Erendis

Erendis, also known as The Mariner’s Wife, was the unhappy and later estranged wife of Tar-Aldarion, King of Númenor from SA 883 to SA 1075.
==Biography==
Erendis was born to Beregar and Núneth, who were descended from a minor branch of the Númenórean nobility descended from the House of Bëor. This was a lineage of lesser status than that of the royal house, entailing a shorter lifespan. She and her parents lived in the Númenórean region of Emerië, which she loved dearly.
She was in love with Aldarion for a long while, but was reluctant to marry him because of his love of the sea, and did not like the time he spent on frequent and long voyages. His commitments to the Guild of Venturers and of their tendency to cut down trees also was of concern to her. They were betrothed in SA 858 and King Meneldur granted her land, and built for her a White House in Emerië, as a betrothal gift. They were finally married in SA 870 and had one child in the spring of SA 873, a daughter they named Ancalimë, the future Tar-Ancalimë who was the first of the Ruling Queens of Númenor. It seemed to Erendis that Aldarion was always distant from her, and that she had too little time with him between his voyages. Aldarion often returned late, and eventually this caused Erendis to suffer. Finally, Erendis grew estranged from her husband as a result of this unhappiness with him.
She took her daughter to be raised on her farm in the countryside of Emerië. When Aldarion returned from his latest journey, he decreed that his daughter be returned from her place of dwelling to live with him in Armenelos. Erendis grudgingly did as he commanded, but out of pride she never returned to him, and they were all but divorced in SA 882. In SA 985, when she heard that Tar-Aldarion was returning from his last voyage, she apparently drowned herself in the Bay of Rómenna.Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, III: "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor", from the founding of the City of Armenelos to the Downfall
==Etymology==
The meaning of the name Erendis is not specified; it may have originated from the Ñoldorin words er ("one, alone") and dîs ("bride"), which would be prophetic of the events of her life.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"
Her Quenya name was Tar-Elestirnë, meaning "Lady of the Star-brow", because of the white gem she set in a silver fillet which Aldarion bound to her forehead. She wore it for many years.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዐረንዲስ
Arabic 	يرينديس
Armenian 	Էրենդիս
Belarusian Cyrillic	Эрендис
Bengali 	এরেন্ডিস
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Ерендис
Danish 	Erendis (dronning)
Georgian 	ერენდისი
Greek 	Ερενδις
Gujarati 	ઇરેન્ડિસ
Hebrew 	ארנדיס
Hindi 	ऐर्ऐन्दिस
Kannada 	ಎರೆಂಡಿಸ್
Kazakh 	Ерендіс (Cyrillic) Erendis (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Эрэндис
Macedonian Cyrillic	Ерендис
Marathi 	एरेन्दिस
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Эрэндис
Nepalese 	एरेन्डिस
Persian 	هرهندیس ?
Punjabi 	ਏਰੇਨ੍ਦਿਸ
Russian 	Эрендис
Serbian 	Ерендис (Cyrillic) Erendis (Latin)
Sinhalese 	එරෙන්ඩිස්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ерендис
Tamil 	எரெண்டிஸ்
Telugu 	సోరోన్తో
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Ерендіс
Urdu 	ایرینڈس
Uzbek 	Ерендис (Cyrillic) Erendis (Latin)
Yiddish 	ײרענדיס
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