Meneldil

Meneldil was the third King of Gondor.
==Biography==
Meneldil was born in Númenor a year before its fall. The only son and fourth child of Anárion, he was said to be the last child born in Númenor before its downfall. He had three older siblings, all sisters. 
After the War of the Last Alliance in which his father Anárion was slain, for a few years Meneldil was groomed by his uncle Isildur to rule Gondor, since Isildur and his sons intended to go north to rule Arnor. According to Unfinished Tales, Meneldil was farsighted and well-pleased at the planned departure of Isildur and his sons, hoping that affairs in the north would keep them occupied. Meneldil became the third King of Gondor in TA 2 after the death of Isildur in the Disaster of the Gladden Fields. Meneldil was the first King of Gondor who ruled independently from the High Kingdom of the Dúnedain, Arnor.
It is uncertain whether Meneldil was King by right, as young cousin Valandil would have had the better claim as High King of Gondor and Arnor, but no claim by Valandil was ever made. It was in any case unlikely that Meneldil would give up his right to rule to a much younger cousin he had never seen. In any case, the people of Gondor did not resist Meneldil's claim to the throne, and King Valandil and his heirs made no serious attempt to regain control over Gondor until the death of King Ondoher and his heirs. In effect, Meneldil thus severed Gondor from Arnor, but the title of High King remained with the northern line.
Meneldil died in TA 158 after one hundred fifty-six years of rule and two hundred eighty-one years of life and was succeeded by his son Cemendur. No notable events occurred in his reign, suggesting it was a peaceful reign.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age"
==Etymology==
The name Meneldil is a Quenya word meaning Heaven-lover or Lover of the Heavens.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	መነልዲል
Arabic 	مينيلديل
Armenian 	Մենելդիլ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Менелдзіл
Bengali 	মেনেলাদিল
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Менелдил
Chinese 	梅蘭迪爾
Georgian 	მენელლილი
Greek 	Μενελδιλ
Gujarati 	મેનડેલ્ડ
Hebrew 	מנלדיל
Hindi 	मेनेल्दिल
Japanese 	メネルディル
Kannada 	ಮೆನೆಡಿಲ್
Kazakh 	Менелділ (Cyrillic) Meneldil (Latin)
Korean 	메넬딜
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Мэнэлдил
Macedonian Cyrillic	Менелдил
Marathi 	मेनेलडिल्ले
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Мэнэлдил
Nepalese 	मेनइल्डिल
Pashto 	مینډیلیل
Persian 	منلدیل
Punjabi 	ਮੇਨਡਲਿ
Russian 	Менельдил
Sanskrit 	मेनेल्दिल्
Serbian 	Менелдил (Cyrillic) Meneldil (Latin)
Sinhalese 	මෙනන්ඩ්ල්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Манндил
Tamil 	மெநெல்தில்
Telugu 	మేనెలదిల్
Thai 	เมเนลดิล
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Менельдил
Urdu 	مانیلڈال
Uzbek 	Менелдил (Cyrillic) Meneldil (Latin)
Yiddish 	מענעלדיל
==References==
Category:Númenóreans
Category:Dúnedain
Category:Men of Gondor
Category:Kings of Gondor
Category:The Silmarillion characters
Category:Characters in The History of Middle-earth
Category:Quenya names & words
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