Silmariën

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Umitencho: /* History */ not a common term in usage anymore in terms of clothing so added a link explaining what a non-food fillet is

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| name=Silmariën
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| parentage=[[Tar-Elendil]]
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'''Silmariën''' was the first child of the fourth [[King of Númenor]], [[Tar-Elendil]], and mother of the first [[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]].

==History==
Silmariën was the eldest child of King Tar-Elendil and elder sister of [[Meneldur]]. However, because of the [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] law of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnatic_primogeniture agnatic primogeniture] that then existed in the Realm, she could not succeed her father as King of Númenor, and instead her brother took up the [[Sceptre]] as [[Tar-Meneldur]].<ref name="UTWife">{{UT|Wife}}</ref>

Silmariën wed [[Elatan]] of [[Andúnië]] and, in honor of their son [[Valandil (Lord of Andúnië)|Valandil]], her father created the royal title of [[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]]. Also, instead of giving this valuable heirloom to his heir, Tar-Elendil gave her the [[Ring of Barahir]].<ref>{{UT|Numenor}}, Note 2</ref> Silmariën also was given a ''[[mithril]]'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillet_(clothing) fillet].<ref name="gladden">{{UT|Gladden}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Her heirs, coming of the royal line of [[Númenor]],<ref>{{App|Numenor}}</ref> led the [[Faithful]] to [[Middle-earth]] to found the Kingdoms of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]] centuries later. [[Aragorn]], the hero of the [[War of the Ring]], is her direct descendant through ''many'' generations.

Her fillet would become part of the [[Elendilmir]], a sign of royalty in [[Númenor]] and, later, the crown of the Kingdom of [[Arnor]].<ref name="gladden" />

==Etymology==
Silmariën's name is not given a translation, although its etymology is straightforward in [[Quenya]]. It may incorporate ''silma,'' "silver, shining white;<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry [[SIL]]</ref> crystal (white)<ref>{{PE|17}}, p.23</ref>", and obviously ends in the feminine ending ''-rien'', apparently a variant of ''-ien'' (see ''-[[riel]]'').<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Helge Fauskanger]]|articleurl=http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quen-eng.htm|articlename=Quettaparma Quenyallo|dated=December 25, 2008|website=Arda |accessed=}}</ref> The meaning therefore would be *"Maiden garlanded with shining light"

==Genealogy==
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{{familytree | | | VAL | | ALD | | AIL | | ALM |VAL=[[Valandil (Lord of Andúnië)|Valandil]] ''b. {{SA|630|n}}''|ALD=[[Tar-Aldarion]] ''{{SA|700|n}} - {{SA|1098|n}}''|AIL=[[Ailinel]] ''b. {{SA|712|n}}''|ALM=[[Almiel]] ''b. {{SA|729|n}}''}}
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==Other versions of the legendarium==
Silmariën was definitely the eldest child of Tar-Elendil, and her birthdate is given in [[The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor]] as {{SA|521}}.<ref name="UTKing" /> In the [[Appendix B|Tale of Years]], it is given as 548, a date that goes back to the first drafts of that text whose revision was overlooked by Tolkien.<ref>{{App|SA}}</ref> This error was fixed in later editions of ''The Lord of the Rings''.<ref>{{App|SA|50}}</ref>

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[[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]
[[Category:House of Elros]]
[[Category:Quenya names]]
[[Category:Second Age characters]]
[[Category:Númenóreans]]
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