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The | The title of the lords of the [[Dúnedain]], [[Elendil]] and his descendants, who ruled the Kingdom of [[Gondor]]. The line of the Kings came to an end when [[Eärnur]] answered the challenge of the [[Lord of the Nazgûl]] and was lost in [[Minas Morgul]]. After his loss, [[Gondor]] was ruled by hereditary [[Ruling Stewards|Stewards]] until the installation of [[Aragorn II Elessar]] (a direct descendant of [[Elendil]]) after the [[War of the Ring]]. | ||
==Line of Kings== | |||
The Kings of Gondor through Amandil claimed descent from the [[Lords of Andúnië]], and from there to [[Silmariën]] and the [[King of Númenor|Kings of Númenor]]. | |||
Elendil was the | 1. '''[[Elendil]]''', r. {{SA|3320}} – {{SA|3441|n}} | ||
:The son of [[Amandil]], last [[Lord of Andúnië]] in [[Númenor]]; he founded both [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]], and ruled the two kingdoms as the [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]]. His royal seat was in his own capital in the north, [[Annúminas]], and during his reign, [[Gondor]] was under the direct rule of his two sons, [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]]. He formed the [[Last Alliance]], and marched to the defeat of [[Sauron]], but he himself was lost in that great victory. | |||
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2. '''[[Anárion]]''' (and '''[[Isildur]]'''), r. {{SA|3320|n}} – {{SA|3440|n}} | |||
:[[Anárion]] and [[Isildur]] founded [[Gondor]] about the [[Mouths of Anduin]] and are both accounted as the second Kings of Gondor. Under the suzerainity of their [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]] [[Elendil]], they established their royal capital at [[Osgiliath]] but, [[Anárion]] and [[Isildur]] established their own houses at [[Minas Anor]] and [[Minas Ithil]] respectively. After the [[War of the Last Alliance]], in which both [[Elendil]] and [[Anárion]] met their end, [[Isildur]] succeeded his father as [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]] and he spent time ordering the [[South-kingdom]]. In {{TA|2}}, he left [[Gondor]] in the care of his nephew [[Meneldil]], the son of his brother [[Anárion]], and rode away into the north. On his journey, [[Isildur]] was [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields|ambushed]] by [[Orcs]] and slain, and so the Kingship of [[Gondor]] passed on to [[Meneldil]] and his heirs. | |||
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3. '''[[Meneldil]]''', r. {{TA|2|n}} – {{TA|158|n}} | |||
:[[Isildur]] was lost with his three eldest sons, leaving just his fourth son [[Valandil]], then a mere boy, as heir. At this time, [[Meneldil]] took on the full Kingship of [[Gondor]], and its Kings through the next thirty generations would be his descendants. | |||
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4. '''[[Cemendur (King of Gondor)|Cemendur]]''', r. {{TA|158|n}} - {{TA|238|n}} | |||
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5. '''[[Eärendil (King of Gondor)|Eärendil]]''', r. {{TA|238|n}} - {{TA|324|n}} | |||
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6. '''[[Anardil (King of Gondor)|Anardil]]''', r. {{TA|324|n}} - {{TA|411|n}} | |||
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7. '''[[Ostoher]]''', r. {{TA|411|n}} - {{TA|492|n}} | |||
:[[Ostoher]] rebuilt and expanded [[Minas Anor]] (later [[Minas Tirith]]) and took it for his summer residence. During his reign, [[Gondor]] began to suffer attacks out of the wild eastern lands. | |||
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8. '''[[Rómendacil I]]''' (born [[Tarostar]]), r. {{TA|492|n}} - {{TA|541|n}} | |||
:He defeated the [[Easterlings]], and took the name ''Rómendacil'' - 'East-victor' - in token of this. Nonetheless, he met his death in renewed attacks by the [[Wild Men]] out of the [[East]]. | |||
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9. '''[[Turambar (King of Gondor)|Turambar]]''', r. {{TA|541|n}} - {{TA|667|n}} | |||
:[[Turambar]] avenged his father's death, and won wide lands for [[Gondor]] in the east. | |||
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10. '''[[Atanatar I]]''', r. {{TA|667|n}} - {{TA|748|n}} | |||
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11. '''[[Siriondil (King of Gondor)|Siriondil]]''', r. {{TA|748|n}} - {{TA|830|n}} | |||
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12. '''[[Tarannon Falastur]]''', r. {{TA|830|n}} - {{TA|913|n}} | |||
:The first of the four [[Ship-kings]], [[Tarannon]] put his energies into the building of [[Gondor]]'s navies. His Queen, [[Berúthiel]], was sent into exile, and so he was the first of [[Gondor]]'s Kings to die childless. He was succeeded by his nephew, the son of his brother [[Tarciryan]]. | |||
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13. '''[[Eärnil I]]''', r. {{TA|913|n}} - {{TA|936|n}} | |||
:The second [[Ship-king]] famously captured the southern [[Haven of Umbar]] for [[Gondor]], expanding its boundaries even farther. He was lost in a storm off the very coasts he had conquered. | |||
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14. '''[[Ciryandil]]''', r. {{TA|936|n}} - {{TA|1015|n}} | |||
:In [[Ciryandil]]'s time, the [[Haradrim]] came against [[Umbar]], and the King died in its defence. | |||
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15. '''[[Hyarmendacil I]]''' (born [[Ciryaher]]), r. {{TA|1015|n}} - {{TA|1149|n}} | |||
:He avenged his father's death, and pressed on to capture land in the south for [[Gondor]], extending its borders to their greatest extent in history. | |||
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16. '''[[Atanatar II|Atanatar II Alcarin]]''', r. {{TA|1149|n}} - {{TA|1226|n}} | |||
:Because of the extent and wealth of his realm, he was called ''[[Alcarin]]'', [[Atanatar]] the Glorious, though he lacked the adventuring warrior spirit of his predecessors. | |||
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17. '''[[Narmacil I]]''', r. {{TA|1226|n}} - {{TA|1294|n}} | |||
:[[Narmacil]] tired of the cares of the Kingship, and appointed a [[Regent]] to manage the Kingdom for him. This was his nephew [[Minalcar]], who would one day rule in his own stead as [[Rómendacil II]]. Narmacil died without issue, and was succeeded instead by his younger brother. | |||
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18. '''[[Calmacil (King of Gondor)|Calmacil]]''', r. {{TA|1294|n}} - {{TA|1304|n}} | |||
:Throughout [[Calmacil]]'s brief reign, his son [[Minalcar]] maintained his role as [[Regent]]. | |||
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19. '''[[Rómendacil II]]''' (born [[Minalcar]]), in 1304, r. {{TA|1304|n}} - {{TA|1366|n}} | |||
:After sixty-four years as [[Regent]], [[Minalcar]] took the throne in his own right. In memory of a great victory over the [[Easterlings]] he had won in his [[Regent of Gondor|Regency]], he became King in the name [[Rómendacil II]]. He made diplomatic efforts in the east, allying himself with tribes of [[Northmen]] in [[Rhovanion]] as a bulwark against further [[Easterling]] invasions. He sent his son [[Valacar]] as an ambassador to the [[Northmen]], and while [[Rómendacil II|Rómendacil]] still held the throne, [[Valacar]] wedded [[Vidumavi]] in the east, who bore him a son. | |||
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20. '''[[Valacar]]''', r. {{TA|1366|n}} - {{TA|1432|n}} | |||
:[[Valacar]] was a controversial and disputed King, especially because his heir carried the blood of the [[Northmen]]. In the later part of [[Valacar]]'s reign, true rebellion broke out, and the southern provinces of [[Gondor]] began to break away. | |||
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21. '''[[Eldacar (King of Gondor)|Eldacar]]''' (born [[Vinitharya]]), r. intermittently in {{TA|1432|n}} - {{TA|1437|n}} | |||
:After the half-[[Gondorian]] [[Eldacar]] took the throne, the rebellions of [[Valacar]]'s time grew into a full civil war, and after five years as King [[Eldacar]] was deposed by [[Castamir]] the Usurper. For ten years he hid in the east, gathering his forces, and then challenged [[Castamir]] for his rightful Kingship, slaying the Usurper himself. After regaining his throne, he reigned for another forty-three years before his death. | |||
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22. '''[[Castamir|Castamir the Usurper]]''', r. {{TA|1437|n}} - {{TA|1447|n}} | |||
:The Usurper of [[Eldacar]]'s throne was descended from the royal line (he was the great-grandson of [[Calmacil]]) and is considered a King of Gondor in his own right. He reigned for just ten years, as unrest among his subjects grew, after which [[Eldacar]] attacked from the east and reclaimed the throne of [[Gondor]]. | |||
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23. '''[[Aldamir]]''', r. {{TA|1490|n}} - {{TA|1540|n}} | |||
:[[Aldamir]] was the younger son of [[Eldacar]] (his elder brother [[Ornendil]] had been put to death by [[Castamir]]). In his time there was war in [[Gondor]] with the peoples of the south, and [[Aldamir]] fell in that war. | |||
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24. '''[[Hyarmendacil II]]''' (born [[Vinyarion]]), r. {{TA|1540|n}} - {{TA|1621|n}} | |||
:[[Aldamir]]'s son avenged his father by overcoming the [[Haradrim]], and in token of this took the name of ''Hyarmendacil'', 'South-victor', the second of [[Gondor]]'s Kings to bear that auspicious name. | |||
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25. '''[[Minardil]]''', r. {{TA|1621|n}} - {{TA|1634|n}} | |||
:[[Minardil]]'s was a brief reign. He was at the port of [[Pelargir]] when it fell under attack by the [[Corsairs of Umbar]], and he was slain in that attack. | |||
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26. '''[[Telemnar]]''', r. {{TA|1634|n}} - {{TA|1636|n}} | |||
:[[Telemnar]]'s reign was even shorter than that of his father. He was lost with all his children in the [[Dark Plague]], and his line came to an end. | |||
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27. '''[[Tarondor (King of Gondor)|Tarondor]]''', r. {{TA|1636|n}} - {{TA|1798|n}} | |||
:[[Tarondor]], the nephew of [[Telemnar]], came early to the Kingship, and enjoyed the longest rule of any of [[Gondor]]'s Kings. His realm had been devastated by war and plague, and he worked to rebuild its power. It was [[Tarondor]] who moved the King's House from [[Osgiliath]] to [[Minas Anor]]. | |||
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28. '''[[Telumehtar Umbardacil]]''', r. {{TA|1798|n}} - {{TA|1850|n}} | |||
:[[Telumehtar]] is most remembered by history as the King who reconquered [[Umbar]] to the south, and from this deed he took his name ''Umbardacil'' 'Victor over [[Umbar]]'. | |||
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29. '''[[Narmacil II]]''', r. {{TA|1850|n}} - {{TA|1856|n}} | |||
:In his time, wars with the fierce [[Wainriders]] began; they emerged suddenly out of the east, and [[Narmacil]]'s short reign came to an end in their violent assault. | |||
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30. '''[[Calimehtar (King of Gondor)|Calimehtar]]''', r. {{TA|1856|n}} - {{TA|1936|n}} | |||
:[[Calimehtar]] reversed his father's defeat, and secured a famous victory over the [[Wainriders]] on the plain of [[Dagorlad]]. Nonetheless they were not destroyed, and their threat remained on [[Gondor]]'s eastern borders. | |||
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31. '''[[Ondoher]]''', r. {{TA|1936|n}} - {{TA|1944|n}} | |||
:Like his father and grandfather before him, [[Ondoher]] went to war with the [[Wainriders]]. They had made alliance with the [[Men of Khand]] and the [[Haradrim]], so that all of [[Gondor]]'s bitterest foes attacked at one time. Under its great general [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]], [[Gondor]] had the victory at the [[Battle of the Camp]], but [[Ondoher]] was lost in those wars, as were his two sons [[Artamir]] and [[Faramir (son of Ondoher)|Faramir]]. | |||
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32. '''[[Eärnil II]]''', r. {{TA|1945|n}} - {{TA|2043|n}} | |||
:[[Eärnil II]] ruled [[Gondor]] during a time a turmoil across [[Middle-earth]]. In the north, the last kingdom of the [[Dúnedain]] was overrun by the [[Witch-king]], and though [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]]'s son [[Eärnur]] travelled north to the aid of [[Arthedain]], he came too late, though he did achieve the destruction of [[Angmar]]. The [[Lord of the Nazgûl]] returned to [[Mordor]] from that defeat, and later in Eärnil's reign the [[Nazgûl]] launched an assault on [[Minas Ithil]], Gondor's great citadel on the borders of [[Mordor]], and captured it. After that time [[Minas Ithil]] was known as [[Minas Morgul]], and [[Minas Anor]] as [[Minas Tirith]]. | |||
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33. '''[[Eärnur]]''', r. {{TA|2043|n}} - {{TA|2050|n}} | |||
:[[Eärnur]] had reigned for just seven years when he foolishly took up a challenge from the [[Lord of the Nazgûl]], and rode willingly to [[Minas Morgul]]. He was never heard from again, and his loss left Gondor without a King once more. After him, the realm of [[Gondor]] was ruled by hereditary [[Stewards]], the first of whom was [[Mardil Voronwë]]. | |||
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34. '''[[Aragorn|Aragorn Elessar]]''', r. {{TA|3019}} – {{FoA|120}} | |||
:[[Aragorn]] was the long-lost [[Heir of Isildur]] out of the north, the direct descendant of [[Gondor]]'s first and second Kings, who came into his title at the time of the [[War of the Ring]], and was crowned in the year of the [[Downfall of Barad-dûr]]. He [[Reunited Kingdom|reunited the North- and South-Kingdoms]]; his Queen was [[Arwen]], the daughter of [[Elrond]], and his heir was their son [[Eldarion]]. | |||
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35. '''[[Eldarion]]''', r. {{FoA|120|n}} – c. {{FoA|220|n}} | |||
:During his reign, a copy of the [[Red Book of Westmarch]] is completed in [[Gondor]] by [[Findegil]]. One hundred years into his reign, he encountered a renewal of [[Morgoth]]-worship known as the "[[Dark Tree]]". There are references in the ''[[History of Middle-earth]]'' that make it all but certain that he left descendants to rule after him. | |||
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The title of the lords of the Dúnedain, Elendil and his descendants, who ruled the Kingdom of Gondor. The line of the Kings came to an end when Eärnur answered the challenge of the Lord of the Nazgûl and was lost in Minas Morgul. After his loss, Gondor was ruled by hereditary Stewards until the installation of Aragorn II Elessar (a direct descendant of Elendil) after the War of the Ring.
Line of Kings
The Kings of Gondor through Amandil claimed descent from the Lords of Andúnië, and from there to Silmariën and the Kings of Númenor.
1. Elendil, r. S.A. 3320 – 3441
- The son of Amandil, last Lord of Andúnië in Númenor; he founded both Arnor and Gondor, and ruled the two kingdoms as the High King. His royal seat was in his own capital in the north, Annúminas, and during his reign, Gondor was under the direct rule of his two sons, Isildur and Anárion. He formed the Last Alliance, and marched to the defeat of Sauron, but he himself was lost in that great victory.
2. Anárion (and Isildur), r. 3320 – 3440
- Anárion and Isildur founded Gondor about the Mouths of Anduin and are both accounted as the second Kings of Gondor. Under the suzerainity of their High King Elendil, they established their royal capital at Osgiliath but, Anárion and Isildur established their own houses at Minas Anor and Minas Ithil respectively. After the War of the Last Alliance, in which both Elendil and Anárion met their end, Isildur succeeded his father as High King and he spent time ordering the South-kingdom. In T.A. 2, he left Gondor in the care of his nephew Meneldil, the son of his brother Anárion, and rode away into the north. On his journey, Isildur was ambushed by Orcs and slain, and so the Kingship of Gondor passed on to Meneldil and his heirs.
- Isildur was lost with his three eldest sons, leaving just his fourth son Valandil, then a mere boy, as heir. At this time, Meneldil took on the full Kingship of Gondor, and its Kings through the next thirty generations would be his descendants.
4. Cemendur, r. 158 - 238
5. Eärendil, r. 238 - 324
6. Anardil, r. 324 - 411
7. Ostoher, r. 411 - 492
- Ostoher rebuilt and expanded Minas Anor (later Minas Tirith) and took it for his summer residence. During his reign, Gondor began to suffer attacks out of the wild eastern lands.
8. Rómendacil I (born Tarostar), r. 492 - 541
- He defeated the Easterlings, and took the name Rómendacil - 'East-victor' - in token of this. Nonetheless, he met his death in renewed attacks by the Wild Men out of the East.
10. Atanatar I, r. 667 - 748
11. Siriondil, r. 748 - 830
12. Tarannon Falastur, r. 830 - 913
- The first of the four Ship-kings, Tarannon put his energies into the building of Gondor's navies. His Queen, Berúthiel, was sent into exile, and so he was the first of Gondor's Kings to die childless. He was succeeded by his nephew, the son of his brother Tarciryan.
- The second Ship-king famously captured the southern Haven of Umbar for Gondor, expanding its boundaries even farther. He was lost in a storm off the very coasts he had conquered.
15. Hyarmendacil I (born Ciryaher), r. 1015 - 1149
- He avenged his father's death, and pressed on to capture land in the south for Gondor, extending its borders to their greatest extent in history.
16. Atanatar II Alcarin, r. 1149 - 1226
- Because of the extent and wealth of his realm, he was called Alcarin, Atanatar the Glorious, though he lacked the adventuring warrior spirit of his predecessors.
17. Narmacil I, r. 1226 - 1294
- Narmacil tired of the cares of the Kingship, and appointed a Regent to manage the Kingdom for him. This was his nephew Minalcar, who would one day rule in his own stead as Rómendacil II. Narmacil died without issue, and was succeeded instead by his younger brother.
19. Rómendacil II (born Minalcar), in 1304, r. 1304 - 1366
- After sixty-four years as Regent, Minalcar took the throne in his own right. In memory of a great victory over the Easterlings he had won in his Regency, he became King in the name Rómendacil II. He made diplomatic efforts in the east, allying himself with tribes of Northmen in Rhovanion as a bulwark against further Easterling invasions. He sent his son Valacar as an ambassador to the Northmen, and while Rómendacil still held the throne, Valacar wedded Vidumavi in the east, who bore him a son.
- Valacar was a controversial and disputed King, especially because his heir carried the blood of the Northmen. In the later part of Valacar's reign, true rebellion broke out, and the southern provinces of Gondor began to break away.
21. Eldacar (born Vinitharya), r. intermittently in 1432 - 1437
- After the half-Gondorian Eldacar took the throne, the rebellions of Valacar's time grew into a full civil war, and after five years as King Eldacar was deposed by Castamir the Usurper. For ten years he hid in the east, gathering his forces, and then challenged Castamir for his rightful Kingship, slaying the Usurper himself. After regaining his throne, he reigned for another forty-three years before his death.
22. Castamir the Usurper, r. 1437 - 1447
- The Usurper of Eldacar's throne was descended from the royal line (he was the great-grandson of Calmacil) and is considered a King of Gondor in his own right. He reigned for just ten years, as unrest among his subjects grew, after which Eldacar attacked from the east and reclaimed the throne of Gondor.
- Aldamir was the younger son of Eldacar (his elder brother Ornendil had been put to death by Castamir). In his time there was war in Gondor with the peoples of the south, and Aldamir fell in that war.
24. Hyarmendacil II (born Vinyarion), r. 1540 - 1621
- Aldamir's son avenged his father by overcoming the Haradrim, and in token of this took the name of Hyarmendacil, 'South-victor', the second of Gondor's Kings to bear that auspicious name.
- Minardil's was a brief reign. He was at the port of Pelargir when it fell under attack by the Corsairs of Umbar, and he was slain in that attack.
- Telemnar's reign was even shorter than that of his father. He was lost with all his children in the Dark Plague, and his line came to an end.
- Tarondor, the nephew of Telemnar, came early to the Kingship, and enjoyed the longest rule of any of Gondor's Kings. His realm had been devastated by war and plague, and he worked to rebuild its power. It was Tarondor who moved the King's House from Osgiliath to Minas Anor.
28. Telumehtar Umbardacil, r. 1798 - 1850
- Telumehtar is most remembered by history as the King who reconquered Umbar to the south, and from this deed he took his name Umbardacil 'Victor over Umbar'.
29. Narmacil II, r. 1850 - 1856
- In his time, wars with the fierce Wainriders began; they emerged suddenly out of the east, and Narmacil's short reign came to an end in their violent assault.
30. Calimehtar, r. 1856 - 1936
- Calimehtar reversed his father's defeat, and secured a famous victory over the Wainriders on the plain of Dagorlad. Nonetheless they were not destroyed, and their threat remained on Gondor's eastern borders.
- Like his father and grandfather before him, Ondoher went to war with the Wainriders. They had made alliance with the Men of Khand and the Haradrim, so that all of Gondor's bitterest foes attacked at one time. Under its great general Eärnil, Gondor had the victory at the Battle of the Camp, but Ondoher was lost in those wars, as were his two sons Artamir and Faramir.
- Eärnil II ruled Gondor during a time a turmoil across Middle-earth. In the north, the last kingdom of the Dúnedain was overrun by the Witch-king, and though Eärnil's son Eärnur travelled north to the aid of Arthedain, he came too late, though he did achieve the destruction of Angmar. The Lord of the Nazgûl returned to Mordor from that defeat, and later in Eärnil's reign the Nazgûl launched an assault on Minas Ithil, Gondor's great citadel on the borders of Mordor, and captured it. After that time Minas Ithil was known as Minas Morgul, and Minas Anor as Minas Tirith.
- Eärnur had reigned for just seven years when he foolishly took up a challenge from the Lord of the Nazgûl, and rode willingly to Minas Morgul. He was never heard from again, and his loss left Gondor without a King once more. After him, the realm of Gondor was ruled by hereditary Stewards, the first of whom was Mardil Voronwë.
34. Aragorn Elessar, r. T.A. 3019 – Fo.A. 120
- Aragorn was the long-lost Heir of Isildur out of the north, the direct descendant of Gondor's first and second Kings, who came into his title at the time of the War of the Ring, and was crowned in the year of the Downfall of Barad-dûr. He reunited the North- and South-Kingdoms; his Queen was Arwen, the daughter of Elrond, and his heir was their son Eldarion.
- During his reign, a copy of the Red Book of Westmarch is completed in Gondor by Findegil. One hundred years into his reign, he encountered a renewal of Morgoth-worship known as the "Dark Tree". There are references in the History of Middle-earth that make it all but certain that he left descendants to rule after him.
