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| birth= [[Second Age| | | birth= [[Second Age 192|S.A. 192]] | ||
| rule= | | rule= [[Second Age 442|S.A. 442]] (rule began ''de jure'' in [[Second Age 444|S.A. 444]]), abdicated in [[Second Age 590|S.A. 590]] | ||
| death= | | death= [[Second Age 603|S.A. 603]] | ||
| realms= [[Númenor]] | | realms= [[Númenor]] | ||
| race= [[Men]] ([[Dúnedain]]) | | race= [[Men]] ([[Dúnedain]]) | ||
Revision as of 14:05, 21 June 2007
Tar-Amandil was the third King of Númenor. He ruled for 148 years, from 442 to 590 of the Second Age. Tar-Amandil was legally the third King, but actually its second ruler. His father, Vardamir Nólimon, declined to take the Sceptre upon the death of his own father, Elros Tar-Minyatur, and was only a titular King. However, since Tar-Vardamir was held to have ruled for one year, Tar-Amandil's reign officially began in the year 444.
Tar-Amandil had three children: two sons, Elendil and Eärendur; and a daughter, Mairen. Just as his father had yielded the Sceptre before his death, Tar-Amandil abdicated in 590 and was succeeded by his eldest son Elendil, who would rule as Tar-Elendil. This tradition of renouncing the Sceptre a few years before death was observed by most of the rulers of Númenor until Tar-Atanamir.
Etymology
Amandil means "Devoted to Aman" in Quenya (from -ndil "friend, lover, devoted to"). Like all the rulers of Númenor who took their royal names in Quenya, Amandil added the prefix tar- ("high") to his name when he received the Sceptre.
Genealogy
Tar-Vardamir
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TAR-AMANDIL Vardilmë Aulendil Nolondil
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Tar-Elendil Eärendur Mairen
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Tar-Meneldur
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3rd King of NúmenorII 442 – 590
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Followed by: Tar-Elendil |
