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Eglantine Took, née Banks was a hobbit of the Shire. She was a member of the Banks family and was the mother of Peregrin Took.

Biography[]

Eglantine Banks was born sometime in the late Third Age, and at some point married Paladin Took, who later became Thain Paladin II. Eglantine was the mother four children: Pearl in TA 2975, Pimpernel in TA 2979, Pervinca in TA 2985, and Peregrin (called Pippin) in TA 2990. She and her family attended Bilbo's Farewell Birthday Party on September 22, 3001. Eglantine's date of death is not known.[1]

Etymology[]

An Eglantine is a wild rose. This was in keeping with the Hobbit tradition of naming girls after flowers.

Line of Tooks[]

   
   
Gerontius Took
   
   
Adamanta
Chubb
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Hildigrim
   
   
Rosa Baggins
   
   
Numerous
children
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Adalgrim Took
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Paladin II
   
   
Eglantine Banks
   
   
Three daughters
   
   
Esmeralda
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Saradoc
Brandybuck
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Pearl
   
   
Pimpernel
   
   
Pervinca
   
   
Peregrin
   
   
Diamond
   
   
Meriadoc
Brandybuck
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Faramir
   
   
Goldilocks Gardner


References[]

  1. The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C: Family Trees, Took of Great Smials
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