Vidugavia

Vidugavia was a prince of the Northmen and was known as the King of Rhovanion, despite only being its mightiest prince. His lifespan is unknown.
== Biography ==
The realm of Vidugavia was located between the eastern edge of Greenwood the Great and the river River Running. He was the ancestor of the Lords of the Éothéod and the Kings of Rohan. Although some Northmen had not remained faithful to Gondor in its war with the Easterlings, the powerful "Regent of the realm" of Gondor, Minalcar, sought an alliance with the Northmen nonetheless. He came to favor Vidugavia to whom he regarded the most faithful and reliable, and was Gondor's ally in the war with the Easterlings.
In TA 1250, Minalcar sent his son Prince Valacar on a diplomatic mission to the Court of Vidugavia to become familiar with the laws and customs of his realm. There Valacar came to befriend Vidugavia and his family. He loved this land so much that he married Vidugavia's daughter Vidumavi.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iv): "Gondor and the heirs of Anárion"
Vidugavia was the grandfather of Eldacar and the ancestor of Marhari and Eorl the Young.
== Etymology ==
Vidugavia is actually a word from the Gothic language, as are Vidumavi and Vinitharya.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ቪዱጋቪኣ
Arabic 	فيدوجافيا
Armenian 	Վիդուգավիա
Assamese 	ভিডুগাভিয়া
Belarusian Cyrillic	Відугавіа
Bengali 	ভিডুগাভীয়া
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Видугавиа
Georgian 	ვიდუგავია
Greek 	Υιδυγαυια
Gujarati 	વિદુગવિયા
Japanese 	ヴィドゥガヴィア
Hebrew 	וידוגאויא
Hindi 	विदुगाविया
Kannada 	ವಿದುಗವಿಅ
Kazakh 	Відұгавіа (Cyrillic) Vidugavia (Latin)
Konkani 	विदुगाविया
Korean 	비두 가비아
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Видугавиа
Macedonian Cyrillic	Видугавиа
Marathi 	विदुगविअ
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Видугавиа
Nepalese 	विदुगविअ
Pashto 	ویدوګاویا
Persian 	ویدوگاویا
Russian 	Видугавиа
Sanskrit 	विदुगविअ
Serbian 	Видугавиа (Cyrillic) Vidugavia (Latin)
Sinhalese 	විදුගවිඅ
Tajik Cyrillic 	Видугавиа
Tamil 	விதுகவிஅ
Tatar 	Видугавия
Telugu 	విదుగవిఅ
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Відуґавія
Urdu 	ویدوگاویا
Uzbek 	Видугавиа (Cyrillic) Vidugavia (Latin)
Yiddish 	ווידוגאַוויאַ
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