Tar-Anducal
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| Tar-Anducal | |
|---|---|
| Númenórean | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Other names | Herucalmo (Q) |
| Titles | King of Númenor (de facto) |
| Location | Númenor |
| Affiliation | King's Men |
| Birth | S.A. 2286 |
| Rule | S.A. 2637 - 2657 (20 years) |
| Death | S.A. 2657 (aged 371) |
| Family | |
| Spouse | Tar-Vanimeldë |
| Children | Tar-Alcarin |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
Tar-Anducal was the royal name assumed by Herucalmo after the death of his wife, Tar-Vanimeldë, the third Ruling Queen of Númenor. Anducal means "Light of the West".
Tar-Vanimeldë had little interest in her duties as a ruler (preferring to indulge in music and dance). The power of the Sceptre was wielded by her younger husband (also a descendant in the same degree from Tar-Atanamir). When his wife died, Herucalmo usurped the kingship that should have passed on to their son and ruled Númenor for twenty years until he died in S.A. 2657. "Tar-Anducal" being an usurper was not reckoned in the Line of Kings as the seventeenth ruler of Númenor.
Upon his death the Kingship reverted to the rightful heir, Tar-Alcarin.[1]
Genealogy
| Tar-Atanamir | |||||||||||||||
| Tar-Ancalimon | |||||||||||||||
| Tar-Telemmaitë | |||||||||||||||
| Tar-Vanimeldë | HERUCALMO, (TAR-ANDUCAL) | ||||||||||||||
| Tar-Alcarin | |||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor", Tar-Vanimeldë
| Tar-Anducal House of Elros | ||
| Preceded by: Tar-Vanimeldë | De facto King of Númenor S.A. 2637 - 2657 | Followed by: Tar-Alcarin |
