Timeline Event
Valacar, King of Gondor, dies
Event Type: Genealogical
Age: 3rd Age - The Kings
Year: 1432
Description:
Valacar, 20th King of Gondor, dies:
The Southern Line: Heirs of Anárion
Kings of Gondor. ...Minalcar (regent 1240-1304), crowned as Rómendacil II 1304, died 1366, Valacar. In his time the first disaster of Gondor began, the Kin-strife.
Eldacar son of Valacar (at first called Vinitharya) deposed 1437....
The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: The Realms in Exile
20. Valakar1. [born] 1194 [lived] 238 [years] [died] 1432.
The Peoples of Middle-earth, HoME Vol 12, Part 1, Ch 7, The Heirs of Elendil: The Southern Line of Gondor: The Anárioni
1432
King Valacar of Gondor dies, and the civil war of the Kin-strife begins.
The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, The Tale of Years: The Third Age
Notes
1 This text is from one of Tolkien's early drafts; the name is an earlier version of the proper name as published in The Lord of the Rings.
Contributors:
Elena Tiriel 11Dec04, 19Jul14
