Silmariën
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Silmariën | |
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Númenórean | |
Biographical Information | |
Location | Númenor |
Language | Adûnaic, Sindarin and Quenya |
Birth | S.A. 521[1] |
Family | |
House | House of Elros |
Parentage | Tar-Elendil |
Siblings | Isilmë and Tar-Meneldur |
Spouse | Elatan |
Children | Valandil |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Female |
Gallery | Images of Silmariën |
Silmariën was the first child of Tar-Elendil, the fourth King of Númenor and mother of the first Lord of Andúnië.
History
Silmariën was the eldest child of King Tar-Elendil and elder sister of Meneldur. However because of the Númenórean law of agnatic primogeniture that then existed in the Realm, she could not succeed her father as King of Númenor and instead her brother took up the Sceptre as Tar-Meneldur.[2]
Silmariën wed Elatan of Andúnië, and in honor of their son Valandil, her father created the royal title of Lord of Andúnië. Also, instead of giving this valuable heirloom to his heir, Tar-Elendil gave her the Ring of Barahir.[3] Silmariën also was given a mithril fillet.[4]
Legacy
Her heirs, coming of the royal line of Númenor[5], centuries later they led the Faithful to Middle-earth to found the Kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor. Aragorn, the hero of the War of the Ring, is her direct descendant through many generations.
Her fillet would become part of the Elendilmir, a sign of royalty in Númenor and later the crown of the Kingdom of Arnor.[4]
Genealogy
Tar-Elendil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elatan | SILMARIËN | Isilmë | Tar-Meneldur | Almarian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valandil | Tar-Aldarion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Etymology
Silmariën's name is difficult to translate, but might mean "She of the Shining Light" in Quenya (an assimilation of silima = the miraculous material that the Silmarils were made of, and -iën = feminine suffix).
Other versions of the legendarium
Silmariën was definitely the eldest child of Tar-Elendil, and her birthdate is given in The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor as S.A. 521.[1] In the Tale of Years, it is given as 548, a date that goes back to the first drafts of that text whose revision was overlooked by Tolkien.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "A Description of the Island of Númenor", Note 2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Númenor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age"