| Gondorian | |
| Minastan | |
|---|---|
| Biographical Information | |
| Location | Gondor |
| Language | Westron |
| Birth | After T.A. 1516 |
| Family | |
| House | House of Anárion |
| Parentage | Minardil |
| Siblings | Telemnar |
| Children | Tarondor |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
History
In T.A. 1636[1] Minastan's elder brother Telemnar had sat on their father's throne for just two years when he died with all his heirs in the Great Plague.[2] Minastan had also died by this time - perhaps he too met his end in the Plague - but he left behind a surviving heir, Tarondor, who became the first King of a new line.[3]
Etymology
Minastan is Quenya. Its meaning is not glossed, but as Paul Strack explains, it might mean "Smith of the Tower" and be a compound of a shortened form minas of minasse ("tower") and the suffixal form -tan of tamo ("smith, builder").[4]
Genealogy
| Hyarmendacil II 1391 - 1621 | |||||||||||||||
| Minardil 1454 - 1634† | |||||||||||||||
| Telemnar 1516 - 1636† | MINASTAN unknown | ||||||||||||||
| children unknown† | Tarondor 1577 - 1798 | ||||||||||||||
| Telumehtar Umbardacil 1632 - 1850 | |||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "The Realms in Exile", "The Southern Line: Heirs of Anarion"
- ↑ Paul Strack, "Q. Minastan m.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon, accessed 28 July 2021