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Dates
I 314 - I 4031 (lived 89 years)
Race
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Family
Pronunciation
bo'ron
Meaning
Probably 'faithful vassal'3

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Boron

The eldest son of Baran

Baran
Boron
Baranor
Boromir

Belegor

Neither Boron's brother Baranor, nor his younger son Belegor, are mentioned in the published Silmarillion, and they only appear in volume XI of The History of Middle-earth. As such, their canonicity is open to question, though Baranor's son Bereg does make a brief appearance in The Silmarillion as the leader of a discontented faction of Men.

As the son of Baran and grandson of Bëor the Old, Boron was the heir to the leadership of the House of Bëor. Though we have almost no details of Boron's life beyond his mere existence, it seems safe to assume that he inherited the command of his people from his father, because we know his son Boromir inherited it in turn to become the first lord of Ladros.


Notes

1

These dates for Boron come from a genealogical chart in volume XI of The History of Middle-earth. They are not therefore formally canonical, but they do fit well with the little detail we have regarding Boron's life and times.

2

Boron would have been born shortly after the Bëorians entered Beleriand and he would therefore have been raised at Estolad, before this people became removed into the North to become the Men of Dorthonion. We do not have an exact date for this migration, but it probably took place in about I 360, so Boron would have been approaching middle age at this point. Indeed, it is conceivable that Boron himself led these Men to settle in Dorthonion after he succeeded his father Baran as leader of his people in I 380.

3

Boron's name contains a common Elvish element bor- (or vor-) relating to steadfastness, faithfulness or trustworthiness. Following comments in The Etymologies (in volume V of The History of Middle-earth) Boron's name seems to derive from a more specific meaning 'faithful vassal' (a vassal, that is, of the Kings of the Noldor).

See also...

Boromir

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