| Gondorian | |
| Galador | |
|---|---|
| Biographical Information | |
| Titles | Prince of Dol Amroth |
| Location | Dol Amroth |
| Birth | T.A. 2004[1] |
| Rule | T.A. 2076 - T.A. 2129[1] |
| Death | T.A. 2129[1] (aged 125) |
| Family | |
| House | founded the House of Dol Amroth |
| Parentage | Imrazôr and Mithrellas |
| Siblings | Gilmith[2] |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
Galador was the first Prince of Dol Amroth.
History
According to legend, Galador was the son of Imrazôr the Númenórean and the Elf-maid Mithrellas.[1][2] The ancestors of the Princes of Dol Amroth were a family of the Faithful group of the Númenóreans who had left Númenor before its downfall and settled in the land of Belfalas with a stronghold upon a high promontory and had received the title "Prince" from Elendil with whom they were related. It is possible that this high promontory was named Dol Amroth after the drowning of Amroth, the last King of Lórien who was lost in the sea trying to swim back to the shore of Belfalas,[2] to remember Amroth.[3] Galador became known as the first Prince of Dol Amroth.[1][2]
Etymology
Galador is probably a Sindarin name. Its meaning and components are not glossed, but it is perhaps a compound of galadh ("tree") and -dor ("lord", "king").[4]
Genealogy
| Imrazôr 1950 - 2076 | Mithrellas unknown | ||||||||||||||
| GALADOR 2004 - 2129 | Gilmith unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Princes of Dol Amroth | |||||||||||||||
| Aglahad 2827 - 2932 | |||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "VII. The Heirs of Elendil", The Line of Dol Amroth, pp. 220-2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", "Amroth and Nimrodel"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", "Notes", note 39
- ↑ Paul Strack, "S. Galador m.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon, accessed 8 March 2024
Born | Galador | Died |
None New title | Unknown eventually Aglahad |