Beldis

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Beldis
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Beldis (centre) in "Beorians" by Juliana Pinho
Biographical Information
BirthF.A. 411
Deathunknown (aged 54+)
Family
HouseHouse of Bëor
ParentageBregil, Arachon
SiblingsBrandir
SpouseHandir
ChildrenBrandir the Lame
Physical Description
GenderFemale
GalleryImages of Beldis

Beldis was the mother of Brandir the Lame and the wife of Handir.

History[edit | edit source]

Beldis was born in F.A. 411, the second child of Arachon and Bregil of the House of Bëor. She married Handir, the lord of the Haladin and they had a son called Brandir the Lame (whom Beldis named after her brother Brandir) who was born in F.A. 465. Beldis' son Brandir the Lame later became the last chieftain of the Haladin.[1]

Genealogy[edit | edit source]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bregor
359 - 448
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Arachon
unknown
 
Bregil
b. 386
 
Haldir
414 - 472
 
Hirwen
389
 
Bregolas
393 - 455
 
Gilwen
b. 397
 
Barahir
400 - 460
 
Emeldir
b. 406
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brandir
b. 409
 
BELDIS
b. 411
 
Handir
441 - 495
 
Beleth
b. 417
 
Baragund
420 - 460
 
Belegund
422 - 460
 
 
 
Beren
432 - 503
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brandir the Lame
465 - 499
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Comment[edit | edit source]

Christopher Tolkien comments that the introduction of Beldis in the genealogies was a later addition by his father to make Brandir a second cousing of Túrin from both the houses of Bëor and of Hador.[2] However, no explanation is given on how Beldis could marry a man thirty years younger than her or give birth to Brandir being 54 years old. Even though both cases are not completely impossible, this was probably a miscalculation on J.R.R. Tolkien's part during this later addition. Even if he should have included another generation between her and Brandir, it is clear he intented Beldis to be Brandir's mother, as he was named after his uncle.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)", (i) The House of Bëor, p. 231
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: I. The Wanderings of Húrin", p. 268