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Tar-Aldarion was the sixth King of Númenor, and succeeded his father, Tar-Meneldur. Tar-Aldarion was married to Erendis, a Númenórean woman, who was not quite of the same status as Aldarion himself, and therefore had a shorter life-span. Aldarion's love for the sea ultimately caused a rift between the couple and they separated in SA 882.^[1] The tale of their marriage and estrangement survived the Downfall of Númenor as "Aldarion and Erendis, The Mariner's Wife".

Biography

Tar-Aldarion was called "The Mariner", and his name signifies "of the trees" because he was a noted tree steward and forester — trees were essential to the construction of his fleets, but he took great care to replenish what was being felled. His first love was the sea, and he was already a great explorer before he became king. He made several journeys to Middle-earth and established contact with Gil-galad in his realm in the Grey Havens making friendship and alliance with him. He also established a vital Númenorean port in Middle-earth, named Vinyalonde. He built the great haven of Lond Daer on the river Gwathló, and under his reign the deforesting of Enedwaith and Minhiriath began.^[3]

His only child was a daughter, Tar-Ancalimë, so he changed the rules of succession, replacing the principle of agnatic primogeniture with that of fully equal primogeniture. She became the first ruling Queen of Númenor. If not for the change, the throne would have passed to his sister's son Soronto, heir presumptive at the time.

The partial story of Aldarion and Erendis can be found in Tolkien's Unfinished Tales, (ed. Christopher Tolkien). Though the actual story was left incomplete, the book does give some hints on how it continued. The story also contains the first hints of the return of the Shadow, i.e. Sauron, to Middle-earth.^[4]^[2]

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-| othernames = Anardil<br/>Aldarion<ref name=Line>''[[Unfinished Tales]],'' Part Two: The Second Age, III: "[[The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor]]", from the founding of the City of Armenelos to the Downfall</ref><br/>Anardilya
+| othernames = Anardil<br/>Aldarion<ref name="Line">''[[Unfinished Tales]],'' Part Two: The Second Age, chapter III: "[[The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor]]", from the founding of the City of Armenelos to the Downfall</ref><br/>Anardilya
-| title = The Mariner<br/>The "Great Captain"<ref name=Aldarion>''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', Part Two: The Second Age, chapter II: "[[Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife]]"</ref><br/>Lord of the Ships and Havens of Númenor
+| title = The Mariner<br/>The "Great Captain"<ref name="Aldarion">''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', Part Two: The Second Age, chapter II: "[[Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife]]"</ref><br/>Lord of the Ships and Havens of Númenor
-Master of the Forests<ref name=Aldarion>''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', Part Two: The Second Age, chapter II: "[[Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife]]"</ref><br/>[[King of Númenor]]
+Master of the Forests<ref name="Aldarion /><br/>[[King of Númenor]]
+| birth = [[SA 700]]<ref name="Line" />
-| birth = [[SA 700]]<ref name=Line>''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', Part Two: The Second Age, chapter III: "[[The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor]]", from the founding of the City of Armenelos to the Downfall</ref>
+| rule = [[SA 883]]<ref name="Line" />
-| rule = [[SA 883]]<ref name=Line>''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', Part Two: The Second Age, chapter III: "[[The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor]]", from the founding of the City of Armenelos to the Downfall</ref>
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-| death = [[SA 1098]]<ref name=Line>''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', Part Two: The Second Age, chapter III: "[[The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor]]", from the founding of the City of Armenelos to the Downfall</ref>
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-'''Tar-Aldarion''' was the sixth [[King of Númenor]], and succeeded his father, [[Tar-Meneldur]]. Tar-Aldarion was married to [[Erendis]], a [[Númenórean]] woman, who was not quite of the same status as Aldarion himself, and therefore had a shorter life-span. Aldarion's love for the sea ultimately caused a rift between the couple and they separated in [[SA 882]].<ref name="Line">''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', Part Two: The Second Age, chapter III: "[[The Line of Elros: The Kings of Númenor]]", from the founding of the City of Armenelos to the Downfall</ref> The tale of their marriage and estrangement survived the [[Downfall of Númenor]] as "[[Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife|Aldarion and Erendis, The Mariner's Wife]]".
+'''Tar-Aldarion''' was the sixth [[King of Númenor]], and succeeded his father, [[Tar-Meneldur]]. Tar-Aldarion was married to [[Erendis]], a [[Númenórean]] woman, who was not quite of the same status as Aldarion himself, and therefore had a shorter life-span. Aldarion's love for the sea ultimately caused a rift between the couple and they separated in [[SA 882]].<ref name="Line" /> The tale of their marriage and estrangement survived the [[Downfall of Númenor]] as "[[Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife|Aldarion and Erendis, The Mariner's Wife]]".
 == Biography ==
-Tar-Aldarion was called "'''The Mariner'''", and his name signifies "of the trees" because he was a noted tree steward and forester — trees were essential to the construction of his fleets, but he took great care to replenish what was being felled. His first love was the sea, and he was already a great explorer before he became king. He made several journeys to [[Middle-earth]] and established contact with [[Gil-galad]] in his realm in the [[Grey Havens]] making friendship and alliance with him. He also established a vital Númenorean port in Middle-earth, named [[Lond Daer|Vinyalonde]]. He built the great haven of [[Lond Daer]] on the river [[Gwathló]], and under his reign the deforesting of [[Enedwaith]] and [[Minhiriath]] began.<ref>''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', Part Two: The Second Age, chapter IV: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn, and of Amroth King of Lórien", Appendices: Appendix D, The Port of Lond Daer</ref>
+Tar-Aldarion was called "'''The Mariner'''", and his name signifies "of the trees" because he was a noted tree steward and forester — trees were essential to the construction of his fleets, but he took great care to replenish what was being felled. His first love was the sea, and he was already a great explorer before he became king. He made several journeys to [[Middle-earth]] and established contact with [[Gil-galad]] in his realm in the [[Grey Havens]] making friendship and alliance with him. He also established a vital Númenorean port in Middle-earth, named [[Lond Daer|Vinyalonde]]. He built the great haven of [[Lond Daer]] on the river [[Gwathló]], and under his reign the deforesting of [[Enedwaith]] and [[Minhiriath]] began.<ref>''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', Part Two: The Second Age, chapter IV: "[[The History of Galadriel and Celeborn]]", Appendices: Appendix D, The Port of Lond Daer</ref>
 His only child was a daughter, [[Tar-Ancalimë]], so he changed the rules of succession, replacing the principle of agnatic [[primogeniture]] with that of fully equal primogeniture. She became the first ruling Queen of Númenor. If not for the change, the throne would have passed to his sister's son [[Soronto]], [[wikipedia:Heir presumptive|heir presumptive]] at the time.
-The partial story of Aldarion and Erendis can be found in [[Tolkien]]'s ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', (ed. [[Christopher Tolkien]]). Though the actual story was left incomplete, the book does give some hints on how it continued. The story also contains the first hints of the return of the Shadow, i.e. [[Sauron]], to Middle-earth.<ref>''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', Part Two: The Second Age, chapter I: "[[A Description of the Island of Númenor]]"</ref><ref name="Aldarion">''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', Part Two: The Second Age, chapter II: "[[Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife]]"</ref>
+The partial story of Aldarion and Erendis can be found in [[Tolkien]]'s ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', (ed. [[Christopher Tolkien]]). Though the actual story was left incomplete, the book does give some hints on how it continued. The story also contains the first hints of the return of the Shadow, i.e. [[Sauron]], to Middle-earth.<ref>''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', Part Two: The Second Age, chapter I: "[[A Description of the Island of Númenor]]"</ref><ref name="Aldarion" />
 ==Etymology==

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ጣር፡ዓልዳሪኦን
Arabic	تار إلاريون
Armenian	Տար-Ալդարիոն
Belarusian Cyrillic	Тар-Алдарион
Bengali	টার্-আল্দারিওন
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Тар-Алдарион
Catalan	Tar Aldàrion
Chinese	塔爾-阿達瑞安
Chinese (Classical)	塔爾-阿勒達瑞安
Georgian	ტალ-ალდარიონი
Greek	Ταρ-Αλδαριον
Gujarati	ટાર-એલ્ડેરિયન
Hebrew	טאר אלדאריון
Hindi	टर्-आल्दरिओन
Kazakh	Тар-Алдаріон (Cyrillic) Tar-Aldarion (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Тар-Алдарион
Macedonian Cyrillic	Тар-Алдарион
Marathi	टार-अल्डेरियन
Mongolian Cyrillic	Тар-Алдарион
Nepalese	टर्-आल्दरिओन
Pashto	طار-آلداریون
Persian	تار-آلداریون
Punjabi	ਤਾਰ-ਐਲਡਰਿਅਨ
Russian	Тар-Алдарион
Serbian	Тар-Алдарион (Cyrillic) Tar-Aldarion (Latin)
Sinhalese	ටර්-ආල්දරිඔන්
Tajik Cyrillic	Тар-Алдарион
Tamil	டர்-ஆல்தரிஒந்
Telugu	టర్-ఆల్దరిఒన
Thai	ทาร์-อัลดาริออน
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Тар-Алдаріон
Urdu	رال-الڈآرااون ?
Uzbek	Тар-Алдарион (Cyrillic) Tor-Aldarïon (Latin)
Yiddish	טאַר-אַלדאַריאָן

King of Númenor
Preceded by Tar-Meneldur	Tar-Aldarion	Succeeded by Tar-Ancalimë
SA 883 - SA 1075

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