Pelendur

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Pelendur
Biographical information
Titles	Steward to the King of Gondor
Birth	TA 1879
Death	TA 1998
Spouse	Unknown
Physical description
Race	Men
Gender	Male
Culture	Dúnedain Men of Gondor

Pelendur was the Steward to the King of Gondor in the year TA 1944.

Biography

Pelendur was born in TA 1879, he was a descendant of Húrin of Emyn Arnen, an earlier Steward of Gondor and the grandfather of Mardil Voronwë, the first Ruling Steward of Gondor.

Pelendur helped Gondor through a constitutional crisis following the premature death of King Ondoher and his heirs in battle in TA 1944. He effectively ruled the kingdom for one year while observing the claims of the two claimants, Prince Arvedui of Arthedain and the general Eärnil who was victorious in battle against the Wainriders (Easterlings).

Pelendur dismissed Arvedui's claim maintaining that the rule of Gondor belonged to the heirs of Anárion, even though Isildur was the High King of both Gondor and Arnor before his death. Arvedui also argued, his wife Fíriel, the daughter of Ondoher should rightfully become Ruling Queen due to the old Númenorean law of accession, which stated the eldest remaining child of the king should inherit the throne. Pelendur rejected Fíriel's claim saying in Númenor, it was peaceful enough to have women as rulers. However, the Realms in Exile were constantly under attack and therefore needed a male ruler to lead the armies.

Based on these arguments the Council of Gondor, under the influence of Pelendur, threw out Arvedui's claim and chose Eärnil as King, in TA 1945 defying the Númenórean law of succession. Although Pelendur's choice prevented the heirs of Isildur from reuniting the Realms in Exile, it may have averted another Kin-strife. Eärnil, the victorious general and a direct male heir of Anárion, had become a hero in Gondor and had the support of the populace for his deeds in battle. Installing Arvedui, a foreigner, as king could have stirred up resentment amongst the people of the coastlands and the supporters of Eärnil, who had saved Gondor.

This political precedent was one reason for Aragorn's caution in assuming the throne of Gondor at the end of the Third Age.

With the accession of King Eärnil II in TA 1945, Pelendur handed over rule of Gondor to him, and resumed the traditional duties of the office of Steward willingly. Pelendur died in TA 1998 at the age of 119 years old, after his death the Stewardship formally became hereditary and passed to his son Vorondil the Hunter.

House of Húrin

Húrin of Emyn Arnen

Pelendur

Vorondil

Mardil Voronwë

Eradan

Herion

Belegorn

Húrin I

Túrin I

Hador

Barahir

Dior

Rían

Denethor I

Two daughters

Boromir

Cirion

Hallas

Húrin II

Belecthor I

Orodreth

Morwen

Ecthelion I

Unknown

Egalmoth

Beren

Beregond

Belecthor II

Thorondir

Túrin II

Turgon

Ecthelion II

Two daughters

Denethor II

Finduilas

House of Eorl

Boromir

Faramir

Éowyn

Elboron

Barahir

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ፐለንዱር
Arabic	پيليندور
Armenian	Պելենդուր
Belarusian Cyrillic	Пелендур
Bengali	পেলেন্দুর
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Пелендур
Chinese	佩伦杜尔
Georgian	პელენდური
Greek	Πελένδουρ
Gujarati	પેલેન્દુર
Hebrew	פלנדור
Hindi	पेलेन्दुर
Japanese	ペレンドゥール
Kazakh	Пелендұр (Cyrillic) Pelendur (Latin)
Kannada	ಪೆಲೆಂದೂರ್
Konkani	पेलेंदुर
Korean	펠렌 두르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Пэлэндур
Macedonian Cyrillic	Пелендур
Malayalam	പെലെന്തൂർ
Marathi	पेलेंदूर
Mongolian Cyrillic	Пэлэндур
Nepalese	पेलेन्दुर
Persian	پلندور
Punjabi	ਪੇਲੇਂਡੂਰ
Russian	Пелендур
Sanskrit	पेलेन्दुर्
Serbian	Пелендур (Cyrillic) Pelendur (Latin)
Sinhalese	පැලැන්දූර්
Tajik Cyrillic	Пелендур
Tamil	பெலேண்டர்
Telugu	పేలేన్దుర్
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Пелендур
Urdu	پالاندور
Uzbek	Пелендур (Cyrillic) Pelendur (Latin)
Yiddish	פּעלענדור

Steward to the King of Gondor
Preceded by Húrin of Emyn Arnen	Pelendur	Succeeded by Vorondil the Hunter
TA 1944 - TA 1998