Chieftain of the Dúnedain

Chieftain of the Dúnedain, also called Lord of the Dúnedain, was a title taken by the Heirs of Isildur after the loss of the Kingdom of Arthedain; sixteen lords of Men, from Aranarth (elder son of Arvedui, last King of Arthedain) to Aragorn II Elessar. The title was hereditary.
== History ==
The title was created following the final destruction of Arthedain in TA 1974 by the Witch-king of Angmar. The heir to the throne of Arthedain, Aranarth son of Arvedui, chose in TA 1976 not to claim the kingship, and instead ruled the remnants of his people as Chieftain.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age" The Chieftains were raised in Rivendell, where the heirlooms of the House of Isildur were also kept.
They were descendants of Isildur through the Kings of ArthedainThe Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur" and Anárion through Fíriel.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenórean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion" The Chieftains continued to take the prefix of ar(a)-, meaning 'kingly', to signify their royal heritage and their right to rule Arnor. When the House of Anárion failed, the Chieftains considered themselves the heirs of Anárion through their ancestor Fíriel; as such they regarded themselves as the rightful heirs to the thrones of both Arnor and Gondor.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, VIII: "The Tale of Years of the Third Age"
The Dúnedain of Arnor became known as the Rangers of the North, a wandering people living in secret. Due to the destruction of Angmar, and the Watchful Peace, which followed after the Wizard Gandalf and his investigation of Dol Guldur drove Sauron temporarily into the East, there was little evil in Eriador and attacks by the enemy were few and far between.
It is notable that most of the Chieftains lived their full life-span, and their longevity did not decrease as quickly as that of the Men of Gondor.
Aragorn II became the last Chieftain of the Dúnedain when he claimed the title of High King of the Reunited Kingdom.
== Chieftains ==
Chieftains of the Dúnedain (TA 1976 - 3019)	Chieftains of the Dúnedain (TA 1976 - 3019) 	Chieftains of the Dúnedain (TA 1976 - 3019)
1 	Aranarth, son of Arvedui, last King of Arthedain 	TA 1976 - 2106
2 	Arahael, son of Aranarth 	TA 2106 - 2177
3 	Aranuir, son of Arahael 	TA 2177 - 2247
4 	Aravir, son of Aranuir 	TA 2247 - 2319
5 	Aragorn I, son of Aravir 	TA 2319 - 2327†
6 	Araglas, son of Aragorn I 	TA 2327 - 2455
7 	Arahad I, son of Araglas 	TA 2455 - 2523
8 	Aragost, son of Arahad I 	TA 2523 - 2588
9 	Aravorn, son of Aragost 	TA 2588 - 2654
10 	Arahad II, son of Aravorn 	TA 2654 - 2719
11 	Arassuil, son of Arahad II 	TA 2719 - 2784
12 	Arathorn I, son of Arassuil 	TA 2784 - 2848†
13 	Argonui, son of Arathorn I 	TA 2848 - 2912
14 	Arador, son of Argonui 	TA 2912 - 2930†
15 	Arathorn II, son of Arador 	TA 2930 - 2933†
16 	Aragorn II (Elessar), son of Arathorn II and last Chieftain of the Dúnedain	TA 2933 - 3019
† Did not die a natural death.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Opperhoof van die Dúnedain
Albanian 	Shefi i Dúnedain
Arabic 	زعيم الدنداين
Armenian 	Դունեդաին Գլխավորը
Basque 	Dunedainen Kapitaina
Belarusian Cyrillic	Правадыр Дунэдайн
Bengali 	ডুনেদাইন সর্দার
Bosnian 	Poglavar dúnedaina
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Вожд на Дунеданци
Catalan 	Capitan dels Dúnedain
Cebuano 	Ang Pangulo sa Dúnedain
Chichewa 	Mtsogoleri wa Dúnedain
Chinese 	杜内丹的酋长
Croatian 	Poglavar Dúnedaina
Czech 	Náčelníci Dúnadanů
Danish 	Høvding af den Dúnedain
Dutch 	Hoofd van de Dúnedain
Esperanto 	ĉefo de la Dúnedain
Estonian 	Dúnedaini juhataja
Fijian 	Iliuliu ni na Dúnedain
Filipino 	Pinuno ng Dúnedain
Finnish 	Dúnedainin päämiehet
French 	Chef des Dúnedain
Frisian 	Haadling fan de Dúnedain
Galician 	Xefe dos Dúnedain
Georgian 	დუნდელენის თავდამსხმელი
German 	Stammesführer der Dúnedain
Greek 	Οπλαρχηγός από τα Ντουνεντάιν
Haitian Creole 	Lidè de a Dúnedain
Hausa 	Cif na Dúnedain
Hebrew 	מצביאי הדונדאין מהצפון
Hindi 	ड्यूनडैन के मुखिया
Hmong 	Thawj coj ntawm lub Dúnedain
Hungarian 	A Dúnadanok főnöke
Icelandic 	Höfðingi af Dúnedain
Indonesian 	Kepala suku dari Dúnedain
Irish Gaelic 	Taiseach an Dúnedain
Italian 	Capitani dei Dúnedain
Japanese 	ドゥネダインの族長
Kannada 	ಡ್ಯುನೆಡಿನ್ ನ ಮುಖ್ಯಸ್ಥ
Kazakh 	Дұнедаін бастықтары (Cyrillic) Dunedain bastıqtarı (Latin)
Kurdish 	Çiftain wekî we Dúnedain (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Дунэдаин башчысы
Laotian 	ຫົວຫນ້າເຜົ່າຂອງດນເດະິນ
Latin 	Dux de Dúnedain
Latvian 	Virsaitis Dúnedain
Lithuanian 	Dúnedaino kunigaikštis
Luxembuorgish 	Cheftain vun den Dúnedain
Macedonian Cyrillic	Шефот на Дунедаин
Malagasy 	Mpitarika amin'ny Dúnedain
Malaysian 	Ketua Dúnedain
Maori 	Rangatira o te Dúnedain
Marathi 	ड्यूडेनइन मधील सरदार
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Дунэдаин удирдагч
Norwegian 	Høvdingen av den Dúnedain
Persian 	فرماندهان دون‌اداین
Polish 	Wodz Dúnedainów
Portuguese 	Chefe dos Dúnedain
Punjabi 	ਡੁਡਡੇਨ ਦਾ ਮੁਖੀ
Romanian 	Căpetenie Dúnedain
Russian 	Вождь дунэдайн
Samoan 	Taitai o le Dúnedain
Serbian 	Шеф Дунедаин (Cyrillic) Poglavica Dunedaina (Latin)
Scottish Gaelic 	Ceann-cinnidh nan Dúnedain
Sinhalese 	ඩුනේඩේන් ප්රධානියා
Slovak 	Náčelníci Dúnadanov
Slovenian 	Vodja Dúnedaina
Somali 	Yaabbaa oo ka mid ah Dúnedain
Spanish 	Capitane de los Dúnedain
Swahili 	Mtawala wa Dúnedain
Swedish 	Hövdingen av den Dúnedain
Tajik Cyrillic 	Пешво аз Дунедаин
Tamil 	டூனைடெ தலைவன் ?
Telugu 	డునెదైన నాయకుడు
Thai 	หัวหน้าเผ่าดูเนไดน์
Tongan 	Ko e taki 'o e Dúnedain
Turkish 	Kabile reisi Dúnedain
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Вожді Дунедайн
Urdu 	کے رہنما دنیداان
Uzbek 	Дуннедаиннинг бошлиғи (Cyrillic) Dunnedainning boshlig'i (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Trưởng của Dúnedain
Welsh 	Pennaeth y Dúnedain
Xhosa 	OyiNtloko yeDúnedain
Yiddish 	טשיעפטאַין פון די דונעדאַין ?
== References ==
de:Stammesführer der Dúnedain
it:Capitani dei Dúnedain
pl:Wodzowie Dúnedainów
Category:Ranks and titles of Men
Category:Arnor