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House of Fingolfin

Heraldic Device of the House of Fingolfin

The House of Fingolfin was a royal House of the Ñoldor.

History[]

Brave Heart - Children of Fingolfin

The Children of Fingolfin, by Brave Heart

The House was founded by Fingolfin son of Finwë during the Years of the Trees. Fingolfin married Anairë and had four children with her: Fingon, Turgon, Aredhel, and Argon.[1] The family lived in Tirion until the Revolt of the Ñoldor, in which all the members of the House, with the exception of Anairë, followed the House of Fëanor into exile. After the Kinslaying at Alqualondë, Fingolfin led his House to cross the Helcaraxë, where Turgon's wife Elenwë perished.[2]

The Kingship of the Ñoldor passed over to Fingolfin after Fingon's rescue of Maedhros from Thangorodrim.[3] Thus, the House held the northwestern lands of Beleriand: Nevrast, Dor-lómin, Hithlum, and Gondolin.[4] During the Dagor Bragollach, Fingolfin fell and Fingon took the Kingship, ruling Hithlum until his death during the Nírnaeth Arnoediad.[5] According to The Silmarillion, Turgon later inherited the High Kingship rather than Fingon's son, Gil-galad, likely because Gil-galad was very young whereas Turgon had greater experience. Nevertheless, after Turgon's demise in the fall of Gondolin, his nephew Gil-galad became High King of the Ñoldor. Accounts differ of the exact parentage of Gil-galad.

After the Nírnaeth, Tuor son of Huor arrived in Gondolin and wedded Idril, Turgon's daughter. This was the second union of Elves and Men after that of Beren and Lúthien. After the Fall of Gondolin in FA 510, the exiles lived at the Mouths of Sirion with the surviving Elves of Doriath.[6] Here, Eärendil son of Tuor and Idril wedded Elwing daughter of Dior. They had two sons, Elros and Elrond, called the Half-elven, who were given the choice to be counted among either the Elves or Men.[7] Elrond chose to be of the Firstborn while Elros chose to be counted among the Men and became the first King of Númenor.[8]

House of Fingolfin[]

The Heraldic Device of the House of Fingolfin

   
   
   
   
Finwë
   
   
Indis
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Findis
   
   
Fingolfin
   
   
Anairë
   
   
Irimë
   
   
Finarfin
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Fingon
   
   
Turgon
   
   
Elenwë
   
   
Aredhel
   
   
Eöl
   
   
Argon
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Idril
   
   
Tuor
   
   
Maeglin
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Eärendil
   
   
Elwing
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Elrond
   
   
Elros


Other versions of the legendarium[]

In The Silmarillion, Gil-galad was listed as the son of Fingon. However, this was later corrected by Christopher Tolkien and made Gil-galad the son of Orodreth and member of the House of Finarfin instead.

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Huis van Fingolfin
Albanian Shtëpia e Fingolfinit
Alemannic German Huus Fingolfin
Armenian Ֆինգոլֆինի տուն
Assamese ফিংগলফিন পৰিয়াল
Asturian Casa de Fingolfin
Azerbaijani Fingolfinın sülaləsi
Belarusian Cyrillic Дом Фінголфін
Bengali ফিঙ্গলফিন পরিবার
Bosnian Kuća Fingolfinova
Breton Tiegezh Fingolfin
Catalan Casa de Fingolfin
Cebuano Balay ni Fingolfin
Czech Dům Fingolfinova
Danish Huset Fingolfin
Dutch Huis Fingolfin
Esperanto Domo de Fingolfin
Estonian Fingolfini maja
Faroese Hús Fingolfin
Finnish Fingolfinin huone
Filipino Kabahay ng Fingolfin
French Maison de Fingolfin
Friulian Cjase di Fingolfin
Galician Casa de Fingolfin
Georgian ფინგოლფინის სახლი
German Haus Fingolfin
Greek Οίκος του Φινγκόλφιν
Gujarati ફેંગોલ્ફિન વંશ
Hebrew בית פינגולפין
Hindi फिंगोल्फिन राजवंश
Hungarian Fingolfin-ház
Icelandic Hús Fingolfin
Indonesian Wangsa Fingolfin
Irish Gaelic Teaghlach na mFingolfin
Italian Casa di Fingolfin
Japanese フィンゴルフィン王家
Kannada ಫಿಂಗೊಲ್ಫಿನ್ ರಾಜವಂಶ
Kazakh Финголфин әулеті (Cyrillic) Fïngolfïn äwleti (Latin)
Korean 핑골핀 왕가
Kyrgyz Финголфин үйү
Latin Domus Fingolfin
Latvian Fingolfina māja
Lithuanian Fingolfino namai
Luxembourgish Haus Fingolfin
Macedonian Cyrillic Династија Финголфин
Malayalam ഫിൻഗോൾഫിൻ രാജവംശം
Malaysian Wangsa Fingolfin
Marathi फिंगॉल्फिन राजवंश
Mongolian Cyrillic Финголфин гүрний
Nepalese फिंगोल्फिन राजवंश
Norwegian Huset Fingolfin
Occitan Ostal de Fingolfin
Pashto د فینګولفین لړۍ
Persian خاندان فین‌گولفین
Portuguese Casa de Fingolfin
Punjabi ਫਿੰਗੋਲਫਿਨ ਰਾਜਵੰਸ਼
Romanian Casa de Fingolfin
Russian Дом Финголфина
Sardinian Càusa de Fingolfin
Scots Hoose o Fingolfin
Scottish Gaelic Taigh Fingolfin
Serbian Кућа Финголфину (Cyrillic) Kuća Fingolfinu (Latin)
Sicilian Casa di Fingolfin
Sindhi
Sinhalese ෆින්ගොල්ෆින් රාජවංශය
Somali Guriga Fingolfin
Spanish Casa de Fingolfin
Swahili Nasaba ya Fingolfin
Swedish Huset Fingolfin
Tamil ஃபிங்கோல்பின் வம்சம்
Tatar Фингольфин династиясе
Telugu ఫింగోల్ఫిన్ రాజవంశం
Thai ราชวงศ์ฟิงโกลฟิน
Turkish Fingolfin'un Hanedanı
Turkmen Fingolfin Hanedanı
Ukrainian Cyrillic Дім Фінґольфіна
Urdu فنگولفن خاندان
Uzbek Финголфин сулоласи (Cyrillic) Fingolfin sulolasi (Latin)
Venetian Casa de Fingolfin
Vietnamese Nhà Fingolfin
Yiddish פֿינגאָלפֿינ הויז
Yoruba Idile ọba Fingolfin

References[]

  1. The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, XI: "The Shibboleth of Fëanor"
  2. The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter IX: "Of the Flight of the Noldor"
  3. The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIII: "Of the Return of the Noldor"
  4. The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIV: "Of Beleriand and its Realms"
  5. The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVIII: "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
  6. The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIII: "Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin"
  7. The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
  8. The Silmarillion, Akallabêth (The Downfall of Númenor)
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