Númendil
Númendil | |
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Númenórean | |
Biographical Information | |
Titles | Lord of Andúnië[1] |
Location | Andúnië, Númenor |
Affiliation | The Faithful |
Language | Sindarin |
Birth | Late Second Age[1] |
Family | |
House | House of the Lords of Andúnië[1] |
Parentage | unknown, grandfather Earendur |
Children | Amandil[2] |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Númendil was the seventeenth Lord of Andúnië and the cousin of king Tar-Palantir.[1] It can be assumed that Númendil was a member of the Royal Council and an important Lord of Númenor. Though the name of his father is not known, his grandfather was Eärendur, the fifteenth Lord of Andúnië.[1]
Númendil was the father of Amandil, who succeeded him as Lord of Andúnië.[2] Amandil would later become the father of Elendil, the founder of the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor.[3]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Númendil is a Quenya name. Its meaning is not glossed, but Paul Strack suggests it means "Friend of the West" and is a compound of númen ("west") and the suffix -(n)dil ("-friend", "-lover", "devotion", "disinterested love").[4]
Genealogy[edit | edit source]
14th Lord of Andúnië | Ar-Zimrathôn 2798 - 3033 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Eärendur unknown | Lindórië unknown | Ar-Sakalthôr 2876 - 3102 | |||||||||||||||||||||
16th Lord of Andúnië | Inzilbêth unknown | Ar-Gimilzôr 2960 - 3177 | |||||||||||||||||||||
NÚMENDIL unknown | Tar-Palantir 3035 - 3255 | Gimilkhâd 3044 - 3243 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Amandil Sailed west 3316 | Tar-Míriel 3117 - 3319† | Ar-Pharazôn 3118 - 3319† | |||||||||||||||||||||
Elendil 3119 - 3441† | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]
Elentir, intended to be another son of Númendil, was a character developed but never fully adapted into the formal history of Númenor. In one version of the story of Ar-Pharazôn, his future wife Míriel, the daughter of the current king, was betrothed to Elentir. However, she fell desperately in love with Pharazôn and chose to become his queen when he took up the Sceptre of Númenor. This story is very different than the tale in the published The Silmarillion, where Ar-Pharazôn takes Míriel very much against her will in order to claim the Sceptre. In either case, Elentir disappeared before Númendil died, leaving Amandil as the Lord of Andúnië.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor", entry XXIV Tar-Palantir (Ar-Inziladûn)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "V. The History of the Akallabêth", Note on the marriage of Miriel and Pharazon, (b) and (c)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Akallabêth: The Downfall of Númenor"
- ↑ Paul Strack, "Q. Númendil m.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 13 January 2022)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "V. The History of the Akallabêth"
Númendil House of the Lords of Andúnië | ||
Unknown eventually Eärendur | 17th Lord of Andúnië | Followed by: Amandil |