Bregolas
| Bregolas | |
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| Adan | |
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| "Bregolas" by Peter Xavier Price | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Titles | Lord of Ladros |
| Position | Head of the House of Bëor |
| Location | Ladros |
| Birth | F.A. 393 |
| Rule | F.A. 448-455 |
| Death | F.A. 455 (aged 62) Dagor Bragollach |
| Family | |
| House | House of Bëor |
| Parentage | Bregor |
| Siblings | Bregil, Hirwen, Gilwen, Barahir |
| Children | Beleth, Baragund, Belegund |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
| Gallery | Images of Bregolas |
Bregolas (F.A. 393-455[1]) was the third Lord of Ladros.
History[edit | edit source]
Bregolas was the elder son and third child of Bregor, fifth chieftain of the Bëorians, and he was a direct descendant of Bëor the Old. Bregolas inherited the lordship because his two elder siblings were females. His younger brother was Barahir, his two elder sisters were Bregil and Hirwen, and his youngest sister was Gilwen. Barahir his brother was the father of Beren Erchamion; Bregolas himself had two sons, Baragund the elder and Belegund the younger, and an only daughter Beleth who was his first child.[1] Bregolas fought in the Dagor Bragollach (Battle of Sudden Flames) beside the Elven-lords Angrod and Aegnor, younger sons of the Noldorin High-king Finarfin in Aman, and the brothers of the Elven-king Finrod Felegund in Beleriand; and Bregolas was eventually slain with the brothers. Bregolas was the grandfather of Morwen the daughter of Baragund, and Rían the daughter of Belegund.[2]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
In The Etymologies, Bregolas is said to be an Exilic Noldorin word for "fierceness", from the root BERÉK-.[3]
Genealogy[edit | edit source]
Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]
In the The Grey Annals, created in the 1930s,[4] Bëor was directly followed by Bregolas and Barahir, who were his sons (and Bregolas was born in F.A. 400[5]). After publication of The Lord of the Rings a new genealogy for the House of Bëor was made in the 1950s and at that time four generations were inserted after Bëor, with Bregor becoming the father of Bregolas and Barahir.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)", (i) The House of Bëor, p. 231
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", root BERÉK-
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals", p, 3
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §124, p. 49
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)", (i) The House of Bëor, p. 229
| Bregolas House of Bëor | ||
| Preceded by: Bregor | 6th Head of the House of Bëor F.A. 448 - 455 | Followed by: Barahir |
| 3rd Lord of Ladros F.A. 448 - 455 | None Realm destroyed | |
