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'''Paladin Took I'''<ref group=note>The existence of this character is deduced from the ordinals in {{App|Took}}</ref> was a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] of [[the Shire]].
'''Paladin Took I''' was a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] of [[the Shire]] who held the position of [[Thain]] some time between [[Shire-reckoning|S.R.]] [[Third Age 2340|740]] and  [[Shire-reckoning|S.R.]] [[Third Age 2683|1083]].


==History==
==History==
Paladin presumably lived in the first millennium of the [[Shire-Reckoning]] during which he became [[Thain]], sometime after [[Isumbras Took I|Isumbras I]].
No records of Paladin I exist, but he was evidently the namesake of [[Paladin Took II|Paladin II]], the thirty-first Thain. Paladin I's reign as Thain came between that of [[Isumbras Took I|Isumbras I]], the first Thain of the Took line and that of [[Isengrim Took II|Isengrim II]], the oldest member of the Took family in their extant family tree. <ref name="App|Took">{{App|Took}}</ref>
 
No record of his name exists, but [[Paladin Took II|Paladin II]], the Thirteen-first [[Thain]], was named after him.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==

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Paladin Took I
Hobbit
Biographical Information
TitlesThain of the Shire
LocationThe Shire
Birthbetween S.R. 1 and S.R. 1101
Deathbetween S.R. 1 and S.R. 1101
Family
FamilyTook
Physical Description
GenderMale

Paladin Took I was a Hobbit of the Shire who held the position of Thain some time between S.R. 740 and S.R. 1083.

History

No records of Paladin I exist, but he was evidently the namesake of Paladin II, the thirty-first Thain. Paladin I's reign as Thain came between that of Isumbras I, the first Thain of the Took line and that of Isengrim II, the oldest member of the Took family in their extant family tree. [1]

Etymology

A "paladin" is a high office which existed in medieval Europe - which entered into many tales - and was noble office held by a honourable and valiant knight. In particular, a paladin was one of the twelve peers of Charlemagne's court. The term comes from the Latin palatinus which means "of the palace".[2]

Notes

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Took of Great Smials"
  2. Jim Allan (ed.), An Introduction to Elvish, "Giving of Names"
Thains of the Shire
Bucca of the Marish (from S.R. 379) · 10 unknown Oldbucks · Gorhendad Oldbuck (until S.R. 740) · Isumbras I (from S.R. 740) · 8 unknown Tooks (includes: Isengrim I · Ferumbras I · Paladin I · Isumbras II) · Isengrim II (S.R. 1083 - 1122) · Isumbras III (1122 - 1159) · Ferumbras II (1159 - 1201) · Fortinbras I (1201 - 1248) · Gerontius (1248 - 1320) · Isengrim III (1320 - 1330) · Isumbras IV (1330 - 1339) · Fortinbras II (1339 - 1380) · Ferumbras III (1380 - 1415) · Paladin II (1415 - 1434) · Peregrin I (1434 - 1484) · Faramir I (from 1484)