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Adrahil

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Gondorian
Adrahil
Biographical Information
TitlesPrince of Dol Amroth
BirthT.A. 2917
RuleT.A. 2977 - 3010 (33 years)
DeathT.A. 3010 (aged 93)
Family
HouseHouse of Dol Amroth
ParentageAngelimir
ChildrenIvriniel, Finduilas and Imrahil
Physical Description
GenderMale

Adrahil was the twenty-first Prince of Dol Amroth.[1]

History

Adrahil was the son of Angelimir. He became the twenty-first Prince of Dol Amroth after his father's death in T.A. 2977.[1]

Adrahil had three children. His oldest daughter, Ivriniel, his second daughter, Finduilas and his youngest child and only son, Imrahil.[2]

In T.A. 2976[3] Adrahil's daughter Finduilas married Denethor, the son of Steward Ecthelion II of Gondor.[4]

Two years later in T.A. 2978 Finduilas' older son Boromir was born and five years after that in T.A. 2983 her younger son Faramir was born.[5]

Five years after the birth of her second son Faramir, Finduilas died young at the age of 38 in T.A. 2988.[6]

Adrahil died in T.A. 3010 and was succeeded by his only son Imrahil.[1]

Etymology

Adrahil presumably is an Adûnaic name[7] of unknown meaning.

The second element -hil (also seen in the name Imrahil) perhaps is related to the Westron ending -kil (cf. banakil, Tarkil) meaning "man", ultimately related to Elvish "follower".[8]

Genealogy

Aglahad
2827 - 2932
Angelimir
2866 - 2977
ADRAHIL
2917 - 3010
Ivriniel
b. 2947
Finduilas
2950 - 2988
Denethor II
2930 - 3019
Imrahil
2955 - Fo.A. 34
Boromir
2978 - 3019
Faramir
2983 - Fo.A. 82
Elphir
2987 - Fo.A. 67
Erchirion
b. 2990
Amrothos
b. 2994
Lothíriel
b. 2999

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "VII. The Heirs of Elendil", The Line of Dol Amroth, p. 223
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "VII. The Heirs of Elendil", genealogical table, p. 221
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age", entry for the year 2976, p. 1089
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion", "The Stewards", entries for Steward Ecthelion II and Steward Denethor II, pp. 1055-56
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age", entries for the years 2978 and 2983, p. 1089
  6. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age", entry for the year 2988, p. 1089
  7. , manuscript F2, §9 footnote concerning names in Quenya
  8. Carl F. Hostetter, Patrick Wynne, "An Adunaic Dictionary", published in Vinyar Tengwar 25 (September 1992), pp. 16-17