Reunited Kingdom

The Reunited Kingdom (also called the Two Kingdoms"The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p. 6) was the restored kingdom of Arnor and Gondor, the Realms in Exile founded at the end of the Second Age by Elendil and his sons Isildur and Anárion. In the beginning, Elendil was High King of both realms, but the two were divided after the deaths of his sons. Over 3,000 years later Aragorn II Elessar reunited the kingdoms and ruled as High King of the Reunited Kingdom.
The fate of the kingdoms, especially that of Gondor, would come to dominate the history of the Third Age.
==Geography==
During Aragorn's reign, the Reunited Kingdom expanded to retake all territories that had originally belonged to both Arnor and Gondor at their greatest extents, excluding only Rohan (the grant of which he renewed), the Shire, Dunland, Bree-land, the Treegarth of Orthanc and the Drúadan Forest, which governed themselves while being under the protection of the High King. 
The Reunited Kingdom included all the lands of Arnor; all of Eriador, except the regions beyond the Lune and the lands east of Greyflood and Loudwater, in which lay Rivendell and Eregion.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenórean Kings", "Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur"
In Gondor, the realm extended:
* North to the Mouths of Entwash and the southern eaves of Mirkwood
* West to the Greyflood
* East to the inland Sea of Rhûn
* South to the River Harnen, and also along the coast to the peninsula and haven of UmbarThe Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenórean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
==History==
===Background===
At the end of the Second Age, Elendil and his sons established two great kingdoms in Middle-earth: Arnor in the north and Gondor in the south. These Kingdoms of the Dúnedain were united under a single High King, Elendil himself, who ruled the North-kingdom while his sons reigned jointly over the South-kingdom.The Silmarillion, "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age"
In the first years of the Third Age, this union failed. After the loss of Isildur at the Disaster of the Gladden Fields, his nephew Meneldil took up the kingship of Gondor, and that country remained independent from the North-kingdom through most of the Third Age.
===Dissolutions===
In the north, the realm of Arnor fell into troubled times. It broke into three separate kingdoms, and in time these too were lost, so that the Dúnedain of the North-kingdom of Elendil were reduced to a wandering people led by a Chieftain. Nonetheless, they were able to maintain Isildur's line in unbroken descent.
However, the House of Anárion failed in Gondor when Eärnur was lost without heirs. Its rule was taken up by the Stewards.
There were two attempts to reunite the kingdoms. The first of these occurred in TA 1944 when Arvedui of Arthedain claimed the High Kingship of the Two Kingdoms. His claim was rejected by Steward Pelendur and the Council of Gondor, who elected to maintain their independence.
===Reunification and Later History===
More than a thousand years later, after the War of the Ring, Arvedui's direct descendant, Aragorn II, came forward to make the same claim. This time, the people of Gondor accepted a High King, and the Two Kingdoms were reunited at last.
Aragorn restored Osgiliath and re-peopled it, but retained Minas Tirith as the chief city.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Heirs of Elendil" He rebuilt Annúminas and when he went north, would rule from there. He also had the ruins of Fornost Erain rebuilt and made it a great city where Men dwelt once again.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Homeward Bound" the Shire was an exception to this, and though it lay within the Reunited Kingdom, Aragorn made a law that Men should not enter it without permission , a law that he observed himself.
During his reign, he, alongside King Éomer, led military campaigns beyond the Sea of Rhûn and on the far fields of the South.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The House of Eorl", "The Kings of the Mark" As a result, he was able to re-establish his dominance in places which Gondor initially held at the height of its power. The threat of the Corsairs was finally completely subdued during his reign and Umbar was finally re-taken. He also made peace with the Haradrim after his coronation.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Steward and the King"
After Aragorn's death in FO 120,The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenórean Kings", "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen" his son Eldarion took up the high kingship. One hundred years into his reign,The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 338, (dated 6 June 1972) a dark cult emerged in Gondor,The History of Middle-earth, Vol.XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The New Shadow" but was overthrown soon after it was discovered.
Of Eldarion, it was foretold that he should rule a great realm and that it should endure for a hundred generations of Men after him, that is until a new age changed the world, and from him should come the kings of many realms in long days after. But if this foretelling spoke truly, none now can say, for Gondor and Arnor are no more; and even the chronicles of the House of Elessar and all their deeds and glory are lost.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Herenig Koninkryk
Albanian 	Mbretëria e ribashkuar
Amharic 	እንደገና የተዋሃደ መንግሥት
Arabic 	المملكة بعد توحيدها
Armenian 	Վերամիավորված թագավորություն
Assamese 	পুনৰ একত্ৰিত ৰাজ্য
Azerbaijani 	Yenidən birləşən Krallıq
Basque 	Bildu Erresuma
Belarusian Cyrillic	ўз'яднанне Каралеўства
Bengali 	পুনর্মিলিত রাজ্য
Bosnian 	Ponovo ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Обединено кралство
Burmese 	ပြန်လည်ပေါင်းစည်းထားသော နိုင်ငံတော်
Cambodian 	ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រជួបជុំ
Catalan 	Regne Reunificat
Cebuano 	Nahiusa Pag-usab sa Gingharian
Chinese 	重聯王國
Corsican 	Regnu Riunificatu
Croatian 	Ponovno ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Czech 	Obnovené království
Danish 	Genforenet Kongerige
Dari 	پادشاهی دوباره متحد
Dutch 	Herenigde Koninkrijk
Esperanto 	Reunuigita Regno
Estonian 	Taasühendatud kuningriik
Fijian 	Vakaduavatataki ira tale na matanitu
Filipino 	Muling Pagsasama-samang Kaharian
Finnish 	Jällen yhdistetty Valtakunta
French 	Royaume Réunifié
Frisian 	Werienige Keninkryk (Western)
Galician 	Reino Unificado
Georgian 	გაერთიანებული სამეფო
German 	Wiedervereinigtes Königreich
Greek 	Επανενωμένοι Βασίλειο
Gujarati 	પુન એકીકૃત સામ્રાજ્ય
Hebrew 	ה ממלכה המאוחדת
Hindi 	पुन एकीकृत राज्य
Hungarian 	Az újraegyesített Királyság
Icelandic 	Sameinað Konungsríki
Indonesian 	Bersatu kembali Kerajaan
Irish Gaelic 	Athaontaithe Ríocht
Italian 	Regno Riunito
Japanese 	再統一王国
Kannada 	ಮತ್ತೆ ಒಂದಾಗಿದ ರಾಜ್ಯ
Kazakh 	Қайтадан қосылды патшалық (Cyrillic) Qaytadan qosıldı patşalıq (Latin)
Konkani 	पुनर्एकीकृत राज्य
Korean 	재결합 왕국
Kurdish 	Padîşahiya ji nû ve Yekbûyî (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Кайра бириккен Падышалык
Laotian 	ອານາຈັກທ້ອນໂຮມ
Latvian 	Atkalapvienotā Karaliste
Lithuanian 	Vėl susivienijo Karalystė
Luxembourgish 	Zesummengeféiehrt Kinnekräich
Macedonian Cyrillic	Обединетите Кралство
Malayalam 	പുനരേകീകരിച്ച രാജ്യം
Malaysian 	Kerajaan bersatu semula
Marathi 	पुनरुज्जीवित राज्य
Maori 	Rangatiratanga Whakahou
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Дахин нэгдсэн хаант улс
Nepalese 	पुनर्एकीकृत राज्य
Norwegian 	Gjenforene Kongedømme
Pashto 	بیا یوځای شوی سلطنت
Persian 	دوباره با هم متحد پادشاهی
Polish 	Zjednoczone Królestwo
Portuguese 	Reino reunido
Punjabi 	ਮੁੜਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਰਾਜ
Romanian 	Regatul Reunit
Russian 	Воссоединённое королевство
Sanskrit 	पुन एकीकृत राज्य
Serbian 	Поновно уједињено Краљевство (Cyrillic) Ponovno ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo (Latin)
Sindhi 	ٻيهر متحد سلطنت
Slovak 	Znovuzjednotené kráľovstvo
Slovenian 	Ponovno združeno kraljestvo
Somalian 	Boqortooyada Midoobo
Spanish 	Reino Unificado
Swedish 	Återförenad Konungadöme
Tajik Cyrillic 	Салтанати дубора муттаҳидшуда
Tamil 	மீண்டும் ஒன்றிணைக்கப்பட்ட இராச்சியம்
Telugu 	పునరేకీకరించబడిన రాజ్యం
Tigrinya 	ዳግማይ ዝተጠርነፈት መንግስቲ
Turkish 	Yeni Birleşik Krallık
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Возз'єднане Королівство
Urdu 	دوبارہ متحد سلطنت
Uzbek 	Қайта бирлашган қироллик (Cyrillic) Qayta birlashgan qirollik (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Vương quốc thống nhất
Welsh 	Teyrnas Aduno
Yiddish 	ריונאַפייד מלכות
== References ==
Category:Kingdoms of Men
Category:Arnor
Category:Gondor
Category:Middle-earth
ca:Regne Reunificat d'Àrnor i Góndor
es:Reino Unificado
fr:Royaume Réunifié
it:Reame Unito
nl:Herenigde Koninkrijk van Arnor en Gondor
pl:Zjednoczone Królestwo Arnoru i Gondoru
ru:Воссоединённое Королевство