
| populace= [[Northmen]]
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| established = {{TA|2944}}
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The '''kingdom of Dale''' was a city state formed in the [[Third Age]] by Northmen.

== Geography ==

The Kingdom of Dale was established in the Northen [[Wilderland]], just south of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]], near the banks of river [[River Running|Celduin]].

==Background==
The Township and Lordship of Dale was most propably formed around the year {{TA|2590}} by the Northmen who lived in that area for centuries. That was the time when [[Thrór]] brought his people back to Erebor. The Men of Dale may therefore have benefitted from an influx of neighboring peoples who hoped to trade with, inviting all their relatives from all over the region to join them, forming the city of [[Dale]].{{fact}} Dale saw great rise until the year {{TA|2758}}, when the [[Long Winter]] came.

In the year {{TA|2770|n}} [[Smaug]] attacked Dale, killing [[Girion]] and ruining the town for 172 years.
== History ==
After the [[Battle of Five Armies]], [[Bard|Bard the Bowman]] founded the Kingdom, and he was later titled King '''Bard I'''.

The Kingdom must have benefitted by the simultaneous refounding of the [[Kingdom under the Mountain]]. In the later years, the realm was said to extend far to the south and east of [[Esgaroth]]<ref>{{FR|Council}}</ref>, including perhaps all the lands between [[Carnen]] and [[Celduin]]<ref name=RF>[[Robert Foster]], ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'', entry "Dale"</ref>

Dale was sacked for a second time during the [[War of the Ring]] by invaders from [[Mordor]] and the [[Easterlings]]. The people of Dale took refuge in [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] with the Dwarves, and it was during the [[Battle of Dale]] that King [[Dáin Ironfoot]] of Erebor and King [[Brand]] of Dale were slain. However, after the fall of Sauron, the siege was broken and Dale rebuilt once more.

During the [[Fourth Age]], Dale was independent, but allied to the [[Reunited Kingdom]].<ref name=RF/>

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* [[Michael Martinez]], "[http://www.merp.com/essays/MichaelMartinez/michaelmartinezsuite101essay59 Resurrecting Dale]"

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Dale (Kingdom)