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| hair= |}}'''Isengrim Took III''' was the eldest of the twelve children of [[Gerontius Took|Gerontius]], the Old Took, and became [[Thain]] in [[Shire Reckoning|S.R.]] 1320 at the age of eighty-eight when the Old Took died at the end of his seventy-two year reign at the age of 130. | | hair= |}}'''Isengrim Took III''' was the eldest of the twelve children of [[Gerontius Took|Gerontius]], the Old Took, and became [[Thain]] in [[Shire Reckoning|S.R.]] 1320 at the age of eighty-eight when the Old Took died at the end of his seventy-two year reign at the age of 130. | ||
Took Family|Took]] line - but due to his old age at the time of becoming Thain, he only stayed in office for ten years, dying at the age of ninety-eight. He left no heir, and as far as we know he never married, so the Thainship passed to his younger brother, [[Isumbras Took IV|Isumbras]]. | |||
Isengrim became the 27th Thain of The Shire - 15th in the [[Took Family|Took]] line - but due to his old age at the time of becoming Thain, he only stayed in office for ten years, dying at the age of ninety-eight. He left no heir, and as far as we know he never married, so the Thainship passed to his younger brother, [[Isumbras Took IV|Isumbras]]. | |||
==Genealogy== | ==Genealogy== |
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Isengrim Took III | |
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Hobbit | |
Biographical Information | |
Location | Great Smials, Tuckborough |
Birth | S.R. 1232 |
Death | S.R. 1330 |
Family | |
Parentage | Gerontius Took Adamanta Chubb |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Gallery | Images of Isengrim Took III |
Isengrim Took III was the eldest of the twelve children of Gerontius, the Old Took, and became Thain in S.R. 1320 at the age of eighty-eight when the Old Took died at the end of his seventy-two year reign at the age of 130.
Isengrim became the 27th Thain of The Shire - 15th in the Took line - but due to his old age at the time of becoming Thain, he only stayed in office for ten years, dying at the age of ninety-eight. He left no heir, and as far as we know he never married, so the Thainship passed to his younger brother, Isumbras.
Genealogy
Fortinbras I 1145 - 1248 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Old Took 1190 - 1320 | Adamanta Chubb unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISENGRIM III 1232 - 1330 | Hildigard (died young) | Isumbras IV 1238 - 1339 | 9 children | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lalia Clayhanger 1283 - 1402 | Fortinbras II 1278 - 1380 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ferumbras III 1316 - 1415 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Etymology
"Isengrim" is of Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from isen meaning "iron" and grim meaning "fierce".
It is likely Isengrim is named after an earlier , but it is notable that "Isengrim" is the name of a wolf who appears in many medieval epics, including the story of Reynard the Fox which originated in French folklore.[1]
Preceded by: Gerontius Took |
27th Thain of The Shire S.R. 1320 - 1330 |
Followed by: Isumbras Took IV |