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==History== | ==History== | ||
Tarondor became the [[Kings of Gondor|King of Gondor]] when his uncle [[Telemnar]] and all of his children died in the year of the [[Great Plague]], in {{TA|1636}}.<ref name="south"/> During the plague most of the people of [[Osgiliath]] fled the city for the western dales or the woods of [[Ithilien]]. In {{TA|1640}} Tarondor permanently relocated the [[King's House]] to [[Minas Anor]]. There he planted a seedling of the [[White Tree of Gondor#Third White Tree|White Tree]] in the citadel, and undertook the task of reordering the realm and nursing its strength. Due to the depopulation of [[Gondor]] the watch on [[Mordor]] ceased.<ref>{{App|Gondor}}</ref><ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> | Tarondor became the [[Kings of Gondor|King of Gondor]] when his uncle [[Telemnar]] and all of his children died in the year of the [[Great Plague]], in {{TA|1636}}.<ref name="south"/> During the plague most of the people of [[Osgiliath]] fled the city for the western dales or the woods of [[Ithilien]]. In {{TA|1640}} Tarondor permanently relocated the [[King's House]] to [[Minas Anor]]. There he planted a seedling of the [[White Tree of Gondor#Third White Tree|White Tree]] in the citadel, and undertook the task of reordering the realm and nursing its strength. Due to the depopulation of [[Gondor]] the watch on [[Mordor]] ceased.<ref>{{App|Gondor}}</ref><ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | |||
''Tarondor'' is [[Quenya]]. Its meaning is not glossed, but as Paul Strack explains, it seems to mean "King of Stones" and be a compound of [[tar]] ("high, king") and the plural form of [[ondo]] ("stone").<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://www.eldamo.org/content/words/word-426862149.html|articlename=Q. ''Tarondor'' m.|website=Eldamo|accessed=28 July 2021}}</ref> | |||
== Genealogy == | == Genealogy == |
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Biographical Information | |
Titles | King of Gondor |
Location | Gondor |
Language | Westron |
Birth | T.A. 1577 |
Rule | T.A. 1636 - 1798 |
Death | T.A. 1798 (aged 221) |
Family | |
House | House of Anárion |
Parentage | Minastan |
Children | Telumehtar |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Gallery | Images of Tarondor |
Tarondor (T.A. 1577[1] - 1798,[2] aged 221 years) was the twenty-seventh King of Gondor.
History
Tarondor became the King of Gondor when his uncle Telemnar and all of his children died in the year of the Great Plague, in T.A. 1636.[2] During the plague most of the people of Osgiliath fled the city for the western dales or the woods of Ithilien. In T.A. 1640 Tarondor permanently relocated the King's House to Minas Anor. There he planted a seedling of the White Tree in the citadel, and undertook the task of reordering the realm and nursing its strength. Due to the depopulation of Gondor the watch on Mordor ceased.[3][4]
Etymology
Tarondor is Quenya. Its meaning is not glossed, but as Paul Strack explains, it seems to mean "King of Stones" and be a compound of tar ("high, king") and the plural form of ondo ("stone").[5]
Genealogy
Minardil 1454 - 1634† | |||||||||||||||||||
Telemnar 1516 - 1636† | Minastan unknown | ||||||||||||||||||
children unknown† | TARONDOR 1577 - 1798 | ||||||||||||||||||
Telumehtar Umbardacil 1632 - 1850 | |||||||||||||||||||
Narmacil II 1684 - 1856† | Arciryas unknown | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "VII. The Heirs of Elendil"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "The Realms in Exile", "The Southern Line: Heirs of Anarion"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ Paul Strack, "Q. Tarondor m.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 28 July 2021)
Tarondor House of Anárion | ||
Preceded by: Telemnar | 27th King of Gondor T.A. 1636 - 1798 | Followed by: Telumehtar |