Tarondor (King of Gondor)
| Tarondor | |
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| Gondorian | |
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| "Tarondor" by Liz Danforth | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Titles | King of Gondor |
| Location | Gondor |
| Language | Westron |
| Birth | T.A. 1577 |
| Rule | T.A. 1636 - 1798 (162 years) |
| Death | T.A. 1798 (aged 221) |
| Family | |
| House | House of Anárion |
| Parentage | Minastan |
| Children | Telumehtar |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
| Gallery | Images of Tarondor |
Tarondor (T.A. 1577[1] - 1798,[2] aged 221 years) was the twenty-seventh King of Gondor.
History[edit]
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[edit]
Tarondor is a Quenya name. Its meaning is not glossed, but Paul Strack suggests it means "King of Stones" and is a compound of tar ("high", "king") and the plural form of ondo ("stone").[5]
Genealogy[edit]
| Minardil 1454 - 1634† | |||||||||||||||||||
| Telemnar 1516 - 1636† | Minastan unknown | ||||||||||||||||||
| children unknown† | TARONDOR 1577 - 1798 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Telumehtar Umbardacil 1632 - 1850 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Narmacil II 1684 - 1856† | Arciryas unknown | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "VII. The Heirs of Elendil"
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ Paul Strack, "Q. Tarondor m.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 27 January 2022)
| Tarondor House of Anárion Cadet branch of House of Elros | ||
| Preceded by: Telemnar | 27th King of Gondor T.A. 1636 - 1798 | Followed by: Telumehtar Umbardacil |
