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thearde'n1
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'Ruler'2
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The son of Thengel; the seventeenth King of Rohan and last of the Second Line. He led the Rohirrim at the Battle of the Hornburg, and was lost defending Minas Tirith in the Battle of the Pelennor. He was succeeded by his nephew, Éomer.
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The éo sound in Théoden's name is pronounced approximately like the English word 'ear'. |
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Théoden's name comes from a real Anglo-Saxon word that originally meant 'leader of the people'. The element théod, 'people', occurs in many of the names of the Rohirrim, and also in their ancestral name, Éothéod, meaning 'Horse People'. |
See also...
Aragorn Elessar, Barrowfield, Battles of the Fords of Isen, Black Serpent, Ceorl, Dernhelm, Dîn, Drúedain, Dúnhere, Éadig, Ednew, Elfhild, Éoherë, Éomer Éadig, Éomund of Eastfold, [See the full list...]Fengel, First Marshal of the Riddermark, Folcwine, Gálmód, Ghân, Grey Wood, Gríma Wormtongue, Guthláf, Háma, Harding, Herefara, Herubrand, Herugrim, Hirgon, Horn, Horses, King of Rohan, Kûd-dûkan, Lady of Rohan, Láthspell, Legolas Greenleaf, Lightfoot, Lord of Harrowdale, Lord of the Rohirrim, Morwen Steelsheen, Mounds of Mundburg, Muster of Rohan, Red Arrow, Riders of Théoden, Second Marshal of the Riddermark, Seredic Brandybuck, Serpents, Shadowfax, Snowmane, Snowmane’s Howe, Storm of Mordor, Stybba, Thengel, Theobald Bolger, Théodred, Théodwyn, Underking, Upbourn, White Horse, Wídfara, Wilimar Bolger, Wormtongue
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