Eglantine (Banks) Took

Eglantine Took, née Banks was a hobbit of the Shire. She was a member of the Banks family and was the mother of Peregrin Took.
==Biography==
Eglantine Banks was born sometime in the late Third Age, and at some point married Paladin Took, who later became Thain Paladin II. Eglantine was the mother four children: Pearl in TA 2975, Pimpernel in TA 2979, Pervinca in TA 2985, and Peregrin (called Pippin) in TA 2990. She and her family attended Bilbo's Farewell Birthday Party on September 22, 3001. Eglantine's date of death is not known.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C: Family Trees, Took of Great Smials
==Etymology==
An Eglantine is a wild rose. This was in keeping with the Hobbit tradition of naming girls after flowers.
==References==
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