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'''Fortinbras Took I''' was the twenty-fifth [[Thain]] of the [[Shire]], who inherited the title from his father [[Ferumbras Took II|Ferumbras II]], and passed it on in turn to his only son [[Gerontius]], who was to become famous as the [[Old Took]]. He was just two years old when his uncle [[Bandobras Took|Bandobras]] beat off a raiding band of [[Orcs]] in the [[Battle of Greenfields]]. He took on the Thainship more than fifty years later, by which time the Shire had settled into a more peaceful way of life - at least, it was unaffected by outside events during his forty-seven years as Thain. | '''Fortinbras Took I''' was the twenty-fifth [[Thain]] of the [[Shire]], who inherited the title from his father [[Ferumbras Took II|Ferumbras II]], and passed it on in turn to his only son [[Gerontius]], who was to become famous as the [[Old Took]]. He was just two years old when his uncle [[Bandobras Took|Bandobras]] beat off a raiding band of [[Orcs]] in the [[Battle of Greenfields]]. He took on the Thainship more than fifty years later, by which time the Shire had settled into a more peaceful way of life - at least, it was unaffected by outside events during his forty-seven years as Thain. | ||
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|prev=[[Ferumbras Took II]] | |||
|next=[[Gerontius Took]] | |||
|list=25th [[Thain]] of the [[Shire]]<br><code>III</code> 2801 - 2848 |}} | |||
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Revision as of 15:59, 17 January 2009
Fortinbras Took I was the twenty-fifth Thain of the Shire, who inherited the title from his father Ferumbras II, and passed it on in turn to his only son Gerontius, who was to become famous as the Old Took. He was just two years old when his uncle Bandobras beat off a raiding band of Orcs in the Battle of Greenfields. He took on the Thainship more than fifty years later, by which time the Shire had settled into a more peaceful way of life - at least, it was unaffected by outside events during his forty-seven years as Thain.
| Preceded by: Ferumbras Took II |
25th Thain of the ShireIII 2801 - 2848
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Followed by: Gerontius Took |
