Fíriel

Fíriel was the last Queen of Arthedain and wife of Arvedui, the last King of Arthedain.
==Biography==
Fíriel was the only daughter of King Ondoher of Gondor. She had two elder brothers, Artamir and Faramir. Fíriel was wedded to Prince Arvedui of Arthedain in TA 1940 during a time when Arvedui's father Araphant made an alliance with Ondoher. They had one son named Aranarth. The alliance came to nothing and was a failure because both of the Dúnedain Kingdoms were under attack: Arnor by Angmar under the Witch-king, and Gondor by the Wainriders from the east.
During the invasion, Ondoher was killed, along with both Artamir and Faramir, and this meant that according to the Law of Númenor, Fíriel was now the Ruling Queen of Gondor. Arvedui used this to his advantage, as well as the fact that he was a direct descendant of the High King Isildur. He used this argument to claim the crown of Gondor in an attempt to unite the two kingdoms, but this was refused by the Steward Pelendur and the Council of Gondor.
Fíriel remained with her husband in Arthedain, and when the kingdom fell to Angmar in TA 1974 after the Battle of Fornost, she probably fled with her son Aranarth to Lindon. Her son continued the Line of Isildur as first Chieftain of the Dúnedain in secret in the wilds of Eriador. Her fate afterwards was not recorded.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iii): "Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur"The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iv): "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
==Etymology==
Fíriel is a Quenya name meaning 'mortal woman'.The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Preface
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ፊሪአል
Arabic 	فيريل
Armenian 	Ֆիրիել
Belarusian Cyrillic	Фіріел
Bengali 	ফিরিয়েল
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Фириел
Chinese 	費瑞爾
Danish 	Fíriel (dronning af Arnor)
Georgian 	ფირელი
Greek 	Φιριέλ
Gujarati 	ફિરીએલ
Hebrew 	פיריאל
Hindi 	फ़िरिएल
Japanese 	フィリエル
Kannada 	ಫಿರಿಯೆಲ್
Kazakh 	Фіріел (Cyrillic) Firiel (Latin)
Korean 	피리엘
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Фириэл
Macedonian Cyrillic	Фириел
Marathi 	फिरीएल
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Фириел
Nepalese 	फ़िरिएल
Pashto 	فیریېل
Persian 	فیریل
Punjabi 	ਫ਼ਰਿएल
Russian 	Фириэль
Serbian 	Фириел (Cyrillic) Firiel (Latin)
Sindhi 	فريل
Sinhalese 	ෆිරියෙල්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Фириел
Tamil 	பெரிஎல்
Tatar 	Фириел
Telugu 	ఫిరియల్
Thai 	ฟีริเอล
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Фіріел
Urdu 	فیریل
Uzbek 	Фириел (Cyrillic) Firiel (Latin)
Yiddish 	פיריעל
==References==
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Category:Quenya names & words
Category:Men of Gondor
Category:Princesses
Category:Queens of Arthedain
Category:Characters in The History of Middle-earth