Denethor I

Denethor I was the tenth Ruling Steward of Gondor.
== Biography ==
Denethor I was born in TA 2375,The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, VII: "The Heirs of Elendil" Denethor I was the son of Rían, the sister of the ninth Ruling Steward Dior.
Following the death of his uncle in TA 2435 Denethor I became the tenth Ruling Steward of Gondor.
Denethor I was the last Steward to rule during the era known as the Watchful Peace. After ruling Gondor peacefully for twenty five years, the Watchful Peace ended in TA 2460 with the return of Sauron to Dol Guldur. In TA 2475 Sauron's forces attacked Gondor, unleashing the dreaded Black Uruks, a new race of black Orcs heavier and stronger than any seen before. They destroyed Osgiliath and broke its great stone-bridge leaving it ruined and abandoned from then on. However, the Men of Gondor under the leadership of Denethor I's son Boromir recaptured Ithilien from Sauron's forces, and drove them back east of the river. Denethor I died two years later in the year TA 2477 at the age of 102 after a rule of forty-two years. He was succeeded by his son Boromir.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iv): "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age"
== Etymology ==
In Nandorin Elvish, the name Denethor means "Lithe-and-lank", from the words dene ("strong, lithe") and thara ("tall, slender").The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part Four: Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D: Kwen, Quenya, and the Elvish (especially Ñoldorin) words for 'Language'
 
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Arabic 	دينيثور الأول
Armenian 	Դենետհոր I
Belarusian Cyrillic	Дэнетар I
Bengali 	প্রথম ডিনেথর
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Денетор I
Chinese 	迪耐瑟一世
Georgian 	დენეთორი I
Greek 	Ντένεθορ Α΄
Gujarati 	પ્રથમ ડેનથર
Hebrew 	דנתור הראשון
Hindi 	डेनेथोर १
Japanese 	デネソール1世
Kannada 	ಮೊದಲ ಡೇನೆತೋರ್
Kazakh 	I Дэнетор (Cyrillic) I Dénetor (Latin)
Macedonian Cyrillic	Денетор I
Maori 	Denethor te Tuatahi
Marathi 	पहिला डेनेथर
Nepalese 	पहिलो डेनेथोर
Persian 	دنه‌تور اولین
Punjabi 	ਪਹਿਲਾ ਡੈਨਥੋਰ
Russian 	Дэнетор I
Sanskrit 	डेनेथोर् १
Serbian 	Денетор I (Cyrillic) Denetor I (Latin)
Sinhalese 	පළමු ඩෙනෙටෝර
Tajik Cyrillic 	Денетор I
Tamil 	முதலாம் தேனேதோர்
Telugu 	మొదటిది దేనితోర్
Thai 	เดเนธอร์ 1
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Денетор І
Urdu 	دانیٹہاور پہلا
Yiddish 	דענעטהאָר דער ערשטער
== References ==
Category:Men of Gondor
Category:Ruling Stewards of Gondor
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