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<noinclude>The '''Brandybuck Family''' began as the [[Oldbuck Family|Oldbuck]] clan, who named themselves such apparently after a ''[[Bucca of the Marish]]'', who became the first [[Thain]] of [[the Shire]]. Ten Oldbuck Thains followed, until ''Gordenhad Oldbuck'', the twelveth Thain, migrated into [[Buckland]] over the river [[Baranduin|Brandywine]].
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<noinclude>The '''Brandybuck family''' began as the [[Oldbuck Family|Oldbuck]] clan, who named themselves such apparently after a ''[[Bucca of the Marish]]'', who became the first [[Thain]] of [[the Shire]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, ''The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain'', p. 1043</ref> Ten Oldbuck Thains followed, until ''Gorhendad Oldbuck'', the twelfth Thain,<ref>{{FR|Ordering}}, p. 9</ref><ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 2340, p. 1087</ref> migrated into [[Buckland]] over the river [[Baranduin|Brandywine]].<ref name=Conspiracy>{{FR|Conspiracy}}, pp. 98-99 and p. 107</ref>


Gordenhad renamed himself Brandybuck, and began delving the great [[Smials|smials]] of [[Brandy Hall]]. Around the hill was built the village of ''[[Bucklebury]]''.
Gorhendad renamed himself Brandybuck, and began delving the great [[Smials|smials]] of [[Brandy Hall]]. Around the hill was built the village of ''[[Bucklebury]]''.<ref name=Conspiracy/> Starting with Gorhendad, the head of the Brandybuck family was called the ''[[Master of Buckland]]'',<ref>{{FR|Hobbits}}, p. 4</ref><ref name=Translation>{{App|Translation}}, Note on three names: ''Hobbit, Gamgee, and Brandywine.'', ''Brandywine.'', p. 1138</ref><ref>{{App|Later}}, entry for the year S.R. 1432, p. 1097</ref> or the ''Master of the Hall'', and was in this function the master of Buckland, a virtually independent part of [[the Shire]]. The farmers between [[Stock]] and [[Rushey]] in the [[Marish]] also acknowledged the authority of the Master of Buckland.<ref name=Conspiracy/>


[[Stoor]]ish characteristics and appearance remained among the Brandybucks, who formed a powerful dynasty which became mostly independent of [[the Shire]], although [[Buckland]] remained nominally a part of it. They were seen as 'odd folk' by the other [[Hobbits]] of [[the Shire]] because they locked their doors at night (because of the exposure to the [[Old Forest]]).
It was traditional for each of the Masters to have an epigraph attached to their names, such as [[Gorbadoc Brandybuck|Gorbadoc]] "[[Gorbadoc Brandybuck|Broadbelt]]", [[Saradoc Brandybuck|Saradoc]] "Scattergold", and the most famous, [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] "the Magnificent".<ref name=Brandybuck>{{App|Brandybuck}}</ref>


The head of the family was the ''[[Master of Buckland]]'', one of the officials of [[the Shire]]. This office was founded by [[Gorhendad Oldbuck|Gorhendad Brandybuck]]. It was traditional for each of the Masters to have an epigraph attached to their names, such as [[Gorbadoc Brandybuck|Gorbadoc]] "[[Gorbadoc Brandybuck|Broadbelt]]", [[Saradoc Brandybuck|Saradoc]] "Scattergold", and the most famous, [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] the Magnificent. Like the Thain and [[Westmarch|Warden of Westmarch]], the Master had only nominal authority.
The Bucklanders were seen as strange and half-foreigners by most of the other [[Hobbits]] of the old Shire. However the Bucklanders were not very different from other Hobbits, except that they liked boats, that some of them could swim and that they locked their doors at night (because of the exposure to the [[Old Forest]]).<ref name=Conspiracy/>


==Family Tree of the Brandybucks of Buckland==
==Genealogy==
Showing the prominent members of the Brandybuck clan.<ref name="Brandybuck">{{App|Brandybuck}}</ref>  The figures after the names are those of birth (and death where that is recorded). A dashed line indicates marriage, or when extended vertically, indicates a line of descent with one or more generations not shown. Names in ''italics'' signify those who attended [[Bilbo's Farewell Party]] on [[22 September]] {{SR|1401}}. Names in parentheses represent significant hobbits related to the Brandybucks.
Showing the prominent members of the Brandybuck clan. The figures after the names are those of birth (and death where that is recorded). A dashed line indicates marriage, or when extended vertically, indicates a line of descent with one or more generations not shown. Names in ''italics'' signify those who attended [[Bilbo's Farewell Party]] on [[22 September]] {{SR|1401}}.<ref name=Brandybuck/> Names in parentheses represent significant hobbits related to the Brandybucks.


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{{familytree |boxstyle=white-space:nowrap;background-color:#FFFFFF;| MAD|y|HAN| | | | | | | | | | | | | |SAD| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |MAR|MAD=[[Madoc Brandybuck|Madoc]] 'Proudneck'<br/><small>''1175-1277''</small>|HAN=[[Hanna Goldworthy]]|SAD=[[Sadoc Brandybuck|Sadoc]]<br/><small>''1179''</small>|MAR=[[Marroc Brandybuck|Marroc]]<br/><small>''1182''</small> }}
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{{familytree |boxstyle=white-space:nowrap;background-color:#FFFFFF;|ROR|y|MEN| |AMA| |SRD| |DOD| |ASP|y|RUF| |DIN| |PRI|y|DRO| |GBL|ROR=''[[Rorimac Brandybuck|Rorimac]] "Goldfather"''<br/><small>''1302-1408''</small> <ref group="note">Known as 'Old Rory'</ref>|MEN=[[Menegilda Goold]]|AMA=[[Amaranth Brandybuck|Amaranth]]<br/><small>''1304-1398''</small>|SRD=''[[Saradas Brandybuck|Saradas]]''<br/><small>''1308-1407''</small>|DOD=[[Dodinas Brandybuck|Dodinas]]|ASP=''[[Asphodel Brandybuck|Asphodel]]''<br/><small>''1313-1412''</small>|RUF=''[[Rufus Burrows]]''|DIN=''[[Dinodas Brandybuck|Dinodas]]''|PRI=[[Primula Brandybuck|Primula]]<br/><small>''1320-1380''</small>|DRO=[[Drogo Baggins]]<br/><ref group="note">Drogo and Primula went boating on the [[Baranduin|Brandywine River]] and drowned together.</ref><ref>{{FR|I1}}</ref>|GBL=[[Gorbulas Brandybuck|Gorbulas]]<br/><small>''1308''</small>}}
{{familytree |boxstyle=white-space:nowrap;background-color:#FFFFFF;|ROR|y|MEN| |AMA| |SRD| |DOD| |ASP|y|RUF| |DIN| |PRI|y|DRO| |GBL|ROR=''[[Rorimac Brandybuck|Rorimac]] "Goldfather"''<br/><small>''1302-1408''</small> <ref group="note">Known as 'Old Rory'</ref>|MEN=[[Menegilda Goold]]|AMA=[[Amaranth Brandybuck|Amaranth]]<br/><small>''1304-1398''</small>|SRD=''[[Saradas Brandybuck|Saradas]]''<br/><small>''1308-1407''</small>|DOD=[[Dodinas Brandybuck|Dodinas]]|ASP=''[[Asphodel Brandybuck|Asphodel]]''<br/><small>''1313-1412''</small>|RUF=''[[Rufus Burrows]]''|DIN=''[[Dinodas Brandybuck|Dinodas]]''|PRI=[[Primula Brandybuck|Primula]]<br/><small>''1320-1380''</small>|DRO=[[Drogo Baggins]]<br/><ref group="note">Drogo and Primula went boating on the [[Baranduin|Brandywine River]] and drowned together.</ref><ref>{{FR|Party}}, p. 22</ref>|GBL=[[Gorbulas Brandybuck|Gorbulas]]<br/><small>''1308''</small>}}
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{{familytree |boxstyle=white-space:;background-color:#FFFFFF;| | |SON| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |SON=At least 1 son<br/><ref group="note">Meriadoc's descendants do not appear in any list or [[Appendix C|family tree]] and their names are not mentioned anywhere. The only indication that Meriadoc had at least a son, who succeeded him, is the brief reference in [[Appendix B]] that Meriadoc and [[Peregrin Took]] "handed over their goods and offices to their sons" before leaving [[the Shire]].</ref>}}
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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The name contains the elements of '''Brandy'''wine and Old'''buck'''. It is a translation of [[Westron]] ''[[Brandagamba]]''.
The name contains the elements of '''''Brandy'''wine'' and ''Old'''buck'''''.<ref name=N>{{HM|N}}, entry '''Brandybuck''', p. 754</ref> It is a translation of [[Westron]] ''[[Brandagamba]]''.<ref name=Translation/>
 
==Inspiration==
==Inspiration==
Brandybuck is a rare English name which [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] had come across.<ref name="Nomen">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "[[Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings|Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings]]" in [[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]] (eds), ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'', p. 754</ref>
''Brandybuck'' is a rare English name which [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] had come across.<ref name=N/>


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Latest revision as of 14:23, 26 November 2023

The Brandybuck family began as the Oldbuck clan, who named themselves such apparently after a Bucca of the Marish, who became the first Thain of the Shire.[1] Ten Oldbuck Thains followed, until Gorhendad Oldbuck, the twelfth Thain,[2][3] migrated into Buckland over the river Brandywine.[4]

Gorhendad renamed himself Brandybuck, and began delving the great smials of Brandy Hall. Around the hill was built the village of Bucklebury.[4] Starting with Gorhendad, the head of the Brandybuck family was called the Master of Buckland,[5][6][7] or the Master of the Hall, and was in this function the master of Buckland, a virtually independent part of the Shire. The farmers between Stock and Rushey in the Marish also acknowledged the authority of the Master of Buckland.[4]

It was traditional for each of the Masters to have an epigraph attached to their names, such as Gorbadoc "Broadbelt", Saradoc "Scattergold", and the most famous, Meriadoc Brandybuck "the Magnificent".[8]

The Bucklanders were seen as strange and half-foreigners by most of the other Hobbits of the old Shire. However the Bucklanders were not very different from other Hobbits, except that they liked boats, that some of them could swim and that they locked their doors at night (because of the exposure to the Old Forest).[4]

Genealogy[edit | edit source]

Showing the prominent members of the Brandybuck clan. The figures after the names are those of birth (and death where that is recorded). A dashed line indicates marriage, or when extended vertically, indicates a line of descent with one or more generations not shown. Names in italics signify those who attended Bilbo's Farewell Party on 22 September S.R. 1401.[8] Names in parentheses represent significant hobbits related to the Brandybucks.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gorhendad Oldbuck
[note 1]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gormadoc 'Deepdelver'
1134-1236
 
Malva Headstrong
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Madoc 'Proudneck'
1175-1277
 
Hanna Goldworthy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sadoc
1179
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marroc
1182
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marmadoc 'Masterful'
1217-1310
 
Adaldrida Bolger
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
two sons
 
Salvia
1226
 
Gundabald Bolger
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
many descendants
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
various descendants
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gorbadoc 'Broadbelt'
1260-1363
 
Mirabella Took
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
daughter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
daughter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Orgulas
1268
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rorimac "Goldfather"
1302-1408 [note 2]
 
Menegilda Goold
 
Amaranth
1304-1398
 
Saradas
1308-1407
 
Dodinas
 
Asphodel
1313-1412
 
Rufus Burrows
 
Dinodas
 
Primula
1320-1380
 
Drogo Baggins
[note 3][9]
 
Gorbulas
1308
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Saradoc "Scattergold"
1340-1432
 
Esmeralda Took
 
Merimac
1342-1430
 
Seredic
1348
 
Hilda Bracegirdle
 
 
 
(Milo Burrows)
1347
 
(Peony Baggins)
 
 
 
 
 
(FRODO BAGGINS)
 
 
 
Marmadas
1343
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Meriadoc "the Magnificent"
1382
 
Estella Bolger
 
Berilac
1380
 
Doderic
1389
 
Ilberic
1391
 
Celandine
1394
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Merimas
1381
 
Mentha
1383
 
Melilot
1385
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
At least 1 son
[note 4]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Of the Marish, c. S.R. 740 began building Brandy Hall and changed the family name to Brandybuck
  2. ↑ Known as 'Old Rory'
  3. ↑ Drogo and Primula went boating on the Brandywine River and drowned together.
  4. ↑ Meriadoc's descendants do not appear in any list or family tree and their names are not mentioned anywhere. The only indication that Meriadoc had at least a son, who succeeded him, is the brief reference in Appendix B that Meriadoc and Peregrin Took "handed over their goods and offices to their sons" before leaving the Shire.

Etymology[edit | edit source]

The name contains the elements of Brandywine and Oldbuck.[10] It is a translation of Westron Brandagamba.[6]

Inspiration[edit | edit source]

Brandybuck is a rare English name which Tolkien had come across.[10]

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur", The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain, p. 1043
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Of the Ordering of the Shire", p. 9
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age", entry for the year 2340, p. 1087
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Conspiracy Unmasked", pp. 98-99 and p. 107
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Concerning Hobbits", p. 4
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "On Translation", Note on three names: Hobbit, Gamgee, and Brandywine., Brandywine., p. 1138
  7. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "Later Events Concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring", entry for the year S.R. 1432, p. 1097
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Brandybuck of Buckland"
  9. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Long-expected Party", p. 22
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, entry Brandybuck, p. 754
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