Rómendacil I
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Rómendacil I
Biographical information
Physical description
Rómendacil I (TA 310 - TA 541) was the eighth King of Gondor.
Rómendacil was born as Tarostar. He was the son of King Ostoher and as crown-prince he rode against the Easterlings and defeated them.
After the victory he renamed himself to Rómendacil, meaning "East-victor" and he succeeded his father under that name in TA 492.
But the peace was not to last forever: forty years later in TA 541 the Easterlings invaded once again, and he rode to meet them in battle but was slain.
It was he that created the office of the Steward of Gondor and they would be men of wisdom and learning that would serve as high councilors to the king.[1] This act set the stage for a line of men, known as the House of Húrin that would later be the rulers of Gondor when the line of the kings failed in TA 2050.
He was succeeded by his son Turambar.
| Preceded by: Ostoher | King of Gondor TA 492 – TA 541 | Followed by: Turambar |
| Kings of Gondor |
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Elendil | Isildur | Meneldil | Cemendur | Eärendil | Anardil | Ostoher | Rómendacil I | Turambar | Atanatar I | Siriondil | Tarannon Falastur | Eärnil I | Ciryandil | Hyarmendacil I | Atanatar II Alcarin | Narmacil I | Calmacil | Rómendacil II | Valacar | Eldacar | Castamir the Usurper | Eldacar (restored) | Aldamir | Hyarmendacil II | Minardil | Telemnar | Tarondor | Telumehtar Umbardacil | Narmacil II | Calimehtar | Ondoher | Eärnil II | Eärnur | Aragorn II Elessar | Eldarion |
[edit] References
- ↑ Unfinished Tales pg. 319 footnote 53
