Valacar

Valacar
Biographical information
Titles	King of Gondor
Birth	TA 1194
Rule	TA 1366 - TA 1432 (66 Years)
Death	TA 1432 (aged 238)
Realms	Gondor
Spouse	Vidumavi
Weapon	King's sword
Physical description
Race	Men
Gender	Male
Culture	Dúnedain (Gondorians)

Valacar was the twentieth King of Gondor and the son of Rómendacil II, whom he succeeded in TA 1366.

Biography

Valacar was born in the year 1194 during the Third Age.

Valacar's father, Minalcar, the regent of Gondor, sent Valacar as an ambassador to Vidugavia, a prince of the Northmen who called himself "King of Rhovanion". Minalcar charged Valacar to learn the language, manners and policies of the Northmen. During his stay in Rhovanion, Valacar learned to love the country and the Northmen. With the approval of his father, Valacar married Vidumavi, the daughter of Vidugavia in that time.

In the year 1250, his son Vinitharya was born. Valacar was recalled back to Gondor in the year 1260 by his father to take part in the councils of the realm and the command of its armies. Along with Vidumavi and Vinitharya, Valacar was accompanied by a household of noble men and women from Rhovanion. They were mostly welcomed in Gondor and Valacar gave his son the name Eldacar for public use in Gondor. However, the high men of Gondor disapproved of Valacar's marriage to Vidumavi, who had a shorter lifespan than the Dúnedain because the Northmen were Middle Men. Some conservative Gondorians feared that Eldacar's descendants would also have a short life and weaken the Númenórean blood of the kings. Thus, they did not want to accept Eldacar as their lord. When Valacar grew old, rebellion smoldered in the southern provinces.

Valacar ruled Gondor for sixty-six years, and was succeeded by Eldacar when he died in the year 1432. After Valacar's death, the rebellion turned into a civil war known as the Kin-strife. This conflict lasted for fifteen years, until Eldacar secured the throne.

Etymology

Valacar is a name in Quenya that possibly meant "Vala helm" since it is a compound of the word vala ("a Power; angelic power") and -car, the suffixal form of carma ("helm").

King of Gondor
Preceded by Rómendacil II	Valacar	Succeeded by Eldacar
TA 1366 - TA 1432

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ቫላካር
Arabic	والاكار
Armenian	Վալաքար
Assamese	ভালাকাৰ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Валакар
Bengali	ভালাকার
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Валакар
Chinese	瓦拉卡
Dari	والاکار
Greek	Βαλάκαρ
Gujarati	વાલાકર
Hebrew	ואלאקאר
Hindi	वलकर
Japanese	ヴァラカール
Kannada	ವಾಲಕರ್
Kazakh	Валакар (Cyrillic) Valakar (Latin)
Korean	발라카르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Валакар
Macedonian Cyrillic	Валакар
Malayalam	വലക്കാർ
Marathi	वालाकर
Mongolian Cyrillic	Валакар
Nepalese	वलकर
Persian	والاکار
Punjabi	ਵਾਲਕਰ
Russian	Валакар
Serbian	Валакар (Cyrillic) Valakar (Latin)
Sinhalese	වලකර්
Tajik Cyrillic	Валакар
Tamil	வலக்கர்
Telugu	వాలకర్
Thai	วาลาการ์
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Валакар
Urdu	والاکر
Uzbek	Валакар (Cyrillic) Valakar (Latin)
Yiddish	וואַלאַקאַר