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| Gondorian | |
| Telemnar | |
|---|---|
| Biographical Information | |
| Position | King of Gondor |
| Location | Gondor |
| Language | Westron |
| Birth | T.A. 1516 |
| Rule | T.A. 1634 - 1636 (2 years) |
| Death | T.A. 1636 (aged 120) During Great Plague |
| Family | |
| House | House of Anárion |
| Parentage | Minardil |
| Siblings | Minastan |
| Children | Unnamed children |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
| Gallery | Images of Telemnar |
Telemnar, T.A. 1516[1] - T.A. 1636,[2] was the twenty-sixth King of Gondor.
History
Telemnar came to the throne unexpectedly when his father Minardil was killed in a surprise raid by Corsairs of Umbar. In response, he began outfitting a fleet to reduce the Haven of Umbar, but this work was halted when the Great Plague struck his realm.[1] The King and all his children died in T.A. 1636,[3] as did a large number of the people of Gondor. The White Tree withered and died, Osgiliath was partially deserted and began to fall into ruin, and the watch on Mordor ceased.[4]
With Telemnar and all his heirs deceased, the Kingship passed on to his nephew Tarondor, the son of Telemnar's younger brother Minastan.[2]
Etymology
Telemnar is Quenya. Its meaning is not glossed, but as Paul Strack explains, it seems to mean "Silver Fire" and be a compound of an assimilated form telep of telpë ("silver") and the element nár ("fire").[5]
Genealogy
| Hyarmendacil II 1391 - 1621 | |||||||||||||||
| Minardil 1454 - 1634† | |||||||||||||||
| TELEMNAR 1516 - 1636† | Minastan unknown | ||||||||||||||
| children unknown† | Tarondor 1577 - 1798 | ||||||||||||||
| Telumehtar Umbardacil 1632 - 1850 | |||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
- ↑ Paul Strack, "Q. Telemnar m.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon, accessed 28 July 2021
Born | Telemnar | Died |
Preceded by | 26th King of Gondor | Followed by |