House of Elros

The House of Elros was the line of Elros' descendants. Due to his ancestry, he was Half-elven, and given the choice of the immortality of the Eldar, or the Gift of Ilúvatar. He chose to live as a mortal, but he had an extraordinary lifespan of 500 years. His descendants inherited his longevity, but Elros was the only one who lived so long, as well as the longest-lived mortal human.
Elros, also known as Tar-Minyatur, was the first King of Númenor. After his time, the island was ruled by Kings and Queens of his house for about 3,278 years of the Second Age. Elros' distant descendant Ar-Pharazôn was manipulated by Sauron into bringing about the Downfall of Númenor, and ended the Line of the Kings of Númenor.
The House of Elros, however, survived the Downfall and continued in exile. The kings descended through Tar-Meneldur, but another branch of the House also survived: the Lords of Andúnië, descended from Meneldur's elder sister Silmariën. The line of the Lords of Andúnië continued through Elendil and his sons, Isildur and Anarion. This bloodline of Elros came to Middle-earth, surviving through the Kings of Arnor and of Gondor. After the War of the Ring, and many millennia after its founder's death, one known heir of the House of Elros was still alive: Aragorn II.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Huis van Elros
Albanian 	Familja Elros
Arabic 	أسرة ايلروس
Asturian 	Casa de Elros
Azerbaijani 	Elrosın Xanədanlıq
Basque 	Elros leinua
Belarusian Cyrillic	Дом Эльрос
Breton 	Tiegezh Elros
Catalan 	Casa de Elros
Cebuano 	Balay ni Elros
Cornish 	Chei a Elros
Croatian 	Dom Elrosova
Czech 	Dům Elrosova
Danish 	Elros' Kongeslægt
Dutch 	Huis Elros
Esperanto 	Domo de Elros
Estonian 	Elrosi perekond
Faroese 	Hús Elros
Finnish 	Elrosin huone
French 	Maison de Elros
Georgian 	ელროსის ოჯახი
German 	Haus Elros
Greek 	Οίκος του Ελρος
Hindi 	हाउस ऑफ एल्रोस
Hungarian 	Elros-ház
Icelandic 	Hús Elros
Indonesian 	Wangsa Elros
Irish Gaelic 	Teaghlach Elros
Italian 	Casa di Elros
Japanese 	エルロス家
Kazakh 	Елросның отбасы (Cyrillic) Elrosnıñ otbası (Latin)
Korean 	엘로스의 일족
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Элросдын үй
Latvian 	Elros dinastija
Lithuanian 	Elroso šeimyna
Macedonian Cyrillic	Дом на Елрос
Malaysian 	Wangsa Elros
Marathi 	एल्रोसचे हाऊस
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Елрос-ийн өрх
Nepalese 	एल्रोस को घर
Norwegian 	Huset Elros
Persian 	الروس خاندان
Polish 	Dom Elros
Portuguese 	Casa de Elros
Punjabi 	ਏਲਰੋਸ ਦੇ ਹਾਊਸ
Romanian 	Casa lui Elros
Scots 	Hoose o Elros
Serbian 	Дом Елрос (Cyrillic) Dom Elros (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඊල්රෝස්ගේ හවුස්
Slovak 	Dom Elrosa
Slovenian 	Hiša Elros
Somali 	Aqalka ee Elros
Spanish 	Casa de Elros
Swedish 	Huset Elros
Tamil 	எல்ரோஸின் வீடு
Turkish 	Elros'un Hanedanı
Turkmen 	Elrosyň Dinastiýa
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Дім Ельроса
Vietnamese 	Nhà Elros
Yiddish 	הויז פון עלראָס
it:Casa di Elros
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