Eldacar of Gondor
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| The Heirs of Anárion |
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| Part of The Lord of the Rings |
| Kings of Gondor |
| Meneldil · Cemendur · Eärendil |
| Anardil · Ostoher · Rómendacil I |
| Turambar · Eärendur |
| Atanatar I · Siriondil |
| Ship-Kings of Gondor |
| Tarannon Falastur · Eärnil I |
| Ciryandil · Hyarmendacil I |
| Kings of Gondor |
| Atanatar II · Narmacil I · Calmacil |
| Rómendacil II · Valacar · Eldacar |
| Aldamir · Hyarmendacil II · Minardil |
| Telemnar · Tarondor · Telumehtar |
| Narmacil II · Calimehtar · Ondoher |
| Eärnil II · Eärnur |
| Kings of the Reunited Kingdom |
| Aragorn II · Eldarion |
| The House of Isildur |
Eldacar (1255–1490) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth. He was the twenty-first King of Gondor. The son of Valacar and Vidumavi, he was named Vinitharya at his birth.
He should not be confused with Eldacar, the fourth King of Arnor.
His reign saw the already lingering unrest explode, for his mother, Princess Vidumavi, was a daughter of the Northmen King Vidugavia, a lesser Man. After taking the throne in 1432 T.A., he reigned for five years, until he was deposed and driven from Osgiliath into exile to Rhovanion by his distant relative, Castamir the Usurper, in a civil war called the Kin-strife.
In exile, he slowly gathered support from the Northmen and the Dúnedain from the northern regions of Gondor (who hated Castamir, who executed Ornendil, Eldacar's firstborn son). In 1447 T.A., he marched south with his army and slew Castamir personally in battle at the Crossings of Erui. But Castamir's sons escaped and Gondor's purest blood was spilt. He besieged Pelargir where Castamir's sons held out. Eldacar had no ships at his disposal (for Castamir had been the Lord of Ships of Gondor) and Castamir's sons finally fled to Umbar.
Eldacar reigned until 1490 T.A. and was succeeded by his second son, and third child, Aldamir.
| Preceded by Valacar Castamir the Usurper |
Kings of Gondor | Succeeded by Aldamir |
