Timeline Event
Bregolas, Lord of Ladros, slain on Dorthonion in the Dagor Bragollach
Event Type: Genealogical
Age: 1st Age
Year: 0455
Description:
An event in the Dagor Bragollach; see that entry for an overview:
Bregolas, son of Bregor, 3rd Lord of Ladros, dies in the Dagor Bragollach:
In the assault upon the defences of Dorthonion Angrod and [Aegnor 1]... fell, and with them Bregolas was slain....
The War of the Jewels, HoME Vol 11, Part 1, The Grey Annals
The sons of Finarfin bore most heavily the brunt of the assault, and Angrod and Aegnor were slain; beside them fell Bregolas lord of the house of Bëor, and a great part of the warriors of that people.... Barahir was now by right lord of the house of Bëor, and he returned to Dorthonion; but most of his people fled from their homes and took refuge in the fastness of Hithlum.
The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 18, Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin
Notes
1 This text is from one of Tolkien's early drafts. For the sake of clarity, earlier versions of proper names used by Tolkien in this draft have been replaced with the versions in use in the canon sources. All substitutions are marked with brackets.
Contributors:
Elena Tiriel 14Mar10
