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{{quote|...only the rarest good fortune brings together the man and woman who are really as it were 'destined' for one another, and capable of a very great and splendid love.|[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] in [[Letter 43]]}} | {{quote|...only the rarest good fortune brings together the man and woman who are really as it were 'destined' for one another, and capable of a very great and splendid love.|[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to his son [[Michael Tolkien|Michael]] in [[Letter 43]]}} | ||
'''Edith Mary Tolkien (née Bratt | '''Edith Mary Tolkien''' (née '''Bratt''') ([[21 January|January 21]], [[1889]] – [[29 November|November 29]], [[1971]]) was the daughter of Frances Bratt and Alfred Frederick Warrilow. She would become [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s wife. | ||
When Tolkien was living at 37 Duchess Road, Edgbaston, Edith was a young female lodger who lived in the bedroom beneath Tolkien and his brother Hilary. | When Tolkien was living at [[37 Duchess Road]], [[Birmingham|Edgbaston]], Edith was a young female lodger who lived in the bedroom beneath Tolkien and his brother Hilary. | ||
They were married on Wednesday, [[22 March]], [[1916]] in Warwickshire, England. She was the mother of his four children: [[John Tolkien|John]], [[Michael Tolkien|Michael]], [[Christopher Tolkien|Christopher]], and [[Priscilla Tolkien|Priscilla]]. | They were married on Wednesday, [[22 March]], [[1916]] in Warwickshire, England. She was the mother of his four children: [[John Tolkien|John]], [[Michael Tolkien|Michael]], [[Christopher Tolkien|Christopher]], and [[Priscilla Tolkien|Priscilla]]. | ||
J.R.R. Tolkien | J.R.R. Tolkien never referred to Edith as ''[[Lúthien]]'', but he considered her as such, so he asked that the names ''Beren'' and ''Lúthien'' were inscribed on the grave they share.<ref>{{L|340}}, p. 420</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 15:27, 1 November 2020
- "...only the rarest good fortune brings together the man and woman who are really as it were 'destined' for one another, and capable of a very great and splendid love."
- ― J.R.R. Tolkien to his son Michael in Letter 43
Edith Mary Tolkien (née Bratt) (January 21, 1889 – November 29, 1971) was the daughter of Frances Bratt and Alfred Frederick Warrilow. She would become J.R.R. Tolkien's wife.
When Tolkien was living at 37 Duchess Road, Edgbaston, Edith was a young female lodger who lived in the bedroom beneath Tolkien and his brother Hilary.
They were married on Wednesday, 22 March, 1916 in Warwickshire, England. She was the mother of his four children: John, Michael, Christopher, and Priscilla.
J.R.R. Tolkien never referred to Edith as Lúthien, but he considered her as such, so he asked that the names Beren and Lúthien were inscribed on the grave they share.[1]
Family Tree
Edith Bratt | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Tolkien | Michael Tolkien | Faith Faulconbridge | Christopher Tolkien | Baillie Tolkien | Priscilla Tolkien | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simon Tolkien | Adam Tolkien | Rachel Tolkien | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 340, (dated 11 July 1972), p. 420