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The Reunited Kingdom (also called the Two Kingdoms[1]) was the restored kingdom of Arnor and Gondor, the Realms in Exile founded at the end of the Second Age by Elendil and his sons Isildur and Anárion. In the beginning, Elendil was High King of both realms, but the two were divided after the deaths of his sons. Over 3,000 years later Aragorn II Elessar reunited the kingdoms and ruled as High King of the Reunited Kingdom.

The fate of the kingdoms, especially that of Gondor, would come to dominate the history of the Third Age.

Geography[]

During Aragorn's reign, the Reunited Kingdom expanded to retake all territories that had originally belonged to both Arnor and Gondor at their greatest extents, excluding only Rohan (the grant of which he renewed), the Shire, Dunland, Bree-land, the Treegarth of Orthanc and the Drúadan Forest, which governed themselves while being under the protection of the High King.[2]

The Reunited Kingdom included all the lands of Arnor; all of Eriador, except the regions beyond the Lune and the lands east of Greyflood and Loudwater, in which lay Rivendell and Eregion.[3]

In Gondor, the realm extended:

History[]

Background[]

At the end of the Second Age, Elendil and his sons established two great kingdoms in Middle-earth: Arnor in the north and Gondor in the south. These Kingdoms of the Dúnedain were united under a single High King, Elendil himself, who ruled the North-kingdom while his sons reigned jointly over the South-kingdom.[5]

In the first years of the Third Age, this union failed. After the loss of Isildur at the Disaster of the Gladden Fields, his nephew Meneldil took up the kingship of Gondor, and that country remained independent from the North-kingdom through most of the Third Age.

Dissolutions[]

In the north, the realm of Arnor fell into troubled times. It broke into three separate kingdoms, and in time these too were lost, so that the Dúnedain of the North-kingdom of Elendil were reduced to a wandering people led by a Chieftain. Nonetheless, they were able to maintain Isildur's line in unbroken descent.[5]

However, the House of Anárion failed in Gondor when Eärnur was lost without heirs. Its rule was taken up by the Stewards.[5]

There were two attempts to reunite the kingdoms. The first of these occurred in TA 1944 when Arvedui of Arthedain claimed the High Kingship of the Two Kingdoms. His claim was rejected by Steward Pelendur and the Council of Gondor, who elected to maintain their independence.[4]

Reunification and Later History[]

More than a thousand years later, after the War of the Ring, Arvedui's direct descendant, Aragorn II, came forward to make the same claim. This time, the people of Gondor accepted a High King, and the Two Kingdoms were reunited at last.

Aragorn restored Osgiliath and re-peopled it, but retained Minas Tirith as the chief city.[6] He rebuilt Annúminas and when he went north, would rule from there.[3] He also had the ruins of Fornost Erain rebuilt and made it a great city where Men dwelt once again.[7] the Shire was an exception to this, and though it lay within the Reunited Kingdom, Aragorn made a law that Men should not enter it, a law that he observed himself.[3]

During his reign, he, alongside King Éomer, led military campaigns beyond the Sea of Rhûn and on the far fields of the South.[2] As a result, he was able to re-establish his dominance in places which Gondor initially held at the height of its power. The threat of the Corsairs was finally completely subdued during his reign and Umbar was finally re-taken.[4] He also made peace with the Haradrim after his coronation.[8]

After Aragorn's death in FO 120,[9] his son Eldarion took up the High Kingship.[9] One hundred years into his reign, he encountered a renewal of Morgoth-worship known as the "Dark Tree".[10] In a 1972 letter concerning The New Shadow, Tolkien mentioned that Eldarion's reign would have lasted for about 100 years after the death of Aragorn.[11]

Of Eldarion, it was foretold that he should rule a great realm and that it should endure for a hundred generations of Men after him, that is until a new age changed the world, and from him should come the kings of many realms in long days after.[6] But if this foretelling spoke truly, none now can say, for Gondor and Arnor are no more; and even the chronicles of the House of Elessar and all their deeds and glory are lost.[6]

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Herenig Koninkryk
Albanian Mbretëria e ribashkuar
Amharic እንደገና የተዋሃደ መንግሥት
Arabic المملكة بعد توحيدها
Armenian Վերամիավորված թագավորություն
Assamese পুনৰ একত্ৰিত ৰাজ্য
Azerbaijani Yenidən birləşən Krallıq
Basque Bildu Erresuma
Belarusian Cyrillic ўз'яднанне Каралеўства
Bengali পুনর্মিলিত রাজ্য
Bosnian Ponovo ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Bulgarian Cyrillic Обединено кралство
Burmese ပြန်လည်ပေါင်းစည်းထားသော နိုင်ငံတော်
Cambodian ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រជួបជុំ
Catalan Regne Reunificat
Cebuano Nahiusa Pag-usab sa Gingharian
Chinese 重聯王國
Corsican Regnu Riunificatu
Croatian Ponovno ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Czech Obnovené království
Danish Genforenet Kongerige
Dari پادشاهی دوباره متحد
Dutch Herenigde Koninkrijk
Esperanto Reunuigita Regno
Estonian Taasühendatud kuningriik
Fijian Vakaduavatataki ira tale na matanitu
Filipino Muling Pagsasama-samang Kaharian
Finnish Jällen yhdistetty Valtakunta
French Royaume Réunifié
Frisian Werienige Keninkryk (Western)
Galician Reino Unificado
Georgian გაერთიანებული სამეფო
German Wiedervereinigtes Königreich
Greek Επανενωμένοι Βασίλειο
Gujarati પુન એકીકૃત સામ્રાજ્ય
Hebrew ה ממלכה המאוחדת
Hindi पुन एकीकृत राज्य
Hungarian Az újraegyesített Királyság
Icelandic Sameinað Konungsríki
Indonesian Bersatu kembali Kerajaan
Irish Gaelic Athaontaithe Ríocht
Italian Regno Riunito
Japanese 再統一王国
Kannada ಮತ್ತೆ ಒಂದಾಗಿದ ರಾಜ್ಯ
Kazakh Қайтадан қосылды патшалық (Cyrillic) Qaytadan qosıldı patşalıq (Latin)
Konkani पुनर्एकीकृत राज्य
Korean 재결합 왕국
Kurdish Padîşahiya ji nû ve Yekbûyî (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Кайра бириккен Падышалык
Laotian ອານາຈັກທ້ອນໂຮມ
Latvian Atkalapvienotā Karaliste
Lithuanian Vėl susivienijo Karalystė
Luxembourgish Zesummengeféiehrt Kinnekräich
Macedonian Cyrillic Обединетите Кралство
Malayalam പുനരേകീകരിച്ച രാജ്യം
Malaysian Kerajaan bersatu semula
Marathi पुनरुज्जीवित राज्य
Maori Rangatiratanga Whakahou
Mongolian Cyrillic Дахин нэгдсэн хаант улс
Nepalese पुनर्एकीकृत राज्य
Norwegian Gjenforene Kongedømme
Pashto بیا یوځای شوی سلطنت
Persian دوباره با هم متحد پادشاهی
Polish Zjednoczone Królestwo
Portuguese Reino reunido
Punjabi ਮੁੜਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਰਾਜ
Romanian Regatul Reunit
Russian Воссоединённое королевство
Sanskrit पुन एकीकृत राज्य
Serbian Поновно уједињено Краљевство (Cyrillic) Ponovno ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo (Latin)
Sindhi ٻيهر متحد سلطنت
Slovak Znovuzjednotené kráľovstvo
Slovenian Ponovno združeno kraljestvo
Somalian Boqortooyada Midoobo
Spanish Reino Unificado
Swedish Återförenad Konungadöme
Tajik Cyrillic Салтанати дубора муттаҳидшуда
Tamil மீண்டும் ஒன்றிணைக்கப்பட்ட இராச்சியம்
Telugu పునరేకీకరించబడిన రాజ్యం
Tigrinya ዳግማይ ዝተጠርነፈት መንግስቲ
Turkish Yeni Birleşik Krallık
Ukrainian Cyrillic Возз'єднане Королівство
Urdu دوبارہ متحد سلطنت
Uzbek Қайта бирлашган қироллик (Cyrillic) Qayta birlashgan qirollik (Latin)
Vietnamese Vương quốc thống nhất
Welsh Teyrnas Aduno
Yiddish ריונאַפייד מלכות


References[]

  1. "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p. 6
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The House of Eorl", "The Kings of the Mark"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenórean Kings", "Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur"
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenórean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Silmarillion, "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age"
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Heirs of Elendil"
  7. The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Homeward Bound"
  8. The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Steward and the King"
  9. 9.0 9.1 The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenórean Kings", "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen"
  10. The History of Middle-earth, Vol.XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The New Shadow"
  11. The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 338, (dated 6 June 1972)
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