Tar-Meneldur

Tar-Meneldur was the fifth King of Númenor. His two older sisters were Silmariën and Isilmë. During his time the Númenóreans began to return to Middle-earth, and great fleets of ships were built to explore all the lands east of Númenor.

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Tar-Meneldur succeeded his father, Tar-Elendil, because the rules of succession did not allow women to rule, per the principle of agnatic primogeniture. Had the principle of equal primogeniture been followed instead, the throne would have passed to Silmariën.

Tar-Meneldur married Almarian and had three children: Tar-Aldarion, Ailinel, and Almiel.

During the rule of Tar-Meneldur, contact with the Middle Men of Eriador was reestablished under guidance of the Elves of Lindon under Gil-galad. Tar-Meneldur encouraged the seafarers, and allowed his son Aldarion to establish the Guild of Venturers, which became one of the most powerful organisations in Númenor. Many voyages along the coasts were made at this time, and the first settlements were made in Middle-earth by Númenórean explorers, although none of them permanent yet. These early settlements were however the later cores of Arnor and Gondor, and the re-established contact of Númenóreans with their distant kin allowed the Adûnaic tongue to merge with local, far akin languages, eventually leading to the Westron speech. This would in later years prove to be one of the greatest assets to the power of Númenor in Middle-earth.

Near the end of Tar-Meneldur's rule reports came that evil had begun to stir in the east of Middle-earth (the first awakenings of Sauron, as was later learned), and Gil-galad requested the aid of Tar-Meneldur. Recognizing his son Aldarion was more aware of the troubles, and was a powerful leader of men, Meneldur abdicated in favour of his son far earlier than was expected.

On the family front Meneldur, together with his wife Almarian, attempted to mediate between his son Aldarion and Aldarion's betrothed Erendis, who had become estranged. For a time they were successful, and Aldarion and Erendis were wed, but Aldarion soon left again for sea. It was during his long absence in Middle-earth, a time during which Aldarion was instructed by Gil-galad, that Erendis left the royal court for her home. By the time Aldarion returned even Meneldur's best attempts could not heal the breach.

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ጣር፡መነልዱር
Arabic	طارءمينيلدور
Belarusian Cyrillic	Тар-Менелдур
Bengali	টার মেনেল্দুর
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Тар-Менелдур
Chinese	塔爾-曼奈德
Chinese (Classical)	塔爾-美尼爾都爾
Danish	Tar-Meneldur (5. konge af Númenor)
Georgian	ტარ-მენელდური
Greek	Ταρ-Μενελδυρ
Gujarati	ટર્-મેનેલ્દુર
Hebrew	טאר מנלדור
Hindi	टर्-मेनेल्दुर
Kannada	ಟರ್-ಮೆನೆಲ್ದುರ್
Kazakh	Тар-Менелдұр (Cyrillic) Tar-Meneldur (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Тар-Мэнэлдур
Macedonian Cyrillic	Тар-Менелдур
Marathi	टर्-मेनेल्दुर
Mongolian Cyrillic	Тар-Менелдур
Nepalese	टर्-मेनेल्दुर
Pashto	طار-مېنېلدور
Persian	تار-منلدور
Punjabi	ਟਰ-ਮੇਨੇਲ੍ਦੁਰ
Russian	Тар-Менельдур
Sanskrit	टर्-मेनेल्दुर्
Serbian	Тар-Менелдур (Cyrillic) Tar-Meneldur (Latin)
Sinhalese	ටර්-ංඑනෙල්දුර්
Tajik Cyrillic	Тар-Менелдур
Tamil	டர்-மெநெல்துர்
Telugu	టర్-మెనెల్దుర
Thai	ฏะร-มเนเลดุร ?
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Тар-Менелдур
Urdu	طارء مےنےلدور
Uzbek	Тар-Менелдур (Cyrillic) Tar-Meneldur (Latin)
Yiddish	תּאַר-מענעלדור

King of Númenor
Preceded by Tar-Elendil	Tar-Meneldur	Succeeded by Tar-Aldarion
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Tar-Meneldur

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