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Dates
Isildur was born in II 32091; his line continued into the Fourth Age
Race
Men
Division
Dúnedain
Culture
Isildur was born in Númenor, but his descendants were Dúnedain living in Middle-earth
Family
House of Elendil
Pronunciation
'Isildur' is pronounced 'isi'ldoorr'

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House of Isildur

The descendants of Isildur, son of Elendil

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Isildur
Elendur
Aratan
Ciryon
Valandil
Seven further Kings of
Arnor, from Eldacar to
Eärendur
Amlaith
of Fornost
Kings of
Cardolan
Kings of
Rhudaur
Fourteen further Kings of
Arthedain, from Beleg to
Arvedui
Fifteen Chieftains of the
Dúnedain, from Aranarth to
Arathorn II
Aragorn II
Elessar

The descendants of Isildur, elder son of Elendil. The House came close to destruction at the beginning of the Third Age, when Isildur and his three eldest sons were lost at the Disaster of the Gladden Fields. His youngest son Valandil was kept safe in Rivendell, however, and from him came the line of the Kings of Arnor that led over three thousand years to Aragorn II Elessar.


Notes

1

The date of Isildur'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...

Aragost, Argeleb I, Ring of Barahir

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