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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
''Widumavi'' is a [[Gothic]] name meaning "Wood-maiden".<ref>{{UT|Cirion}}, Note 6</ref> ''Galadwen'' is a [[Sindarin]] name with the same meaning,<ref name="PMA"/> from [[Galadh]] + [[-wen]].
''Widumavi'' is a [[Gothic]] name meaning "Wood-maiden".<ref>{{UT|Cirion}}, Note 6</ref> ''Galadwen'' is a [[Sindarin]] name with the same meaning,<ref name="PMA"/> from ''[[galadh]]'' + ''[[-wen]]''.


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Revision as of 22:25, 16 January 2018

Vidumavi
Northman
Matěj Čadil - Valacar of Gondor.jpg
"Valacar of Gondor" by Matěj Čadil
Biographical Information
Other namesGaladwen
TitlesQueen of Gondor
LocationRhovanion
Gondor
DeathT.A. 1344
Gondor
Family
ParentageVidugavia
SpouseValacar
ChildrenEldacar
Physical Description
GenderFemale
GalleryImages of Vidumavi

Vidumavi (died T.A. 1344)[1], also known as Galadwen, was the daughter of Vidugavia, the King of Rhovanion.[2]

History

Vidumavi married Valacar, the son of Minalcar, the King of Gondor. She had a child, Vinitharya, later to be known as King Eldacar. Vidumavi met Valacar in her homeland of Rhovanion. He was sent there by his father who sought to attach the Northmen closer to Gondor than they already were. Valacar and Vidumavi fell in love, and they were wed. They had a son, Vinitharya, in Third Age 1255. In 1260 Vidumavi was brought by her husband to Gondor from Rhovanion where she was welcomed for her fairness and nobleness. [2] She was, as the Dúnedain of Gondor feared, short-lived (dying in 1344 of the Third Age,[1] before Valacar became king), though she was very old for one of her own people. She bore Valacar a son, the future King Eldacar. Because of Eldacar's short-lived, non-Dúnadan mother, many Gondorians were unwilling to accept him as king, leading to the disastrous Kin-strife.[2]

Genealogy

Vidugavia
unknown
 
Rómendacil II
1126 - 1366
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
VIDUMAVI
d. 1344
 
Valacar
1194 - 1432
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eldacar
1255 - 1490
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ornendil
d. 1437
 
Aldamir
1330 - 1540


Etymology

Widumavi is a Gothic name meaning "Wood-maiden".[3] Galadwen is a Sindarin name with the same meaning,[1] from galadh + -wen.

References