Timeline Event
Tar-Vanimeldë, Queen of Númenor, dies; Herucalmo usurps the sceptre
Meaning: The Fair Elf
Event Type: Genealogical
Age: 2nd Age - Rings
Year: 2637
Description:
She ostensibly ruled for 111 years, but "the power was wielded by her husband, Herucalmo... Herucalmo took the sceptre upon his wife's death, calling himself Tar-Anducal, and withholding the rule from his son Alcarin..."
Unfinished Tales, Part 2, Ch 3, The Line of Elros, Kings of Númenor
Contributors:
Lyllyn 5.16.03