Edith Tolkien

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Edith Bratt

Edith Tolkien (née Bratt) (January 21, 1889 – November 29, 1971) was the daughter of Frances Bratt and Jennie Grove. She would become J.R.R. Tolkien's wife. The were married on Wednesday, March 22, 1916 in Warwickshire, England. She was the mother of his four children: John, Michael, Christopher, and Priscilla.

Edith and her husband were very close, and referred to each other as Lúthien and Beren, the main characters of the Quest for the Silmaril from J.R.R.'s The Silmarillion.