Timeline Event
Gilraen of the Dúnedain dies
Event Type: Genealogical
Age: 3rd Age - The Stewards
Year: 3007
Description:
Gilraen, daughter of Dírhael and Ivorwen, wife of Arathorn II, and mother of Aragorn II, dies in Eriador:
3007
... Death of Gilraen.
The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, The Tale of Years: The Third Age
After a few years Gilraen took leave of Elrond and returned to her own people in Eriador, and lived alone; and she seldom saw her son again, for he spent many years in far countries. But on a time, when Aragorn had returned to the North, he came to her, and she said to him before he went:
"This is our last parting, Estel, my son. I am aged by care, even as one of lesser Men; and now that it draws near I cannot face the darkness of our time that gathers upon Middle-earth. I shall leave it soon."
Aragorn tried to comfort her, saying: "Yet there may be a light beyond the darkness; and if so, I would have you see it and be glad."
But she answered only with this linnod:Ónen i-Estel Edain, ú-chebin estel anim 1and Aragorn went away heavy of heart. Gilraen died before the next spring.
The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
Notes
1 'I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept no hope for myself.'
The Return of the King, LoTR Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
Contributors:
Lyllyn 15Jun03
Elena Tiriel 22Jun06
