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[[Image:Lothíriel.jpg|thumb|180px|right|''Princess Lothíriel'', drawn by [[User:Sigismond|Gregor Roffalski]].]]
[[Image:Lothíriel.jpg|thumb|180px|right|''Princess Lothíriel'' by [[User:Sigismond|Gregor Roffalski]].]]
'''Lothíriel''' was the Princess of [[Dol Amroth]] and wife of King [[Éomer]] of [[Rohan]]. Lothíriel was the daughter of Prince [[Imrahil]] of [[Dol Amroth]]; her mother's name is not known. Lothíriel was born in 2999 of the [[Third Age]]. She had three older brothers: [[Elphir]], [[Erchirion]], and [[Amrothos]].
'''Lothíriel''' was the daughter of [[Imrahil|Prince Imrahil]] of [[Dol Amroth]], and later the wife of King [[Éomer]] of [[Rohan]].  


Lothíriel married [[Éomer]], King of [[Rohan]], in 3020. They had at least one son named [[Elfwine]] [[the Fair]] who became the 19th King of Rohan on the death of his father in the year 63 of the [[Fourth Age]]. Lothíriel's date of death is not known.
==History==
Lothíriel was born in [[Third Age 2999]]. She had three older brothers: [[Elphir]], [[Erchirion]], and [[Amrothos]].
 
Lothíriel married [[Éomer]], King of [[Rohan]], in [[Third Age 3020|3020]]. They had at least one son named [[Elfwine]] [[the Fair]] who became the 19th King of Rohan on the death of his father in [[Fourth Age 63]]. Whether she still lived by that date, or died after, is unknown.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Lothíriel means ''"flower garlanded maiden."'' The word loth means ''"flower, blossom."''  
Lothíriel may mean "flower garlanded maiden". The word ''[[loth]]'' means "flower, blossom". The element ''riel'' means "garlanded maiden", as also seen in ''[[Galadriel]]''.
 
The element riel means ''"garlanded maiden"'' from the root rig meaning ''"twine, wreathe"'' and the feminine ending ''-iel''.


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Revision as of 21:45, 11 January 2009

File:Lothíriel.jpg
Princess Lothíriel by Gregor Roffalski.

Lothíriel was the daughter of Prince Imrahil of Dol Amroth, and later the wife of King Éomer of Rohan.

History

Lothíriel was born in Third Age 2999. She had three older brothers: Elphir, Erchirion, and Amrothos.

Lothíriel married Éomer, King of Rohan, in 3020. They had at least one son named Elfwine the Fair who became the 19th King of Rohan on the death of his father in Fourth Age 63. Whether she still lived by that date, or died after, is unknown.

Etymology

Lothíriel may mean "flower garlanded maiden". The word loth means "flower, blossom". The element riel means "garlanded maiden", as also seen in Galadriel.