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Adalgrim Took

From Tolkien Gateway
Hobbit
Adalgrim Took
Biographical Information
LocationGreat Smials
BirthS.R. 1280
DeathS.R. 1382 (aged 102)
Family
FamilyTook
ParentageHildigrim Took and Rosa Baggins
ChildrenPaladin and Esmeralda
Physical Description
GenderMale

Adalgrim Took was a Hobbit of the Shire.

History

Adalgrim was the only child of Hildigrim Took and Rosa Baggins. He had five children, four of them daughters. His youngest children were Paladin and Esmeralda, born in S.R. 1333 and S.R. 1336.[1]

Etymology

Adalgrim comes from the Germanic elements adal meaning "noble" and grim meaning "fierce".[2]

Genealogy

The Old Took
1190 - 1320
Adamanta Chubb
unknown
Ponto Baggins
1216 - 1311
Mimosa Bunce
unknown
Isengrim III
1232 - 1330
Isumbras IV
1238 - 1339
Hildigrim
1240 - 1341
Rosa Baggins
1256 - unknown
Fortinbras II
1278 - 1380
ADALGRIM
1280 - 1382
Ferumbras III
1316 - 1415
3 daughters
Paladin II
1333 - 1434
Esmeralda
1336 - unknown
Pearl
1375 - unknown
Pimpernel
1379 - unknown
Pervinca
1385 - unknown
Peregrin I
1390 - 1484+
"Merry"
1382 - 1484+

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Took of Great Smials"
  2. Jim Allan (1978), An Introduction to Elvish, Giving of Names, p. 191