A Man of noble birth, Hatholdir was a Númenórean who could claim descent from the House of Hador of the First Age. He lived during the first millennium of Númenor's history, and though we have no specific dates for him, he seems to have been born in the sixth century of the Second Age. Hatholdir was close in friendship with Meneldur, the son of King Tar-Elendil, and indeed Hatholdir's son Orchaldor wed Meneldur's daughter Ailinel.
Meneldur went on to succeed his royal father as King Tar-Meneldur, meaning that Hatholdir's descendants in turn became part of the royal line. Indeed, Tar-Meneldur's son Aldarion produced only a single daughter, and by Númenor's original patrilineal laws of royal inheritance, this would have made Hatholdir's grandson Soronto the heir to the Kingship. Those laws were changed, however, so that Aldarion's daughter Ancalimë would go on to become the first Ruling Queen in place of Hatholdir's descendant.
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We have no dates for Hatholdir himself, but we know that he was an approximate contemporary of Meneldur, and we also know that Meneldur was born in the year II 543. We can therefore estimate a birth year for Hatholdir of about II 550 (though the unusually long lifespans of those of Meneldur's line makes this date necessarily very approximate).
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Hatholdir was a close friend of Meneldur of the royal line, and his son Orchaldor married Meneldur's daughter Ailinel. On that basis, it seems likely that he was associated with the royal city of Armenelos, though given our lack of detailed information, this cannot be stated with certainty.
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The name Hatholdir comes from hathol ('axe') combined with the masculine agental suffix -dir, so 'axe-man' is a literal translation. Hatholdir's name was perhaps influenced by his ancestor Hathol ('the Axe'), the father of Hador Lórindol.
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