Tar-Alcarin
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| Tar-Alcarin | |
|---|---|
| Númenórean | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Titles | King of Númenor |
| Affiliation | King's Men |
| Language | Adûnaic, Sindarin and Quenya |
| Birth | S.A. 2406 |
| Rule | S.A. 2637 - 2737 (de jure) S.A. 2657 - 2737 (de facto) |
| Death | S.A. 2737 (aged 331) |
| Family | |
| House | House of Elros |
| Parentage | Tar-Vanimeldë and Herucalmo |
| Children | Tar-Calmacil |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
Tar-Alcarin was the seventeenth King of Númenor.[1] His name means "the Glorious".
Tar-Alcarin was the son of Ruling Queen Tar-Vanimeldë and Herucalmo, a descendant of Tar-Atanamir. When Tar-Vanimeldë died in S.A. 2637, Herucalmo took the Sceptre for his own and assumed the name Tar-Anducal. Tar-Alcarin had to wait for twenty years until his father died before he could become the rightful King. "Tar-Anducal" being an usurper was not reckoned in the Line of Kings as the seventeenth ruler of Númenor.[2]
Genealogy
| Tar-Vanimeldë | Herucalmo, (Tar-Anducal) | ||||||||||||||
| TAR-ALCARIN | |||||||||||||||
| Tar-Calmacil | |||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor", Tar-Alcarin
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor", Tar-Vanimeldë
| Tar-Alcarin House of Elros | ||
| Preceded by: Tar-Anducal (de facto) | 17 King of Númenor S.A. 2657 - 2737 | Followed by: Tar-Calmacil |
