Ondoher

Ondoher was the thirty-first King of Gondor.

Biography[]

Ondoher as succeeded his father Calimehtar in TA 1936. During his time the rulers of Gondor and Arthedain became aware that a power was coordinating attacks on the Exiles of Númenor, leading to the two kingdoms to renew contact and form an alliance. Ondoher's daughter Fíriel married Prince Arvedui of Arthedain. In TA 1944, the Wainriders invaded Gondor from the east while their allies, the Haradrim, invaded Gondor from the south. Ondoher and his eldest son and heir, Artamir, led the main army close to the Black Gate, where they clashed with the Wainriders. The left wing of Ondoher's army was commanded by Adrahil, the Prince of Dol Amroth. The right wing was commanded by Minohtar, the captain of Gondor's armies. The center was commanded by Ondoher himself.

In the ensuing battle Ondoher was slain together with Artamir, and Gondor was defeated. The rearguard of the army defended Ithilien while Adrahil joined up with General Eärnil, who had defeated the Haradrim.

Although Eärnil finally defeated the Wainriders, it was learned that Ondoher's second son Faramir (not to be confused with Faramir, brother of Boromir) was slain with his father, despite a law requiring that at least one heir should be left behind.

There was therefore a succession crisis, with two claimants coming forward; Arvedui of Arthedain and Eärnil. Although Arvedui had a strong claim by his way of his wife Fíriel, who by ancient Númenórean law now should have become Ruling Queen and further claim as a descendant of Isildur and theoretical High King, the throne was granted by Steward Pelendur and the Council of Gondor to the general Eärnil, a descendant of Anárion, who would reign as King Eärnil II.^[2]

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ዖንዶሀር
Arabic	اوندوهر
Armenian	Օնդոհեր
Belarusian Cyrillic	Ондоhер
Bengali	ওন্দহের
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Ондохер
Chinese	昂多赫
Georgian	ონდოჰერი
Greek	Ονδοχερ
Gujarati	ઓન્ડોહોર
Hebrew	אונדוהר
Hindi	ओंडोहेयर
Japanese	オンドヘア
Kannada	ಒಂಡೋಹೆರ್
Kazakh	Ондоһер (Cyrillic) Ondoher (Latin)
Korean	온도헤르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Ондоhэр
Macedonian Cyrillic	Ондохер
Marathi	ऑन्डोहेर
Mongolian Cyrillic	Ондоhэр
Persian	اوندوهر
Punjabi	ਓਨਡੋਹਰ
Russian	Ондогер
Serbian	Ондохер (Cyrillic) Ondoher (Latin)
Sinhalese	ඔන්ඩොහර්
Tajik Cyrillic	Ондоҳер
Tamil	ஒண்டொஹீர்
Telugu	ఓన్దొహెర
Thai	ออนโดแฮร์
Urdu	اوندوہیر
Uzbek	Ондоҳер (Cyrillic) Ondoher (Latin)
Yiddish	אָנדאָהער

King of Gondor
Preceded by Calimehtar	Ondoher	Succeeded by Eärnil II
TA 1936 - TA 1944

Ondoher

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House of Anárion[]

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