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The '''Ruling Queens of Númenor''' were women who ruled the kingdom of [[Númenor]].
 
==History==
In the early days of Númenor, succession followed the principle of agnatic primogeniture—that is, rule passed to the oldest ''male'' offspring of the King. The [[Queen of Númenor]] was the queen consort of the King.
 
[[Tar-Aldarion]], the sixth ruler of Númenor, had only one child: a daughter, [[Ancalimë]]. To prevent the throne from passing to his nephew, [[Soronto]], he changed the '''[[Law of Succession in Númenor]]''' to allow full cognatic primogeniture, under which rule would pass to the oldest child of the ruler, whether male or female.
 
Out of Númenor's twenty-five [[King of Númenor|rulers]], only three were female: '''[[Tar-Ancalimë]]''', '''[[Tar-Telperiën]]''' and '''[[Tar-Vanimeldë]]'''. [[Tar-Míriel]] should have been the fourth Ruling Queen, but the throne was usurped from her by her cousin [[Ar-Pharazôn]].
 
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