House of Bëor

The House of Bëor was the oldest of the Three Houses of Men that had allied with the Elves in the First Age.
== History ==
The House of Bëor ceased to exist as an independent House after the Dagor Bragollach, when Orcs at the behest of Morgoth invaded and overran their land of Ladros. Sending their women and children to Brethil in a flight led by Emeldir, the remaining men led by Barahir staged many attacks against the Orcs. Eventually, however, they were betrayed and Barahir along with everyone else was slain by Morgoth's servants. Beren was the only survivor due to being sent to scout during the attack. Beren was now the last of the house of Bëor but in the Second Age some families of Númenor still spoke Adûnaic with a notable Bëorian accent.
Furthermore, the majority of the Faithful were those of Bëorian descent. This was because the majority of the Men of Bëor had settled in the western part of Númenor, which later became the area controlled by the faithful Lords of Andúnië. Traits of the House of Bëor were passed down to the Dúnedain of Middle-earth and can be seen in Aragorn II Elessar's physical description: lean, dark and tall, with "a shaggy head of dark hair flecked with grey, and in a pale stern face a pair of keen grey eyes."J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, p. 156 (Houghton Mifflin, 50th Anniversary Edition, 2004)
== Notable members ==
*Bëor, originally named Balan and later given the title the Old, was leader of the House of Bëor, the first Men to travel into Beleriand. He met Finrod Felagund, who guided them to settle in Estolad, east of Doriath. Bëor took service with Finrod in Nargothrond. His name Bëor meant vassal in the Bëorian tongue. He got his title, the Old, because he died at 93 years of age, of which 44 were spent serving Finrod.
*Baran was the eldest son of Bëor the Old and took up the leadership of the House of Bëor when his father departed to Nargothrond. He dwelt in Estolad and had two sons, Boron and Baranor.
*Bereg, a grandson of Baran, was dissatisfied with Estolad, and led part of the people away to parts unknown, disappearing from the histories. It is possible some of his descendants were the ancestors of the later Men of Eriador.
*Boromir was a son of Boron. The later Boromir of Gondor was named after him. Boromir was granted the land of Ladros in Dorthonion as a fief, and his house removed there.
*Bregor was a son of Boromir and Andreth was Boromir's daughter.
*Bregolas, who died in the Dagor Bragollach, and Barahir were sons of Bregor.
*Beren was a son of Barahir, perhaps the greatest hero of the First Age. He and Luthíen went to Morgoth and successfully cut a Silmaril from his Iron Crown.
*Baragund was a son of Bregolas and a direct descendant of Bëor the Old. He had one daughter, Morwen, and he was the grandfather of Túrin Turambar. He survived the Dagor Bragollach and lived as an outlaw with his uncle Barahir and some companions. They were eventually betrayed by a deception of Sauron and killed.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Huis van Bëor
Albanian 	Familja Bëor
Arabic 	أسرة بيور
Asturian 	Casa de Bëor
Azerbaijani 	Bëorın Xanədanlıq
Basque 	Bëor leinua
Belarusian Cyrillic	Дом Бeорa
Bengali 	বিযোরের হাউস
Bosnian 	Kuća Bëorova
Breton 	Tiegezh Bëor
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Къща на Беор
Cambodian 	ផ្ទះរបស់លោកបេអ៊រ
Catalan 	Casa de Bëor
Cebuano 	Balay ni Beor
Chinese 	比歐王朝
Cornish 	Chei a Bëor
Croatian 	Dom Bëorova
Czech 	Dům Bëorova
Danish 	Huset Bëor
Dutch 	Huis Bëor
Esperanto 	Domo de Bëor
Estonian 	Bëori perekond
Faroese 	Hús Bëor
Finnish 	Bëorin huone
French 	Maison de Bëor
Galician 	Casa de Bëor
Georgian 	ბეორის ოჯახი
German 	Haus Bëor
Greek 	Οίκος του Μπέορ
Hebrew 	בית ביור
Hindi 	बेओर का घर
Hungarian 	Bëor-ház
Icelandic 	Hús Bëor
Indonesian 	Wangsa Bëor
Irish Gaelic 	Teaghlach Bëor
Italian 	Casa di Bëor
Japanese 	ベオル家
Kazakh 	Bëorның отбасы (Cyrillic) Bëornıñ otbası (Latin)
Korean 	베올의 일족
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Бэордын үй
Latvian 	Bëor dinastija
Lithuanian 	Bëoro šeimyna
Macedonian Cyrillic	Дом на Беор
Malaysian 	Wangsa Bëor
Malayalam 	ബെയോരിന്റെ ഹൗസ്
Marathi 	बेओरचा हाऊस
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Беор-ийн өрх
Nepalese 	बेओर को घर
Norwegian 	Huset Bëor
Persian 	بئور خاندان
Polish 	Dom Bëor
Portuguese 	Casa de Bëor
Punjabi 	ਬਓਰ ਦੇ ਹਾਊਸ
Romanian 	Casa lui Bëor
Russian 	Дом Беора
Serbian 	Династија Беор (Cyrillic) Dinastija Bëor (Latin)
Scots 	Hoose o Bëor
Sinhalese 	බෙයෝර්ගේ හවුස්
Slovak 	Dom Bëora
Slovenian 	Hiša Bëor
Somali 	Aqalka ee Bëor
Spanish 	Casa de Bëor
Swedish 	Huset Bëor
Tamil 	பேயோரின் ஹவுஸ்
Thai 	ตระกูลเบออร์
Turkish 	Bëor'un Hanedanı
Turkmen 	Bëor maşgala
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Дім Беора
Urdu 	خاندان بےور
Vietnamese 	Nhà Bëor
Yiddish 	הויז פון בעאָר
== References ==
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ru:Дом Беора
Category:Houses of Men
Category:Lineages