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too'rin
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Presumably named for either Túrin Turambar of the First Age, or perhaps Steward Túrin I; the name Túrin means '(he who) desires mastery'
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Not to be confused with Túrin Turambar, the hero of the First Age from whom this Steward apparently took his name

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Túrin II

The great-grandfather of Denethor II of Gondor

Thorondir
Túrin II
Turgon

Stewards of Gondor

The twenty-third Ruling Steward of Gondor, the son of Thorondir, and great-grandfather of Denethor II. He is most famous for his defeat of an army of the Haradrim at the Crossings of Poros, with the aid of King Folcwine of Rohan.


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

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