Tar-Míriel

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Tar-Míriel
Númenórean
File:Ted Nasmith - Queen Tar-Miriel and the Great Wave.jpg
Biographical Information
Other namesAr-Zimraphel (A)
TitlesQueen of Númenor (not ruling)
AffiliationThe Faithful
LanguageQuenya
BirthS.A. 3117
RuleNone: Queenship usurped
DeathS.A. 3319 (aged 202 years)
Slopes of Meneltarma
Family
HouseHouse of Elros
ParentageTar-Palantir
SpouseAr-Pharazôn
Physical Description
GenderFemale
GalleryImages of Tar-Míriel

"And last of all the mounting wave... took to its bosom Tar-Míriel the Queen, fairer than silver or ivory or pearls."The Silmarillion, Akallabêth

Tar-Míriel was the only daughter of Tar-Palantir the twenty-fourth King of Númenor, whom the laws of Númenórean succession would have made her father's Heir, and therefore the fourth Ruling Queen of Númenor. On Tar-Palantir's death, however, her cousin Pharazôn forced her into marriage, and took the Sceptre of Númenor for himself, becoming known as Ar-Pharazôn the Golden.

If Tar-Míriel had become Queen, Númenor may have emerged from under its dark years under the King's Men. With Ar-Pharazôn as King, however, the land descended farther into corruption. At Sauron's persuasion, the King went so far as to lead a fleet against Valinor itself, and as a punishment the realm of Númenor was destroyed. Legend says that Tar-Míriel sought to reach the peak of the Meneltarma before the complete submergence of the island under the sea, but the waters took her as she climbed the slopes of the Holy Mountain.

Etymology

Tar-Míriel was a Quenya name having an approximate meaning of "Jewel-daughter". The Adûnaic name Ar-Pharazôn gave her, Ar-Zimraphel is presumably a translation of this. Zimra- means, disputably, 'jewel', while -phel is possibly 'daughter'.

Genealogy

Ar-Gimilzôr
 
Inzilbêth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tar-Palantir
 
Gimilkhâd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TAR-MÍRIEL
 
Ar-Pharazôn
 

References