Tar-Telperiën
| Tar-Telperiën | |
|---|---|
| Númenórean | |
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| "Tar-Telperien" by Shyangell | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Titles | Ruling Queen of Númenor |
| Location | Númenor |
| Language | Adûnaic, Sindarin and Quenya |
| Birth | S.A. 1320[1] |
| Rule | S.A. 1556 - 1731 (175 years)[1] |
| Death | S.A. 1731[1] (aged 411) |
| Family | |
| House | House of Elros |
| Parentage | Tar-Súrion[1] |
| Siblings | Isilmo[1] |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Female |
| Gallery | Images of Tar-Telperiën |
Tar-Telperiën was the tenth monarch of Númenor and its second Ruling Queen. She was the eldest child of Tar-Súrion.[1]
During her rule in Númenor, momentous events took place in Middle-earth: in S.A. 1600 the Rings of Power were forged,[2] in S.A. 1693 the War of the Elves and Sauron began[3] and in S.A. 1700 a great navy from Númenor is sent to Lindon[4] to aid the Elves and utterly routs the forces of Sauron at the Battle of the Gwathló.[5]
She refused to wed, and so died without an heir. Tar-Telperiën was long-lived even for one of Elros' line, and appeared to be reluctant to give up her power: unlike all the rulers of Númenor before her, she did not surrender the Sceptre to her successor a few years before her death, but instead waited until just prior to it.[1]
Tar-Telperiën's nephew Minastir, the son of her younger brother Isilmo, succeeded her and ruled as Tar-Minastir.[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Telperien is a Quenya name. Its meaning is not glossed, but Paul Strack suggests it could mean "Silver-daugther" as a compound of telpë ("silver") and the feminine suffix -ien ("-daughter"); though it could also be a feminised form of Telperion, the name of the White Tree of Valinor.[6] Like all the rulers of Númenor who took their royal names in Quenya, Telperien added the prefix tar- ("high") to her name when she received the Sceptre.[7]
Genealogy[edit | edit source]
| Tar-Anárion 1003 - 1404 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Two daughters unknown | Tar-Súrion 1174 - 1574 | ||||||||||||||||||
| TAR-TELPERIËN 1320 - 1731 | Isilmo unknown | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tar-Minastir 1474 - 1873 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tar-Ciryatan 1634 - 2035 | |||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor"entry X Tar-Telperien
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age", entry for the year c. 1600 of the Second Age
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age", entry for the year 1693 of the Second Age
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age", entry for the year 1700 of the Second Age
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", "Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn"
- ↑ Paul Strack, "Q. Telperien f.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 22 December 2021)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor", first paragraph and entry I to XXV
| Tar-Telperiën House of Elros | ||
| Preceded by: Tar-Súrion | 10th Ruler/2nd Ruling Queen of Númenor S.A. 1556 - 1731 | Followed by: Tar-Minastir |
| Kings of Númenor |
|---|
| Elros Tar-Minyatur (S.A. 32 - 442) · Tar-Vardamir* (442) · Tar-Amandil (442 - 590) · Tar-Elendil (590 - 740) · Tar-Meneldur (740 - 883) · Tar-Aldarion (883 - 1075) · Tar-AncalimëQ (1075 - 1280) · Tar-Anárion (1280 - 1394) · Tar-Súrion (1394 - 1556) · Tar-TelperiënQ (1556 - 1731) · Tar-Minastir (1731 - 1869) · Tar-Ciryatan (1869 - 2029) · Tar-Atanamir (2029 - 2221) · Tar-Ancalimon (2221 - 2386) · Tar-Telemmaitë (2386 - 2526) · Tar-VanimeldëQ (2526 - 2637) · Tar-Anducal† (2637 - 2657) · Tar-Alcarin (2657 - 2737) · Tar-Calmacil (2737 - 2825) · Tar-Ardamin (2825 - 2899) · Ar-Adûnakhôr (2899 - 2962) · Ar-Zimrathôn (2962 - 3033) · Ar-Sakalthôr (3033 - 3102) · Ar-Gimilzôr (3102 - 3177) · Tar-Palantir (3177 - 3255) · Ar-Pharazôn‡ (3255 - 3319) |
| * Immediately abdicated in favour of his son · Q Ruling Queens · † Usurped throne. Later struck off the Line of Kings · ‡ Usurped throne from his cousin Tar-Míriel |
