King of Khazad-dûm

King of Khazad-dûm was the title of the Dwarven rulers of Khazad-dûm and all of Durin's Folk.
== History ==
The title began with the founding of the Dwarven realm not long after the awakening of the Dwarves and ended a year after the emergence of the Durin's Bane. The title was restored with Durin VII in the Fourth Age.
A total of nine kings have been recorded in history:
#Durin the Deathless, the founder and first king of the realm ruling from the Years of the Trees of the First Age.
#Durin II, nothing is known of his rule.
#Durin III, ruled during the Second Age when the Dwarves made friends with the Ñoldor of Eregion (Hollin) and the Gwaith-i-Mírdain of Ost-in-Edhil, and was given the first of the Seven rings for the Dwarves. After intervening to help the refugees of Eregion escape in the War of the Elves and Sauron, he closed the realm preserving it and its people.
#Durin IV, little is known of him save that he was ruling at the time of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men and sent an army to fight alongside the allies.
#Durin V, little is known of him save that he ruled sometime during the Third Age.
#Durin VI, ruled up until the time that the Dwarves delved too deep in the earth and released the Balrog Durin's Bane.
#Náin I, the last king before the over one-thousand year abandonment during in which the lost city would be called Moria.
#Durin VII, a little known Dwarven royal of Durin's line who refounded the realm sometime in the Fourth Age.
Category:Ranks and titles of Dwarves