House of Bëor

Heraldic device of Bëor the Old

The House of Bëor was the oldest of the Three Houses of Men that had allied with the Elves in the First Age.

History

The House of Bëor ceased to exist as an independent House after the Dagor Bragollach, when Orcs at the behest of Morgoth invaded and overran their land of Ladros. Sending their women and children to Brethil in a flight led by Emeldir, the remaining men led by Barahir staged many attacks against the Orcs. Eventually, however, they were betrayed and Barahir along with everyone else was slain by Morgoth's servants. Beren was the only survivor due to being sent to scout during the attack. Beren was now the last of the house of Bëor but in the Second Age some families of Númenor still spoke Adûnaic with a notable Bëorian accent.

Furthermore, the majority of the Faithful were those of Bëorian descent. This was because the majority of the Men of Bëor had settled in the western part of Númenor, which later became the area controlled by the faithful Lords of Andúnië. Traits of the House of Bëor were passed down to the Dúnedain of Middle-earth and can be seen in Aragorn II Elessar's physical description: lean, dark and tall, with "a shaggy head of dark hair flecked with grey, and in a pale stern face a pair of keen grey eyes."

Notable members

• Bëor, originally named Balan and later given the title the Old, was leader of the House of Bëor, the first Men to travel into Beleriand. He met Finrod Felagund, who guided them to settle in Estolad, east of Doriath. Bëor took service with Finrod in Nargothrond. His name Bëor meant vassal in the Bëorian tongue. He got his title, the Old, because he died at 93 years of age, of which 44 were spent serving Finrod.

• Baran was the eldest son of Bëor the Old and took up the leadership of the House of Bëor when his father departed to Nargothrond. He dwelt in Estolad and had two sons, Boron and Baranor.

• Bereg, a grandson of Baran, was dissatisfied with Estolad, and led part of the people away to parts unknown, disappearing from the histories. It is possible some of his descendants were the ancestors of the later Men of Eriador.

• Boromir was a son of Boron. The later Boromir of Gondor was named after him. Boromir was granted the land of Ladros in Dorthonion as a fief, and his house removed there.

• Bregor was a son of Boromir and Andreth was Boromir's daughter.

• Bregolas, who died in the Dagor Bragollach, and Barahir were sons of Bregor.

• Beren was a son of Barahir, perhaps the greatest hero of the First Age. He and Luthíen went to Morgoth and successfully cut a Silmaril from his Iron Crown.

• Baragund was a son of Bregolas and a direct descendant of Bëor the Old. He had one daughter, Morwen, and he was the grandfather of Túrin Turambar. He survived the Dagor Bragollach and lived as an outlaw with his uncle Barahir and some companions. They were eventually betrayed by a deception of Sauron and killed.

House of Bëor

Bëor the Old

Baran

Belen

Boron

Baranor

Beldir

Boromir

Bereg

Belemir

Adanel

Andreth

Bregor

Beren

Bregolas

Barahir

Emeldir

Baragund

Belegund

Beren Erchamion

Lúthien

Morwen

Húrin

Rían

Huor

Dior

Nimloth

Túrin

Urwen

Niënor

Tuor

Idril

Eärendil

Elwing

Eluréd

Elurín

Elros

Elrond

Celebrían

Kings of Númenor

Lords of Andunie

Elendil

Isildur

Anarion

Kings of Arnor

Kings of Gondor

Chieftains of the Dúnedain

Aragorn II Elessar

Arwen

Elladan

Elrohir

Eldarion

Daughters

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Huis van Bëor
Albanian	Familja Bëor
Arabic	أسرة بيور
Asturian	Casa de Bëor
Azerbaijani	Bëorın Xanədanlıq
Basque	Bëor leinua
Belarusian Cyrillic	Дом Бeорa
Bengali	বিযোরের হাউস
Bosnian	Kuća Bëorova
Breton	Tiegezh Bëor
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Къща на Беор
Cambodian	ផ្ទះរបស់លោកបេអ៊រ
Catalan	Casa de Bëor
Cebuano	Balay ni Beor
Chinese	比歐王朝
Cornish	Chei a Bëor
Croatian	Dom Bëorova
Czech	Dům Bëorova
Danish	Huset Bëor
Dutch	Huis Bëor
Esperanto	Domo de Bëor
Estonian	Bëori perekond
Faroese	Hús Bëor
Finnish	Bëorin huone
French	Maison de Bëor
Galician	Casa de Bëor
Georgian	ბეორის ოჯახი
German	Haus Bëor
Greek	Οίκος του Μπέορ
Hebrew	בית ביור
Hindi	बेओर का घर
Hungarian	Bëor-ház
Icelandic	Hús Bëor
Indonesian	Wangsa Bëor
Irish Gaelic	Teaghlach Bëor
Italian	Casa di Bëor
Japanese	ベオル家
Kazakh	Bëorның отбасы (Cyrillic) Bëornıñ otbası (Latin)
Korean	베올의 일족
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Бэордын үй
Latvian	Bëor dinastija
Lithuanian	Bëoro šeimyna
Macedonian Cyrillic	Дом на Беор
Malaysian	Wangsa Bëor
Malayalam	ബെയോരിന്റെ ഹൗസ്
Marathi	बेओरचा हाऊस
Mongolian Cyrillic	Беор-ийн өрх
Nepalese	बेओर को घर
Norwegian	Huset Bëor
Persian	بئور خاندان
Polish	Dom Bëor
Portuguese	Casa de Bëor
Punjabi	ਬਓਰ ਦੇ ਹਾਊਸ
Romanian	Casa lui Bëor
Russian	Дом Беора
Serbian	Династија Беор (Cyrillic) Dinastija Bëor (Latin)
Scots	Hoose o Bëor
Sinhalese	බෙයෝර්ගේ හවුස්
Slovak	Dom Bëora
Slovenian	Hiša Bëor
Somali	Aqalka ee Bëor
Spanish	Casa de Bëor
Swedish	Huset Bëor
Tamil	பேயோரின் ஹவுஸ்
Thai	ตระกูลเบออร์
Turkish	Bëor'un Hanedanı
Turkmen	Bëor maşgala
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Дім Беора
Urdu	خاندان بےور
Vietnamese	Nhà Bëor
Yiddish	הויז פון בעאָר