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The '''Baggins Family''' were a remarkable and rich [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] family from [[The Shire]] which included two [[Ring-bearers]]: [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]].
The '''Baggins''' family is a remarkable and rich [[Hobbit]] family.


The Baggins family lives in [[the Shire]], mostly in or near the town of [[Hobbiton]]. They were seen as respectable until [[Bilbo Baggins]] set out on the quest for [[Erebor]] with [[Gandalf]] the Grey and twelve [[Dwarves]]: when he returned he was seen as odd or queer, but also extremely rich.
==History==
The Baggins clan traced their origin to the first recorded Baggins, one ''Balbo Baggins'', who was born in or near Hobbiton in {{SR|1167}}.


Bilbo adopted his "nephew" [[Frodo Baggins]], who inherited the ''smial'' of [[Bag End]] after Bilbo left. Frodo himself was involved in the quest of [[The Lord of the Rings]], which ended the [[War of the Ring]].
The Baggins family lived all around in [[the Shire]], mostly in or near the town of [[Hobbiton]]. They were seen as well to do and respectable, as well as very predictable, for it was said one could tell what a Baggins would say on any occasion without even the bother of asking him.<ref>{{H|1}}</ref> They had many connections to other aristocratic Hobbit families, like the [[Brandybucks]] and the [[Tooks]]; other branches were the [[Sackville-Baggins Family|Sackville-Bagginses]] and the [[Chubb-Baggins Family|Chubb-Bagginses]].


The Baggins clan traces their origin to the first recorded Baggins, one ''Balbo Baggins'', who was born in or near Hobbiton in 1167 of the Shire reckoning (2767 [[Third Age]]). Bilbo is a great-grandson of Balbo, as was Frodo's father Drogo.
Although generally speaking they never had any adventures or did anything unexpected,<ref>{{H|1}}</ref> its members with [[Took Family|Took]] blood were more adventurous. A notable example was [[Bilbo Baggins]] who set out on the quest for [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] with [[Gandalf]] the Grey and thirteen [[Dwarves]]; during his absence he was presumed dead and the headship of the family was in doubt, with [[Otho Sackville-Baggins|Otho]] of the Sackville-Baggins branch having the ambition of being head of two major families, until Bilbo returned alive.<ref name=fr1>{{FR|I1}}</ref><ref name=l214>{{L|214}}</ref> He was seen as odd or queer, but also extremely rich.


After Bilbo and Frodo left the only recorded Bagginses are the descendants of Bilbo's great-nephew ''Posco Baggins'', although many other descendants of Balbo Baggins are also recorded, under the ''Sackville-Bagginses'', as well as [[Peregrin Took]] and [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] (through various interfamiliary marriages).
Bilbo adopted his "nephew" [[Frodo Baggins]], who inherited the ''[[Smials|smial]]'' of [[Bag End]] (which did not sit well with Otho<ref name=fr1/>) after Bilbo left. Frodo himself was involved in the quest which ended the [[War of the Ring]].


The name Baggins is a translation in English of the actual [[Westron]] name ''Labingi'', which was believed to be related to the Westron word ''labin'', "bag".
Other Bagginses include the descendants of [[Posco Baggins]], as well as [[Peregrin Took]] and [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]], who had maternal Baggins blood.


The name Baggins is translated in most translations of [[The Hobbit]] and [[The Lord of the Rings]], often keeping the "bag" or 'sack' meaning:
In {{SR|1421}} both Bilbo and Frodo went over [[the Sea]] but it was still impossible to presume death, so when [[Samwise Gamgee]] was elected [[Mayor of the Shire]], he established a rule of succession and inheritance in such situations. Presumably [[Ponto Baggins II]] became the head of the family.<ref name=l214/>
*In the German translation the family name is Beutlin,
*In the Dutch translation the family name is Balings,
*In the French translation it is Sacquet,
*In the Norwegian translation it is Lommelun,
*In the Finnish translation it is Reppuli,
*In the Spanish translation it is Bolsón,
*In the Swedish translation it is Bagger.


==Inspirations==
==Genealogy==
{{quote|Intended to recall bag — cf. Bilbo’s conversation with Smaug in The H. [Chapter 12] — and meant to be associated (by hobbits) with Bag End...|[[Nomenclature]]}}
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==Etymology==
The name Baggins is a translation in English of the actual [[Westron]] name ''[[Labingi]]'', which was believed to be related to the Westron word ''[[laban]]'', "bag". The name is associated with '''[[Bag End]]'''.<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 753</ref>


The name Baggins is translated in most translations of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', often keeping the "bag" or "sack" meaning:<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), "Guide to the Names in ''The Lord of the Rings''", published in ''[[A Tolkien Compass]]'' (edited by [[Jared Lobdell]]), entry ''Baggins''</ref>
*In the Breton translation it is ''Sac'heg''.
*In the Cornish translation it is ''Baggyn''.
*In the Czech translation it is ''Pytlík''.
*In the Dutch translation it is ''Balings''.
*In the Finnish translation it is ''Reppuli''.
*In the French translation it is ''Sacquet'' in most books, but ''Bessac'' in the new ''Hobbit'' translation.
*In the Frisian translation it is ''Balsma''.
*In the German translation the family name is ''Beutlin''.
*In the Hungarian translation it is ''Zsákos''.
*In the Norwegian translation it is ''Lommelun''.
*In one of the Polish translations it is ''Bagosz''.
*In the Portuguese translation it is ''Bolseiro''.
*In the Slovak translation it is ''Bublík''.
*In the Slovene translation it is ''Bisagin''.
*In the Spanish translation it is ''Bolsón''.
*In the Swedish translation it is ''Secker''; ''Bagger'' in the old translation by Åke Ohlmarks.
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==Baggins Of Hobbiton - Family Tree==
==Inspirations==
 
{{quote|Intended to recall bag — cf. Bilbo’s conversation with Smaug in The H. [Chapter 12] — and meant to be associated (by hobbits) with Bag End...|[[Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings|''Nomenclature'']]}}
This Family Tree is taken from [[Appendix C]] of [[The Lord of the Rings]].
{{references}}
 
[[Category:Baggins|*]]
 
[[Category:Hobbit Families]]
                                                      [[Balbo Baggins]]
[[de:Beutlin]]
                                                          1167
[[fr:/encyclo/personnages/hobbits/sacquet]]
                                                    =[[Berylla Boffin]]
[[fi:Reppuli]]
                                                          |
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |                    |                                    |                        |                        |
    [[Mungo Baggins|Mungo]]                [[Pansy Baggins|Pansy]]                                [[Ponto Baggins|Ponto]]                  [[Largo Baggins|Largo]]                      [[Lily Baggins|Lily]]
  1207-1300              1212                              1216-1311              1220-1312                1222-1312<br>=[[Laura Grubb]]        =[[Fastolph Bolger]]                      =[[Mimosa Bunce]]          =[[Tanta Hornblower]]        =[[Togo Goodbody]]
      |                                                          |                        |                        :
      |-------------------------------------------          ------------                [[Fosco Baggins|Fosco]]                    :
      |          |        |        |          |          |          |                1264-1360                  :
    [[Bungo Baggins|Bungo]]      [[Belba Baggins|Belba]]    [[Longo Baggins|Longo]]     [[Linda Baggins|Linda]]      [[Bingo Baggins|Bingo]]      [[Rosa Baggins|Rosa]]        [[Polo Baggins|Polo]]            =[[Ruby Bolger]]                :
  1246-1326  1256-1356 1260-1350  1262-1363  1264-1360  1256        |                  |                        :<br>=[[Belladonna Took|Belladonna]] =[[Rudigar Bolger|Rudigar]]  =[[Camellia Sackville|Camellia]]  =[[Bodo Proudfoot|Bodo]]    =[[Chica Chubb|Chica]]    =[[Hildigrim Took|Hildigrim]]    |              --------------------        :
    Took      Bolger  Sackville  Proudfoot  Chubb        Took  -----------        |      |          |        :
      |                  |          |          |          :    |        |      [[Dora Baggins|Dora]]    [[Drogo Baggins|Drogo]]      [[Dudo Baggins|Dudo]]        :
      |                  |          |          |          :    Posco    Prisca  1302-1406 1308-1380  1311-1409  :
    [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]]    [[Otho Sackville-Baggins]] [[Odo Proudfoot|Odo]]        [[Falco Chubb-Baggins|Falco]]      :    1302    1306            =[[Primula Brandybuck|Primula]]    |        :
    1290          1310-1412      Proudfoot  Chubb-      :    =[[Gilly Brownlock|Gilly]]  =[[Wilibald Bolger|Wilibald]]          Brandybuck  |        :<br>of [[Bag End]]  =[[Lobelia Bracegirdle]]  1304-1405  Baggins      :    Brownlock  Bolger            |          |        :
                          |          |        1303-1399    :    |                          |          |        :
                          |          |          |          :    -------------              [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]    [[Daisy Baggins|Daisy]]      :
                        [[Lotho Sackville-Baggins|Lotho]]      [[Olo Proudfoot|Olo]]          |          :    |    |    |              1368      1350      :
                      1364-1419  1346-1435      |          :  [[Ponto II Baggins|Ponto]] [[Porto Baggins|Porto]] [[Peony Baggins|Peony]]                      =[[Griffo Boffin|Griffo]]     :
                                    |        [[Poppy Chubb-Baggins|Poppy]]        :  1346  1348  1350                      Boffin    :
                                    |          1344        :     |        =[[Milo Burrows|Milo]]                                 :
                                    |      =[[Filibert Bolger|Filibert]]      : [[Angelica Baggins|Angelica]]    Burrows                                :
                                  [[Sancho Proudfoot|Sancho]]       Bolger      :    1381        |                                  Various
                                    1390                    :        ------------------                        [[Goodbody Family|Goodbodies]]
                                                            :         |    |    |      |
                                                        .........  [[Mosco Burrows|Mosco]] [[Moro Burrows|Moro]] [[Myrtle Burrows|Myrtle]] [[Minto Burrows|Minto]]
                                                        :      :  1387  1391 1393  1396
                                                        :      :
                                                    [[Peregrin Took|Peregrin]] [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Meriadoc]]
 
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Revision as of 02:27, 14 September 2021

The Baggins Family were a remarkable and rich Hobbit family from The Shire which included two Ring-bearers: Frodo and Bilbo.

History

The Baggins clan traced their origin to the first recorded Baggins, one Balbo Baggins, who was born in or near Hobbiton in S.R. 1167.

The Baggins family lived all around in the Shire, mostly in or near the town of Hobbiton. They were seen as well to do and respectable, as well as very predictable, for it was said one could tell what a Baggins would say on any occasion without even the bother of asking him.[1] They had many connections to other aristocratic Hobbit families, like the Brandybucks and the Tooks; other branches were the Sackville-Bagginses and the Chubb-Bagginses.

Although generally speaking they never had any adventures or did anything unexpected,[2] its members with Took blood were more adventurous. A notable example was Bilbo Baggins who set out on the quest for Erebor with Gandalf the Grey and thirteen Dwarves; during his absence he was presumed dead and the headship of the family was in doubt, with Otho of the Sackville-Baggins branch having the ambition of being head of two major families, until Bilbo returned alive.[3][4] He was seen as odd or queer, but also extremely rich.

Bilbo adopted his "nephew" Frodo Baggins, who inherited the smial of Bag End (which did not sit well with Otho[3]) after Bilbo left. Frodo himself was involved in the quest which ended the War of the Ring.

Other Bagginses include the descendants of Posco Baggins, as well as Peregrin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck, who had maternal Baggins blood.

In S.R. 1421 both Bilbo and Frodo went over the Sea but it was still impossible to presume death, so when Samwise Gamgee was elected Mayor of the Shire, he established a rule of succession and inheritance in such situations. Presumably Ponto Baggins II became the head of the family.[4]

Genealogy

Family tree of the Bagginses of Hobbiton

Showing the prominent members of the Baggins clan.[5] The figures after the names are those of birth (and death where that is recorded). A dashed line indicates marriage, or when extended vertically, indicates a line of descent with one or more generations not shown. Names in italics signify those who attended Bilbo's Farewell Party on 22 September S.R. 1401. Names in parentheses represent significant hobbits related to the Baggins.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balbo Baggins
1167-1258
 
 
 
Berylla Boffin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mungo
1207-1300
 
Laura Grubb
 
 
Pansy
1212
 
Fastolph Bolger
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ponto
1216-1311
 
Mimosa Bunce
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Largo
1220-1312
 
Tanta Hornblower
 
 
 
 
 
Lily
1222-1312
 
Togo Goodbody
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bungo
1246-1326
 
Belladonna Took
 
Belba
1256-1356
 
Rudigar Bolger
 
Longo
1260-1350
 
Camellia Sackville
 
Linda
1262-1363
 
Bodo Proudfoot
 
Bingo
1264-1360
 
Chica Chubb
 
Rosa
1256
 
Hildigrim Took
 
 
 
Polo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fosco
1264-1360
 
Ruby Bolger
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bilbo
1290
[Note 1][6]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Otho Sackville-Baggins
1310-1412
 
Lobelia Bracegirdle
 
(Odo Proudfoot)
1304-1405
 
 
 
 
 
Falco Chubb-Baggins
1303-1399
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Posco
1302
 
Gilly Brownlock
 
Prisca
1306
 
Wilibald Bolger
 
Dora
1302-1406
 
Drogo
1308-1380
[Note 2][7]
 
Primula Brandybuck
 
 
 
Dudo
1311-1409
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lotho
1364-1419
[Note 3][8]
 
 
 
(Olo)
1346-1435
 
Filibert Bolger
 
Poppy
1344
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ponto
1346
 
Porto
1348
 
Peony
1350
 
Milo Burrows
 
 
 
 
 
Frodo
1368
[Note 4][6]
 
Griffo Boffin
 
Daisy
1350
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Sancho)
1390
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Peregrin Took)
 
(Meriadoc Brandybuck)
 
Angelica
1381
 
(Mosco)
1387
 
(Moro)
1391
 
(Myrtle)
1393
 
(Minto)
1396
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Various Goodbodies)
 
 

Family tree notes

  1. Of Bag End, left the Shire in S.R. 1421 and said to have passed over the sea
  2. Drogo and Primula went boating on the Brandywine River and drowned together.
  3. Murdered by Gríma Wormtongue
  4. Left the Shire in S.R. 1421 and said to have passed over the sea

Etymology

The name Baggins is a translation in English of the actual Westron name Labingi, which was believed to be related to the Westron word laban, "bag". The name is associated with Bag End.[9]

The name Baggins is translated in most translations of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, often keeping the "bag" or "sack" meaning:[10]

  • In the Breton translation it is Sac'heg.
  • In the Cornish translation it is Baggyn.
  • In the Czech translation it is Pytlík.
  • In the Dutch translation it is Balings.
  • In the Finnish translation it is Reppuli.
  • In the French translation it is Sacquet in most books, but Bessac in the new Hobbit translation.
  • In the Frisian translation it is Balsma.
  • In the German translation the family name is Beutlin.
  • In the Hungarian translation it is Zsákos.
  • In the Norwegian translation it is Lommelun.
  • In one of the Polish translations it is Bagosz.
  • In the Portuguese translation it is Bolseiro.
  • In the Slovak translation it is Bublík.
  • In the Slovene translation it is Bisagin.
  • In the Spanish translation it is Bolsón.
  • In the Swedish translation it is Secker; Bagger in the old translation by Åke Ohlmarks.

Inspirations

"Intended to recall bag — cf. Bilbo’s conversation with Smaug in The H. [Chapter 12] — and meant to be associated (by hobbits) with Bag End..."
Nomenclature

References