Kingdom of Rhovanion

The Kingdom of Rhovanion was a realm of Men in the Middle-earth region of Rhovanion, given very few specifications in J.R.R. Tolkien's books.
== Summary ==
The Kingdom of Rhovanion was founded by the Northmen and was located in the plains between Mirkwood, to the west, and Dorwinion, to the east. One of a number of Northern principalities, it had strong ties with the Kingdom of Gondor and fought with them in wars against the Easterlings of Rhûn. 
==History==
The Kingdom of Rhovanion came to prominence in the mid-13th century of the Third Age, when Minalcar served as Regent for his uncle, King Narmacil I of Gondor. About this time Vidugavia, "the most powerful of the northern princes"The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, I (iv) "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion". called himself King of Rhovanion, though the land he governed lay only between Mirkwood and the River Running. The Regent led a great expedition into Rhûn in TA 1248 and utterly defeated the Easterlings, with substantial help from the Northmen and from Vidugavia in particular.
Vidugavia became Gondor's strong ally, and in TA 1250 the Regent sent his son Valacar as ambassador to Vidugavia. But Valacar, much taken with the culture of the North, "far exceeded his father's design" by marrying Vidugavia's daughter Vidumavi, and their son Vinitharya was born among the Northmen.
When Minalcar acceded to the throne of Gondor as Rómendacil II, Valacar became the heir to the throne. The mixed ancestry of Valacar's son (known as Eldacar in Gondor) became a matter of contention: many were not prepared to allow as King a man whose Númenórean blood was mingled with that of a "lesser" race, and many feared that he would be short-lived (as his mother's people were, compared to the ruling line of Gondor). This led to the Kin-strife in Gondor, a bloody civil war that decimated the royal house and nobility.
Tolkien makes little further reference to the "Kingdom of Rhovanion" and it is unclear if Vidugavia's kingdom endured after his death. It is clear from his discussion of the early history of the Éothéod in Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earthUnfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl", (i) "The Northmen and the Wainriders", pp. 288 ff. that the Northmen in Rhovanion were defeated and enslaved by the Wainriders. The Battle of the Plains (in TA 1856) was fought by Gondor and the Northmen against the Wainriders; King Narmacil II of Gondor and the Northman Marhari (a descendant of Vidugavia)Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl", note 5, p. 311. were both killed in this battle. Tolkien does not, however, call Marhari "king", nor is there any direct evidence that the kingdom had survived to this point.
Refugees from this defeat were reorganized on the other side of Mirkwood in the lower Vales of Anduin, under the leadership of Marhwini, son of Marhari. These people became known as the Éothéod. Much later, the history of the House of Eorl (recounted in Appendix A) tells that "the forefathers of Eorl claimed descent from Kings of Rhovanion, whose realm lay beyond Mirkwood before the invasions of the Wainriders, and thus they accounted themselves kinsmen of the Kings of Gondor descended from Eldacar." Tolkien does not state whether the kinship came through Marhwini and Marhari, though they are the only leaders of Northmen mentioned in this time.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Koninkryk van Rhovanion
Albanian 	Mbretëria Rhovanion
Arabic 	مملكة رهوفانيون
Aragonese 	Reino d'Rhovanion
Armenian 	Րհովանիոն թագավորություն
Asturian 	Reinu de Rhovanion
Azerbaijani 	Rhovanion krallığı
Basque 	Rhovanionko Erresuma
Belarusian Cyrillic	Каралеўства Рhованіон
Bengali 	ৰহভানিওন রাজত্ব
Bosnian 	Kraljevina Rhovanion
Breton 	Rouantelezh Rhovanion
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Кралство Рхованион
Catalan 	Regne de Rhovànion
Cebuano 	Gingharian sa Rhovanion
Chinese 	羅馬尼安王国
Cornish 	Ruwvaneth Rhovanion
Corsican 	Regnu di Rhovanion
Croatian 	Kraljevina Rhovanion
Czech 	Rhovanion království
Danish 	Kongeriget af Rhovanion
Dutch 	Koninkrijk van Rhovanion
Esperanto 	Rhovanion reĝlando
Estonian 	Rhovanion Kuningriik
Filipino 	Kaharian ng Rhovanion
Finnish 	Rhovanion kuningaskunta
French 	Royaume de Rhovanion
Frisian 	Keninkryk Rhovanion (Western)
Friulian 	Ream di Rhovanion
Galician 	Reino de Rhovanion
Georgian 	რჰოვანიონ სამეფო
German 	Königreich Rhovanion
Greek 	Βασίλειο της Ροβάνιον
Hawaiian 	Aupuni o Rhovanion
Hebrew 	ממלכת רהוואניון
Hindi 	रहोवनिओं किंगडम
Hungarian 	Rhovanion Királyság
Icelandic 	Konungsríkið Rhovanion
Indonesian 	Kerajaan Rhovanion
Irish Gaelic 	Ríocht na Rhovanion
Italian 	Regno del Rhovanion
Japanese 	ロヴァニオン王国
Javanese 	Krajan Rhovanion
Kannada 	ರೋವನ್ನಿಯನ್ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ
Kazakh 	Рһованіон Патшалығы (Cyrillic) Рһованіон Патшалығы (Latin)
Korean 	로바 니온 왕국
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Рованион падышалыгы
Latin 	Regnum Rhovanion
Latvian 	Rhovanionas karaliste
Lithuanian 	Rhovanion karalystė
Macedonian Cyrillic	Кралство Рхованион
Malaysian 	Kerajaan Beraja Rhovanion
Manx 	Reeriaght ny Rhovanion
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Рhованион-ийн хаант улс
Norwegian 	Kongeriket av Rhovanion
Occitan 	Reialme d'Rhovanion
Old English 	Rhovanion Rīce
Pashto 	د روهانيون سلطنت
Persian 	پادشاهی رووانیون ?
Polish 	Królestwo Rhovanion
Portuguese 	Reino de Rhovanion
Punjabi 	ਰੋਵੋਨਿਅਨ ਦਾ ਰਾਜ
Romanian 	Regatul de Rhovanion
Romansh 	Rhovanion Règne
Russian 	Королевство Рованион
Sardinian 	Rennu de Rhovanion
Scots 	Kinrick o Rhovanion
Scottish Gaelic 	Rìoghachd de Rhovanion
Serbian 	Краљевина Рхованион (Cyrillic) Kraljevina Rhovanion (Latin)
Sicilian 	Regnu d'Rhovanion
Sinhalese 	ර්හොවනිඔන් රාජධානිය
Slovak 	Rhovanion kráľovstvo
Slovenian 	Kraljevina Rhovanion
Somali 	Boqortooyada Rhovanion
Spanish 	Reino de Rhovanion
Sundanese 	Karajaan Rhovanion
Swahili 	Ufalme wa Rhovanion
Swedish 	Kungariket av Rhovanion
Tajik Cyrillic 	Салтанати Рҳованион
Tamil 	ற்ஹொவநிஒந் இராச்சியம்
Telugu 	రహోవానిన్ సామ్రాజ్యం
Thai 	อาณาจักรแห่งโรวาเนียน
Turkish 	Rhovanion Krallığı
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Королівство Рованіон
Urdu 	مملکت رہووانااون
Uzbek 	Рҳованион қироллиги (Cyrillic) Rhovanion qirolligi (Latin)
Venetian 	Regno de Rhovanion
Vietnamese 	Vương quốc Rhovanion
Waray 	Ginhadian han Rhovanion
Welsh 	Teyrnas Rhovanion
Xhosa 	UBukumkani baseRhovanion
Yoruba 	Ilẹ̀ọba Rhovanion
Zazaki 	Qraliya Rhovanion
Zulu 	Umbuso waseRhovanion
==References==
it:Regno del Rhovanion
Category:Kingdoms of Men