Character Bios
Minardil
Location(s):
Gondor
Race/Species: Man
Type/Kind: Dunadan of Gondor
Title(s):
25th King of Gondor
Dates:
III 1454 - 1634
Parents:
father: Eldacar, 21st King of Gondor
Siblings:
Ornendil
Unnamed daughter (HoME 12 only)
Aldamir, 23rd King of Gondor
Children:
Telemnar, 26th King of Gondor
Minastan
Description:
Minardil, son of Eldacar, 21st King of Gondor, is the 25th King of Gondor:
The Southern Line: Heirs of Anárion
Kings of Gondor.... Hyarmendacil II (Vinyarion) 1621, Minardil †1634, Telemnar †1636....
The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: The Realms in Exile
25. Minardil. born 1454 lived 180 years †slain 1634.
The Peoples of Middle-earth, HoME Vol 12, Part 1, Ch 7, The Heirs of Elendil: The Southern Line of Gondor: The Anárioni
... Minardil, son of Eldacar, was slain at Pelargir by the Corsairs of Umbar. (They were led by Angamaitë and Sangahyando, the great-grandsons of Castamir.)
The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion
The rebels of Umbar had never ceased to make war on Gondor since the death of Kastamir,1 attacking its ships and raiding its coast at every opportunity. They had however become much mixed in blood through admission of Men of Harad, and only their chieftains, descendants of Kastamir, were of Númenórean race. Learning through spies that Minardil was at Pelargir, suspecting no peril since the crushing of Harad and Umbar by his father, Angomaite1 and Sangahyanda,1 leaders of the Corsairs of Umbar, great-grandsons of Kastamir, made a raid up Anduin, slew the king, ravaged Pelargir and the coasts, and escaped with great booty.
The Peoples of Middle-earth, HoME Vol 12, Part 1, Ch 7, The Heirs of Elendil: The Southern Line of Gondor: The Anárioni
Notes
† The sign † indicates a premature death, in battle or otherwise, though an annal of the event is not always included.
The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers
1 This text is from one of Tolkien's early drafts; the name is an earlier version of the proper name as published in The Lord of the Rings.
Contributors:
Elena Tiriel 19Jul14