Númendil
Númendil | |
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Númenórean | |
Biographical Information | |
Titles | Lord of Andúnië |
Location | Andúnië |
Affiliation | Faithful |
Language | Quenya, Sindarin |
Birth | Late Second Age |
Family | |
House | House of the Lords of Andúnië |
Children | Amandil |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Númendil was the seventeenth Lord of Andúnië, succeeding his father upon his death. He was a leader of the Faithful, and was a friend of Tar-Palantir, the last King of Númenor to abide by the will of the Valar. Though the name of his father is not known, his grandfather was Eärendur, the fifteenth Lord of Andúnië.[1]
Nùmendil was the father of Amandil, who succeeded him as Lord of Andúnië. Amandil would later become the father of Elendil, the founder of the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor.
Etymology
Númendil means "Devoted to the West" in Quenya (from númen, 'west', and the suffix -ndil, meaning 'devoted to').
Genealogy
14th Lord of Andúnië | Ar-Zimrathôn 2798 - 3033 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Eärendur unknown | Lindórië unknown | Ar-Sakalthôr 2876 - 3102 | |||||||||||||||||||||
16th Lord of Andúnië | Inzilbêth unknown | Ar-Gimilzôr 2960 - 3177 | |||||||||||||||||||||
NÚMENDIL unknown | Tar-Palantir 3035 - 3255 | Gimilkhâd 3044 - 3243 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Amandil Sailed west 3316† | Tar-Míriel 3117 - 3319† | Ar-Pharazôn 3118 - 3319† | |||||||||||||||||||||
Elendil 3119 - 3441† | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions of the legendarium
Elentir, intended to be another son of Númendil, was a character developed but never fully adapted into the formal history of Númenor. In one version of the story of Ar-Pharazôn, his future wife Míriel, the daughter of the current king, was betrothed to Elentir. However, she fell desperately in love with Pharazôn and chose to become his queen when he took up the Sceptre of Númenor. This story is very different than the tale in the published The Silmarillion, where Ar-Pharazôn takes Míriel very much against her will in order to claim the Sceptre. In either case, Elentir disappeared before Númendil died, leaving Amandil as the Lord of Andúnië.[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor", Tar-Palantir
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "V. The History of the Akallabêth"
Númendil House of the Lords of Andúnië | ||
Unknown eventually Eärendur | 17th Lord of Andúnië | Followed by: Amandil |