Timeline Event
Minardil, King of Gondor, slain by Corsairs in Pelargir
Event Type: Genealogical
Age: 3rd Age - The Kings
Year: 1634
Description:
Mindardil, 25th King of Gondor, dies:
The Southern Line: Heirs of Anárion
Kings of Gondor.... Hyarmendacil II (Vinyarion) 1621, Minardil †1634, Telemnar †1636....
The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: The Realms in Exile
25. Minardil. born 1454 lived 180 years †slain 1634.
The Peoples of Middle-earth, HoME Vol 12, Part 1, Ch 7, The Heirs of Elendil: The Southern Line of Gondor: The Anárioni
1634
The Corsairs ravage Pelargir and slay King Minardil.
The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, The Tale of Years: The Third Age
... Minardil, son of Eldacar, was slain at Pelargir by the Corsairs of Umbar. (They were led by Angamaitë and Sangahyando, the great-grandsons of Castamir.)
The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion
The rebels of Umbar had never ceased to make war on Gondor since the death of Kastamir,1 attacking its ships and raiding its coast at every opportunity. They had however become much mixed in blood through admission of Men of Harad, and only their chieftains, descendants of Kastamir, were of Númenórean race. Learning through spies that Minardil was at Pelargir, suspecting no peril since the crushing of Harad and Umbar by his father, Angomaite1 and Sangahyanda,1 leaders of the Corsairs of Umbar, great-grandsons of Kastamir, made a raid up Anduin, slew the king, ravaged Pelargir and the coasts, and escaped with great booty.
The Peoples of Middle-earth, HoME Vol 12, Part 1, Ch 7, The Heirs of Elendil: The Southern Line of Gondor: The Anárioni
Notes
† The sign † indicates a premature death, in battle or otherwise, though an annal of the event is not always included.
The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers
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, 20Aug05, 19Aug14
