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Dates
Race
Division
Culture
Family
Settlements
Edoras, the royal city of Rohan
Pronunciation
Approximately 'thayo'den'1
Meaning
'Ruler'2
Titles

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  • Updated 13 April 2003
  • Updates planned: 26

Théoden

The King of Rohan who rode to the War of the Ring

Thengel
Morwen
Unnamed
sister
Théoden
Elfhild
Unnamed
sister
Unnamed
sister
Théodwyn
Théodred

Kings of Rohan

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

In Old English, éo represents a diphthong, a single vowel sound combining ay with a short o as in 'dot' or 'cloth'. So éo is pronounced somewhat like 'ayo', but as a single sound.

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, meaning 'Horse People'.

See also...

Aragorn Elessar, Barrowfield, Battle of the Hornburg, Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Battles of the Fords of Isen, Beacons of Gondor, Black Serpent, Captain of Sauron, Captain of the King’s Household, Ceorl, Crossings of Isen, Dernhelm, Dîn, Doorward of Théoden, Drúedain, [See the full list...]

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  • Updates planned: 26

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Théoden

The King of Rohan who rode to the War of the Ring

Dates
Race
Division
Culture
Family
Settlements
Edoras, the royal city of Rohan
Pronunciation
Approximately 'thayo'den'1
Meaning
'Ruler'2
Titles

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 13 April 2003
  • Updates planned: 26

Théoden

The King of Rohan who rode to the War of the Ring

Thengel
Morwen
Unnamed
sister
Théoden
Elfhild
Unnamed
sister
Unnamed
sister
Théodwyn
Théodred

Kings of Rohan

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

In Old English, éo represents a diphthong, a single vowel sound combining ay with a short o as in 'dot' or 'cloth'. So éo is pronounced somewhat like 'ayo', but as a single sound.

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, meaning 'Horse People'.

See also...

Aragorn Elessar, Barrowfield, Battle of the Hornburg, Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Battles of the Fords of Isen, Beacons of Gondor, Black Serpent, Captain of Sauron, Captain of the King’s Household, Ceorl, Crossings of Isen, Dernhelm, Dîn, Doorward of Théoden, Drúedain, [See the full list...]

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 13 April 2003
  • Updates planned: 26

For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page.

Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2003. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ.

Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.
How do your personal strengths fit in with career matching? How can you identify them? Try a free personality test from myDISCprofile.