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'''Tarondor''' ({{TA|1577}}<ref>{{PM|Elendil}}</ref> - {{TA|1798|n}},<ref name="south">{{App|South}}</ref> aged 221 years) was the twenty-seventh [[King of Gondor]].


==History==
==History==

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This article is about the King of Gondor. For the King of Arnor, see Tarondor (King of Arnor).
Tarondor
Gondorian
Liz Danforth - Tarondor.png
"Tarondor" by Liz Danforth
Biographical Information
TitlesKing of Gondor
LocationGondor
LanguageWestron
BirthT.A. 1577
RuleT.A. 1636 - 1798
DeathT.A. 1798 (aged 221)
Family
HouseHouse of Anárion
ParentageMinastan
ChildrenTelumehtar
Physical Description
GenderMale
GalleryImages of Tarondor

Tarondor (T.A. 1577[1] - 1798,[2] aged 221 years) was the twenty-seventh King of Gondor.

History

Tarondor became the King of Gondor when his uncle Telemnar and all of his children died in the year of the Great Plague, in T.A. 1636.[2] During the plague most of the people of Osgiliath fled the city for the western dales or the woods of Ithilien. In T.A. 1640 Tarondor permanently relocated the King's House to Minas Anor. There he planted a seedling of the White Tree in the citadel, and undertook the task of reordering the realm and nursing its strength. Due to the depopulation of Gondor the watch on Mordor ceased.[3][4]

Etymology

Tarondor is Quenya. Its meaning is not glossed, but as Paul Strack explains, it seems to mean "King of Stones" and be a compound of tar ("high, king") and the plural form of ondo ("stone").[5]

Genealogy

 
 
Minardil
1454 - 1634
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Telemnar
1516 - 1636
 
Minastan
unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
children
unknown
 
TARONDOR
1577 - 1798
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Telumehtar Umbardacil
1632 - 1850
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Narmacil II
1684 - 1856
 
Arciryas
unknown

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "VII. The Heirs of Elendil"
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "The Realms in Exile", "The Southern Line: Heirs of Anarion"
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
  5. Paul Strack, "Q. Tarondor m.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 28 July 2021)
Tarondor
House of Anárion
Born: T.A. 1577 Died: T.A. 1798
Preceded by:
Telemnar
27th King of Gondor
T.A. 1636 - 1798
Followed by:
Telumehtar


The Southern Line and the Heirs of Anárion
Kings of Gondor: Elendil (S.A. 3320 - 3441) · Isildur (S.A. 3441 - T.A. 2) and Anárion (S.A. 3320 - 3440) · Meneldil (T.A. 2 - 158) · Cemendur (158 - 238) · Eärendil (238 - 324) · Anardil (324 - 411) · Ostoher (411 - 492) · Rómendacil I (492 - 541) · Turambar (541 - 667) · Atanatar I (667 - 748) · Siriondil (748 - 830) · Tarannon Falastur (830 - 913) · Eärnil I (913 - 936) · Ciryandil (936 - 1015) · Hyarmendacil I (1015 - 1149) · Atanatar II Alcarin (1149 - 1226) · Narmacil I (1226 - 1294) · Calmacil (1294 - 1304) · Rómendacil II (1304 - 1366) · Valacar (1366 - 1432) · Eldacar (1432 - 1437) · Castamir the Usurper (1437 - 1447) · Eldacar restored (1447 - 1490) · Aldamir (1490 - 1540) · Hyarmendacil II (1540 - 1621) · Minardil (1621 - 1634) · Telemnar (1634 - 1636) · Tarondor (1636 - 1798) · Telumehtar Umbardacil (1798 - 1850) · Narmacil II (1850 - 1856) · Calimehtar (1856 - 1936) · Ondoher (1936 - 1944) · Eärnil II (1945 - 2043) · Eärnur (2043 - 2050)
Stewards of Gondor: Húrin of Emyn Arnen (c. T.A. 1630s) · Pelendur (before T.A. 1944 - 1998) · Vorondil (1998 - 2029) · Mardil Voronwë (2029 - 2080) · Eradan (2080 - 2116) · Herion (2116 - 2148) · Belegorn (2148 - 2204) · Húrin I (2204 - 2244) · Túrin I (2244 - 2278) · Hador (2278 - 2395) · Barahir (2395 - 2412) · Dior (2412 - 2435) · Denethor I (2435 - 2477) · Boromir (2477 - 2489) · Cirion (2489 - 2567) · Hallas (2567 - 2605) · Húrin II (2605 - 2628) · Belecthor I (2628 - 2655) · Orodreth (2655 - 2685) · Ecthelion I (2685 - 2698) · Egalmoth (2698 - 2743) · Beren (2743 - 2763) · Beregond (2763 - 2811) · Belecthor II (2811 - 2872) · Thorondir (2872 - 2882) · Túrin II (2882 - 2914) · Turgon (2914 - 2953) · Ecthelion II (2953 - 2984) · Denethor II (2984 - 3019) · Faramir (T.A. 3019 - Fo.A. 82) · Elboron (Fo.A. 82 onwards)
Kings of Gondor: Elessar (T.A. 3019 - Fo.A. 120) · Eldarion (Fo.A. 120 onwards)
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