Gorbadoc Brandybuck
Gorbadoc Brandybuck | |
---|---|
Hobbit | |
Biographical Information | |
Other names | "Broadbelt" |
Titles | Master of Buckland |
Location | Brandy Hall, Buckland |
Birth | S.R. 1260 |
Rule | S.R. 1310 - 1363 |
Death | S.R. 1363 (aged 103) |
Family | |
Family | Brandybuck |
Parentage | Marmadoc Brandybuck and Adaldrida Bolger |
Siblings | Orgulas |
Spouse | Mirabella Took |
Children | Rorimac, Amaranth, Saradas, Dodinas, Asphodel, Dinodas and Primula |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Gorbadoc "Broadbelt" Brandybuck was a Hobbit of the Shire.
History
Gorbadoc was the son of Marmadoc Brandybuck and after his father's death in S.R. 1310, he became Master of Buckland.
He married Mirabella Took, and had in all seven children: Rorimac, Amaranth, Saradas, Dodinas, Asphodel, Dinodas and Primula.[1]
Hamfast Gamgee's account of the deaths of Frodo Baggins's parents, Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck, in Book I, chapter I of The Fellowship of the Ring, says that they were staying with Gorbadoc at the time. But the date of Gorbadoc's death is given in the Brandybuck family tree as 1367 SR, while the date of the deaths of Drogo and Primula is shown in the same document as 1380.
Etymology
In 1978, Jim Allan suggested that the Celtic-sounding name Gorbadoc is "a slight alteration of Gorboduc or Gorbodugu", a fictional pre-Roman king of the Britons.[2] In 1988, the publication of The Return of the Shadow confirmed that Tolkien had indeed used the name Gorboduc in four extant manuscript versions.[3][4]
His name 'Broadbelt' derives from his generous table and waistline.[5]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Brandybuck of Buckland"
- ↑ Jim Allan, An Introduction to Elvish, p. 202
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Return of the Shadow, "The First Phase: I. A Long-expected Party", pp. 17 (note 5), 26, 36, 38
- ↑ Giovanni Carmine Costabile, Harm Schelhaas, "Tolkien Society Facebook group post" dated 17 January 2017, Facebook (accessed 21 January 2017)
- ↑ Robert Foster, The Complete Guide to Middle-earth, p. 171
Masters of Buckland |
---|
Gorhendad Oldbuck (from S.R. 740) · unknown · Gormadoc Brandybuck (until 1236) · Madoc Brandybuck (1236 - 1277) · Marmadoc Brandybuck (1277 - 1310) · Gorbadoc Brandybuck (1310 - 1364) · Rorimac Brandybuck (1364 - 1408) · Saradoc Brandybuck (1408 - 1432) · Meriadoc Brandybuck (1432 - 1484) · unknown |