The Princes of Dol Amroth was a noble title of the Kingdom of Gondor, held by those directly governing the principality of Dol Amroth under the rule of Gondor.
Early history[]
According to ancient traditions, the Princes of Dol Amroth were descended from a family of Faithful from Númenor who had ruled over the land of Belfalas since the Second Age. This family of Númenóreans were akin to the Lords of Andúnië, and thus related to Elendil and descended from the House of Elros.[1] After the Downfall of Númenor they had been given the title Prince of Belfalas by Elendil[2] and their land, now a fief of Gondor, was called Dor-en-Ernil. The hereditary Princes of Belfalas later founded the city of Dol Amroth and became the Princes of Dol Amroth. One of those princes, Adrahil, fought under King Ondoher against the Wainriders.[3]
While the House of Dol Amroth had links to the House of Anárion and were the most powerful nobles in the Kingdom, they did not have a claim to the throne that all would accept. Therefore, they remained loyal to the Stewards of Gondor, the representatives of the ancient crown.
One branch of their descendants removed to Lossarnach.[4] Morwen Steelsheen, a daughter of that family, married Thengel of Rohan. Through Morwen, both Thengel's heir Théoden and his grandson Éomer carried the blood of the ancient Princes of Belfalas.
Line of Princes[]
The line of Dol Amroth was linked by marriage both to the Stewards of Gondor and to the Kings of Rohan: Imrahil was uncle to Boromir and Faramir;[5] a kinsman of Théoden;[6] and the father of Éomer's wife Lothíriel.[7]
Here follows a list of the line of Princes of Dol Amroth. All dates are Third Age, but many names are not known, only dates of birth and death.
| Princes of Belfalas | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrahil I, Prince of Belfalas: fl. TA 1944 | |
| 2 | Imrazôr the Númenórean, Prince of Belfalas (TA 1950 - TA 2076) | |
| Princes of Dol Amroth | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galador, first Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2004 - TA 2129 |
| 2 | Second Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2060 - TA 2206 |
| 3 | Third Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2120 - TA 2254 |
| 4 | Fourth Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2172 - TA 2299 |
| 5 | Fifth Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2225 - TA 2348 |
| 6 | Sixth Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2274 - TA 2400 |
| 7 | Seventh Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2324 - TA 2458 |
| 8 | Eighth Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2373 - TA 2498 |
| 9 | Ninth Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2418 - TA 2540 |
| 10 | Tenth Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2463 - TA 2582 |
| 11 | Eleventh Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2505 - TA 2623 |
| 12 | Twelfth Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2546 - TA 2660 |
| 13 | Thirteenth Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2588 - TA 2701 |
| 14 | Fourteenth Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2627 - TA 2733 |
| 15 | Fifteenth Prince of Dol Amroth, slain by Corsairs of Umbar | TA 2671 - TA 2746† |
| 16 | Sixteenth Prince of Dol Amroth, slain in battle | TA 2709 - TA 2799† |
| 17 | Seventeenth Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2746 - TA 2859 |
| 18 | Eighteenth Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2785 - TA 2785 |
| 19 | Aglahad, nineteenth Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2827 - TA 2932 |
| 20 | Angelimir, twentieth Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2866 - TA 2977 |
| 21 | Adrahil II, twenty-first Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2917 - TA 3010 |
| 22 | Imrahil, twenty-second Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2955 - FO 34 |
| 23 | Elphir, twenty-third Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 2987 - FO 66 |
| 24 | Alphros, twenty-fourth Prince of Dol Amroth | TA 3017 - FO 94 |
Origin[]
J.R.R. Tolkien gives two differing accounts of the origin of Imrahil's line, both in Unfinished Tales.
In the earlier account,[8] the line was founded, according to "the tradition of [the] house", by Imrazôr the Númenórean and the Silvan Elf Mithrellas, one of Nimrodel's companions. Imrazôr lived in Belfalas around TA 2000 and had two Half-elven children: a boy Galador and a girl Gilmith. Shortly thereafter Mithrellas is said to have vanished in the night. Galador, according to this tradition, became the first Prince of Dol Amroth.
Although this account does not appear explicitly in The Lord of the Rings, it figures in the perception of Imrahil by the people of Minas Tirith: "Belike the old tales speak well; there is Elvish blood in the veins of that folk, for the people of Nimrodel dwelt in that land once long ago",[9] as well as in the accolade from Legolas upon meeting Imrahil: "It is long since the people of Nimrodel left the woodlands of Lórien, and yet still one may see that not all sailed from Amroth's haven west over water."[10] Tolkien began, in fact, to work out a genealogical table[11] linking Galador with Imrahil, but he abandoned it after getting little farther than assigning dates to the mostly blank spaces in between.
The second account[12] belongs, according to Christopher Tolkien[13] to the late writings, undertaken well after the publication of The Lord of the Rings, when Tolkien turned to explore the early history of Gondor and Rohan. Here Tolkien says that the title of "Prince" was given to the line of Dol Amroth by Elendil himself; this was the family that had led the original Númenórean colonization. Adrahil of Dol Amroth, who fought with Calimehtar against the Wainriders[14] in TA 1944 (predating both Imrazôr and the death of Amroth), probably also belongs to this version.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Prinse van Dol Amroth |
| Albanian | Princat e Dol Amrothit |
| Amharic | የዶል አምሮት መኳንንት |
| Arabic | دول أمروث أمراء |
| Aragonese | Prencipes de Dol Amroth |
| Armenian | Դոլ Ամրոտի Իշխանները |
| Azerbaijani | Dol Amroth Prenslər |
| Basque | Dol Amrothko printzeak |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Дол Амрот Князі |
| Bengali | দোল আমরোথের রাজকুমার |
| Breton | Priñsed Dol Amroth |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Принцовете на Дол Акрот |
| Catalan | Prínceps de Dol Àmroth |
| Croatian | Dol Amroth prinčevi |
| Czech | Princové Dol Amrothu |
| Danish | Fyrster af Dol Amroth |
| Dutch | Prinsen van Dol Amroth |
| Esperanto | Princoj de Dol Amroth |
| Estonian | Dol Amroth riigivürstid |
| Filipino | Mga prinsipe ng Dol Amroth |
| Finnish | Dol Amrothin suuriruhtinaat |
| French | Princes de Dol Amroth |
| Frisian | Prinsen fan Dol Amroth (Western) |
| Galician | Príncipes de Dol Amroth |
| Georgian | დოლ ამროთი პრინცების |
| German | Fürsten von Dol Amroth |
| Greek | Πρίγκιπες του Nτολ Αμροθ |
| Gujarati | ડોલ અમરોથ રાજકુંવરો |
| Hebrew | נסיכי דול אמרות |
| Hindi | डोल अमरोथ के राजकुमारों |
| Hungarian | Dol Amroth hercegei |
| Icelandic | Furstar af Dol Amroth |
| Indonesian | Pangeran-pangeran Dol Amroth |
| Italian | Principi di Dol Amroth |
| Japanese | ドル・アムロス プリンシス |
| Kannada | ಡೋಲ್ ಅಮ್ರೋತ್ ರಾಜಕುಮಾರರು |
| Kazakh | Дол Амрот княздары (Cyrillic) Dol Amrot knyazdary (Latin) |
| Korean | 돌 암로스의 왕자 |
| Kurdish | شازادەکانی دۆل ئەمرۆت (Sorani) Mîrên Dol Amroth (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Дол Амротун принцтери |
| Latin | Princeps Dol Amroth |
| Latvian | Dol Amroth prinči |
| Lithuanian | Dol Amroth princai |
| Luxembourgish | Prënzen vun Dol Amroth |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Принцови од Дол Амрот |
| Malayalam | ഡോൾ അംറോത്തിലെ രാജകുമാരന്മാർ |
| Malaysian | Putera-putera Dol Amroth |
| Maltese | Prinċpijiet ta’ Dol Amroth |
| Maori | Nga rangatira o Dol Amroth |
| Marathi | डोल अम्रोथचे च्या राजपुत्र |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Дол Амрот Ханхүү нар |
| Nepalese | डोल अम्रोथका राजकुमारहरू |
| Norwegian | Fyrster av Dol Amroth |
| Old English | Dol Amroth Þēodnas |
| Pashto | د دول امروت شهزادګان |
| Persian | دول آمروت شاهزادگان |
| Polish | Książęta Dol Amroth |
| Portuguese | Príncipes de Dol Amroth |
| Romanian | Prinți de Dol Amroth |
| Russian | Принцы Дол Амрот |
| Scottish Gaelic | Prionnsachan Dol Amroth |
| Serbian | Принчеви Дол Амрота (Cyrillic) Prinčevi Dol Amrota (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ඩොල් අම්රොත් කුමාරවරු |
| Sindhi | ڊول امروٿ جا شهزادا |
| Slovak | Princovia Dol Amrothu |
| Slovenian | Princi Dol Amrotha |
| Spanish | Príncipes de Dol Amroth |
| Swahili | Wakuu wa Dol Amroth |
| Swedish | Prinsar av Dol Amroth |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Шоҳзодаҳои Дол Амрот |
| Tamil | டோல் அம்ரோத்தின் இளவரசர்கள் |
| Tatar | Дол Амрот кенәзләре |
| Telugu | డోల్ అమ్రోత్ రాకుమారులు |
| Turkish | Dol Amroth Prensler |
| Turkmen | Dol Amroth Şazadalar |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Князів Дол-Амрот |
| Urdu | ڈول امروت کے شہزادے |
| Uzbek | Дол Амрот князлари (Cyrillic) Dol Amrot knyazlari (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Các thân vương Dol Amroth |
| Welsh | Tywysogion Dol Amroth |
| Yiddish | פּרינסעס פון דאָל אַמראָט |
References[]
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", note 39
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", note 39
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, "The Battles of the Fords of Isen"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Stewards", pg. 336
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", pg. 286
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The House of Eorl", pg. 352
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", pg. 248
- ↑ The Return of the King, "The Siege of Gondor", pg. 98
- ↑ The Return of the King, Book Five, "The Last Debate", pg. 148
- ↑ The table is reproduced in The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Heirs of Elendil", pgs. 222-23
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", pg. 304, pg. 316, note 39
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, "Introduction", pg. 10
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", pgs. 293-94