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This article is about the the twenty-first Ruling Steward of Gondor. For the fifteenth Steward, see Belecthor I.

Belecthor II was the twenty-first Ruling Steward of Gondor.

Biography

Belecthor was born in TA 2752 and was the only child of Beregond. When his father died in TA 2811, Belecthor succeeded him as the twenty-first Ruling Steward. Belecthor continued his father's campaigns against the Corsairs of Umbar and the Orcs. The White Council met in TA 2850; at the meeting, Gandalf urged an attack on Dol Guldur to drive Sauron out, but Saruman overruled him. Belecthor died in TA 2872 at the age of 120 years old after a rule of sixty-one years. When he died, the White Tree of Gondor was neglected and eventually withered and died, and no sapling or seedling was found to replace it. So the withered tree was left standing until the return of the king.[2]

Belecthor was succeeded by his son Thorondir.[2]

Etymology

The name Belecthor means "Mighty eagle", from the Sindarin beleg ("mighty") and thor(on) ("eagle").[3] He might have been named after the fifteenth Ruling Steward, Belecthor I.

House of Húrin

   
   
   
   
Húrin
of Emyn Arnen
   
   
   
   
Pelendur
   
   
   
   
Vorondil
   
   
   
   
Mardil Voronwë
   
   
   
   
Eradan
   
   
   
   
Herion
   
   
   
   
Belegorn
   
   
   
   
Húrin I
   
   
   
   
Túrin I
   
   
   
   
Hador
   
   
   
   
Barahir
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Dior
   
   
Rían
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Denethor I
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Two daughters
   
   
Boromir
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Cirion
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Hallas
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Húrin II
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Belecthor I
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Orodreth
   
   
   
   
Morwen
   
   
Ecthelion I
   
   
   
   
Unknown
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Egalmoth
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Beren
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Beregond
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Belecthor II
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Thorondir
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Túrin II
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Turgon
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Ecthelion II
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Two daughters
   
   
Denethor II
   
   
Finduilas
   
   
   
   
House of Eorl
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Boromir
   
   
   
   
   
   
Faramir
   
   
   
   
   
   
Éowyn
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Elboron
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Barahir


Translations around the World

Foreign Language Translated name
Amharic በለችትሆር II ?
Arabic بيليچتهور الثاني
Armenian Բելեծտհոր II
Belarusian Cyrillic Белецтhор II ?
Bengali বেলেচ্থর দ্বিতীয়
Bulgarian Cyrillic Белецтхор II
Cambodian បេលេចតហោរ ?
Catalan Bélecthor II
Chinese 貝列克索二世
Dari ? بهلهچتهور
Georgian ბელეჩთჰორ II
Greek Βελεκθορ Β΄
Gujarati બેલેચ્થોર બીજી
Hebrew בילישתהור וו ?
Hindi बेलेच्थोर दूसरा
Japanese ベレクソール2世
Kannada ಬೆಲೆಚ್ಥೊರ್ ಎರಡನೆಯದು
Kazakh Cyrillic Белецтһор II
Kurdish به‌له‌چتهۆر (Arabic script) Beleçthor (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Бэлэцтhор II
Macedonian Cyrillic Белецтхор II
Marathi बेलेच्थोर दुसरा
Mongolian Cyrillic Белецтhор II
Pashto بېلېچتهور دوهم
Persian بهلهچتهور دوم
Russian Белектор II
Serbian Белецтхор II (Cyrillic) Belecthor II (Latin)
Sindhi بيليطتهور ٻيو ?
Sinhalese බෙලෙච්ථොර් දෙවන
Tamil பெலெச்த்ஹொர் இரண்டாவது
Telugu బెలెచ్థొర
Tigrinya በለችትሆር II ?
Ukrainian Cyrillic Белектор ІІ
Urdu بیلیکتاور دوسرا
Uyghur ? بەلەچتھور
Uzbek Белечтҳор II (Cyrillic) Belechthor II (Latin)
Yiddish בעלעקטהאָר וו
Ruling Steward of Gondor
Preceded by
Beregond
Belecthor II Succeeded by
Thorondir
TA 2811TA 2872


References

  1. The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 12: The Peoples of Middle-earth, VII: "The Heirs of Elendil"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iv): "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion
  3. Parma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
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