The Encyclopedia of Arda - an interactive guide to the world of J.R.R. Tolkien
Dates
Race
Culture
Family
Settlements
The seat of the Masters of Buckland was at Brandy Hall
Pronunciation
Marmadoc is pronounced 'ma'rmadok'
Meaning
'Follower of Madoc'1
Titles

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 19 March 2024
  • This entry is complete

Marmadoc Brandybuck ‘the Masterful

Grandson of Gormadoc the Deepdelver

Masters of Buckland

A Master of Buckland, living some four generations before Meriadoc's time. Marmadoc was the son of Madoc Brandybuck, and grandson of Gormadoc, who deepened and expanded Brandy Hall. Marmadoc's authority as Master of Buckland is clear from his title - he was known as Marmadoc the Masterful. He married Adaldrida Bolger and had four children, of whom the eldest, Gorbadoc, carried on the line of the Masters of Buckland.


Notes

1

Marmadoc is a real Welsh name, a variant of the more familiar 'Marmaduke', deriving from Máel Máedóc, 'devotee of Máedóc' (Máedóc was an Irish saint who lived in the sixth and seventh centuries CE). In form, it is well suited to Marmadoc Brandybuck, who was the son and successor of Master Madoc Brandybuck, and thus in this sense the name can be read as 'follower of Madoc'. (The Hobbit-name Madoc's name can be connected to a Welsh word meaning 'fortunate', though the name of the saint had a rather more complicated etymology, for which see the entry for Madoc Brandybuck.)

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 19 March 2024
  • This entry is complete

For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page.

Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2006, 2008, 2024. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ.

Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.
Find out how DISC profiling can make a real difference to the way you work with people.
The Encyclopedia of Arda
The Encyclopedia of Arda
Menu
Homepage Search Latest Entries and Updates Random Entry