Valacar
| Valacar | |
|---|---|
| Gondorian | |
 | |
| "Valacar of Gondor" by Matěj Čadil | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Titles | King of Gondor |
| Location | Gondor |
| Language | Westron, language of the Northmen |
| Birth | T.A. 1194 |
| Rule | T.A. 1366 - 1432 (66 years) |
| Death | T.A. 1432 (aged 238) |
| Family | |
| House | House of Anárion |
| Parentage | Rómendacil II |
| Spouse | Vidumavi |
| Children | Eldacar |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
| Gallery | Images of Valacar |
Valacar (T.A. 1194[1] – 1432,[2] aged 238 years) was the twentieth King of Gondor.[3]
History[edit]
in T.A. 1250 Valacar's father, Minalcar, the regent of Gondor, who had taken the name Rómendacil after his victory over a large army of Easterlings sent Valacar as an ambassador to Vidugavia, a prince of the Northmen who called himself King of Rhovanion whose realm was between Mirkwood and the River Running and who had helped Gondor in the war against the Easterlings. Minalcar charged Valacar to learn the language, manners and policies of the Northmen. Valacar learned to love the country and the the Northmen and married Vidumavi, the daughter of Vidugavia. During this stay in Rhovanion his son Eldacar was born who also received the name Vinitharya in the language of the Northmen. After some years Valacar returned to Gondor. The high men of Gondor disapproved that the heir to the crown had married a woman of a lesser and alien race. Vidumavi was a beautiful and noble lady, but had a shorter life compared to the longer lifeexpectancy of the Dúnedain. Some Dúnedain feared that his descendants would also have a short life and fall from the majesty of the Kings of Men and did not want to accept Valacar as their lord. When Valacar grew old there was rebellion in the southern provinces.[4]
Etymology[edit]
Valacar is a Quenya name. It is a compound of Vala and the suffixal form -car of carma "helm", also seen in Eldacar "Elf-helm".[5] Paul Strack suggests the name Valacar means "Vala helm".[6]
Genealogy[edit]
| Calmacil 1058 - 1304 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vidugavia unknown | Rómendacil II 1126 - 1366 | Calimehtar unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vidumavi d. 1332 | VALACAR 1194 - 1432 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eldacar 1255 - 1490 | Castamir 1259 - 1447† | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ornendil d. 1437† | Aldamir 1330 - 1540† | sons unknown† | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions of the legendarium[edit]
A late manuscript of what would later become the entry for Minalcar, Valacar and Eldacar in Appendix A in the second edition of The Lord of the Rings, also mentions that Romendakil gave his approval to the marriage, because he wanted to avoid angering the Northmen and earning the enmity of Vidugavia that a refusal of the marriage would have caused. It also mentions that Minalkcar called back Valakar to Gondor in T.A. 1240 and that a household of noble men and women of the Northmen accompanied Valakar and his wife and children to Gondor. It is further mentioned that Valakar gave the name Eldakar to his son for public use in Gondor. [7]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "VII. The Heirs of Elendil", The Southern Line of Gondor: the Anarioni, 20. Valakar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "The Realms in Exile", "The Southern Line: Heirs of Anarion", Kings of Gondor, Valacar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "The Realms in Exile", "The Southern Line: Heirs of Anarion", Kings of Gondor
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion", entry for Minalcar (Rómendacil II)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 114 entry Q Eldacar; Valacar
- ↑ Paul Strack, "Q. Valacar m.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 5 March 2022)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "IX. The Making of Appendix A": (i) "The Realms in Exile", Note on the expansion of the tale of the Kin-strife in the Second Edition, typescript D of The Heirs of Elendil, 19. Romendakil II
| Valacar House of Anárion Cadet branch of House of Elros | ||
| Preceded by: Rómendacil II | 20th King of Gondor T.A. 1366 - 1432 | Followed by: Eldacar |
