Galador

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Galador
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Biographical Information
TitlesPrince of Dol Amroth
LocationDol Amroth
BirthT.A. 2004[1]
RuleT.A. 2076 - T.A. 2129[1]
DeathT.A. 2129[1] (aged 125)
Family
Housefounded the House of Dol Amroth
ParentageImrazôr and Mithrellas
SiblingsGilmith[2]
Physical Description
GenderMale

Galador was the first Prince of Dol Amroth.

History[edit | edit source]

According to legend, Galador was the son of Imrazôr the Númenórean and the Elf-maid Mithrellas.[2][1] 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.[2][1]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Imrazôr
1950 - 2076
 
Mithrellas
unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GALADOR
2004 - 2129
 
Gilmith
unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Princes of
Dol Amroth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aglahad
2827 - 2932
 
 
 
 


References

Galador
House of Dol Amroth
Born: T.A. 2004 Died: T.A. 2129
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New title
1st Prince of Dol Amroth
Unknown – T.A. 2129
Unknown
eventually Aglahad