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Dates
III 26551 - III 2763 (108 years)
Ruling Steward of Gondor from III 2743 (20 years)
Race
Men
Division
Dúnedain
Culture
Gondor
Family
House of Húrin
Pronunciation
be'ren
Meaning
Presumably named for the famous Beren One-hand of the First Age, whose name seems to have meant 'Bold' or 'Daring'
Titles
Lord of Gondor, Lord of Minas Tirith, Lord of the Mundburg, Lord of the White Tower, Ruling Steward of Gondor, Steward of Gondor
Note
This is not the Beren who recovered a Silmaril from Morgoth's Iron Crown. For that much earlier character, see the entry for Beren Erchamion.

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  • Updated 11 June 2008
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Beren

The Steward who installed Saruman in Orthanc

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Egalmoth
Beren
Beregond

The nineteenth Ruling Steward of Gondor, the son of Egalmoth, named for Beren Erchamion. Beren was the Steward who granted Saruman the Key of Orthanc.


Notes

1

The date of Beren's birth appears only in The History of Middle-earth volume XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth. It cannot therefore be considered completely reliable.

See also...

Beregond, Egalmoth, Fréaláf Hildeson, Isengard, Key of Orthanc, Palantíri, Ruling Steward, Saruman, Steward of Gondor, Tower of Orthanc, Wizard’s Vale

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