Primula Baggins was a Hobbit of the Shire, and the mother of Frodo Baggins, the bearer of the Ring. Additionally, she was the cousin of Bilbo Baggins.
Biography
Primula was a daughter of Gorbadoc Brandybuck, Master of Buckland, and Mirabella Took, the youngest daughter of the Old Took. She married Drogo Baggins, and had one child, Frodo. In TA 2980 (SR 1380), both she and Drogo were drowned in the Brandywine River, leaving Frodo an orphaned child. She was sixty years old.[1]
Etymology
Primula was a species of the Primrose family of flowering plants.
References
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings: Appendix C, "Brandybuck of Buckland"