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| | #REDIRECT [[Rhovanion]] |
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| | name=Kingdom of Rhovanion
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| | location=Lands between [[Mirkwood]] and the [[River Running]]
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| | regions=[[Rhovanion]]
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| | population=[[Northmen]]
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| | language=[[Westron]], northern tongue akin to "Dalish" and [[Rohirric]]
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| | govern1=Prince of Rhovanion
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| | govern2=[[King of Rhovanion]]
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| | event1date=Before {{TA|490}}
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| | event2=Destroyed
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| The '''Kingdom of Rhovanion''' was a realm of [[Men]] in the [[Middle-earth]] region of [[Rhovanion]] that is rarely given specifications in [[Tolkien]]'s books.
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| ==Summary==
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| The Kingdom of Rhovanion was founded by the [[Northmen]] and stretched from Mirkwood, in the west, to [[Dorwinion]], in the east. It had strong ties with the kingdom of [[Gondor]] and fought side by side in its wars against the Easterlings of [[Rhun|Rh]][[Rhûn|ûn]].
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| ==History==
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| In the early [[Third Age]], a group of [[Northmen]] who were led by a 'Prince of Rhovanion' founded the Kingdom of Rhovanion sometime before the year [[TA 490]]. [[Rhovanion]] at this time referred only to the region where he and his people dwelt, a strip of land east of [[Greenwood the Great]] and south of [[Dale]] and [[Lake-town]]. It is possible that Dale and Lake-town formed part of the Kingdom before the Dwarven [[King under the Mountain|Kingdom]] in the [[Lonely Mountain]] was founded by the [[Dwarves]] of [[Durin's Folk]].The Men of Rhovanion fought with [[Gondor]] against the [[Easterlings]] of [[Rhûn]], who threatened their lands, and when these were defeated by [[Kings of Gondor|King]] [[Turambar]] of Gondor in TA 550, Rhovanion became an ally of Gondor. By TA 1200 the ruler of Rhovanion called himself the King of Rhovanion. In [[TA 1248]] [[Rómendacil II]] of Gondor destroyed all camps of the Easterlings even beyond the [[Sea of Rhûn]], and a strong alliance with Rhovanion was forged. Gondor withdrew its borders to the [[Anduin]], and ceded all the lands east of Anduin to Rhovanion. From this time onward, the name Rhovanion referred to all of [[Wilderland]].The King of Rhovanion at this time was [[Vidugavia]], and Prince [[Valacar]] of Gondor served in his army. Vidugavia's daughter [[Vidumavi]] married Valacar, and their son Vinitharya became King [[Eldacar of Gondor]] in [[TA 1432]], which led to the [[Kin-strife]] in [[TA 1437]]. Eldacar fled to Rhovanion, and with a Rhovanion army, he reclaimed his Kingdom in [[TA 1447]].
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| ==Downfall==
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| In TA 1636 the [[Great Plague]] devastated Rhovanion, killing more than half its people. This left Rhovanion weakened, and in TA 1851 the [[Wainriders]] overran and enslaved Rhovanion. For 43 years Rhovanion was enslaved, but in TA 1899 Rhovanion rebelled, while Gondor attacked the Wainriders from the west. Rhovanion was freed but left extremely weakened. Many Men of Rhovanion left for Gondor, where they were welcomed as distant relatives. Some of them may have gone north to Dale and [[Lake-town]] after TA 1999 when the [[King under the Mountain|Kingdom under the Mountain]] was founded.In TA 2460 [[Sauron]] returned to [[Dol Guldur]] in southern [[Mirkwood]], although this was not learned until long after. The land gradually became more dangerous, and Rhovanion was emptied of most its people. Around TA 2510 a new group of [[Easterlings]], the [[Balchoth]], appeared, and they quickly took the old lands of Rhovanion. This was the final end of the Kingdom of Rhovanion after over two thousand years of independence.
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