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Pronunciation
thearde'n1
Meaning
'Ruler'2
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Updated 13 April 2003
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Kings of Rohan
Eorl Brego Aldor Fréa Fréawine Goldwine Déor Gram Helm Hammerhand (Wulf) Fréaláf Brytta Léofa Walda Folca Folcwine Fengel Thengel Théoden Éomer Elfwine
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 .
Notes
1
The éo sound in Théoden's name is pronounced approximately like the English word 'ear'.
2
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 Horse People'.
See also...
Aragorn Elessar , Barrowfield , Battles of the Fords of Isen , Beacons of Gondor , Black Serpent , Ceorl , Crossings of Isen , Dernhelm , Dîn , Doorward of Théoden , Drúedain , Dúnhere , Éadig , Ednew , Elfhild , [See the full list...] Eofor , Éoherë , Éomer Éadig , Éomund of Eastfold , Fastred , First Marshal of the Riddermark , Folcwine , Gálmód , Ghân , Gléowine , Grey Wood , Gríma Wormtongue , Guthláf , Harding , Herefara , Herubrand , Herugrim , Hirgon , Horn , Horses , King of Rohan , King of the Second Line , Kûd-dûkan , Lady of Rohan , Láthspell , Legolas Greenleaf , Lightfoot , Lord of Deeping-coomb , Lord of Harrowdale , Lord of the Rohirrim , Marshal of the West-mark , Morwen Steelsheen , Mounds of Mundburg , Muster of Rohan , Orc-men , Red Arrow , Riders of Théoden , Second Marshal of the Riddermark , Seredic Brandybuck , Serpents , Shadowfax , Snowmane , Snowmane’s Howe , Storm of Mordor , Stormcrow , Stybba , The Great , Thengel , Thenglings , Theobald Bolger , Théodred , Théodwyn , Underking , Upbourn , Uruk-hai , White Horse , Wídfara , Wilimar Bolger , Wormtongue
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