Timeline Event
Théoden becomes King of Rohan
Event Type: Genealogical
Age Begins: 3rd Age - The Stewards
Age Ends: 3rd Age - The Kings
Year: 2980
Description:
2905-80
16. Thengel. ... Théoden ... was his only son. ... Morwen [of Lossarnach] bore him two more daughters ... the last, Théodwyn, was the fairest.... Her brother loved her dearly.
It was soon after Thengel's return that Saruman declared himself Lord of Isengard and began to give trouble to Rohan, encroaching on its borders and supporting its enemies.
2948-3019
17. Théoden. He is called Théoden Ednew in the lore of Rohan, for he fell into a decline under the spells of Saruman, but was healed by Gandalf, and in the last year of his life arose and led his men to victory at the Hornburg, and soon after to the Fields of Pelennor, the greatest battle of the Age. He fell before the gates of Mundburg. For a while he rested in the land of his birth, among the dead Kings of Gondor, but was brought back and laid in the eighth mound of his line at Edoras. Then a new line was begun.
Third Line
In 2989 Théodwyn married Éomund of Eastfold, the chief Marshal of the Mark. Her son Éomer was born in 2991, and her daughter Éowyn in 2995. ... [Éomund] was slain in 3002....
Not long after Théodwyn took sick and died to the great grief of the king. Her children he took into his house, calling them son and daughter. He had only one child of his own, Théodred his son, then twenty-four years old; for the queen Elfhild had died in childbirth, and Théoden did not wed again. Éomer and Éowyn grew up at Edoras and saw the dark shadow fall on the halls of Théoden. ...
2991-F.A. 63 (3084)
18. Éomer Éadig. ... In the War of the Ring Théodred fell in battle with Saruman at the Crossings of Isen. Therefore before he died on the Fields of the Pelennor Théoden named Éomer his heir and called him king.
The Return of the King, LoTR Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: The House of Eorl
Contributors:
Elena Tiriel 16Aug04
