Rose Cotton

Rose Cotton, nicknamed Rosie, was a hobbit of the Shire. She wedded Samwise Gamgee, renowned companion of Frodo Baggins in the quest of the One Ring. She became the mother of Frodo Gardner, Elanor, Rose, Merry, Pippin, Goldilocks, Hamfast, Daisy, Primrose, Bilbo, Ruby, Robin, and Tolman (Tom).
== Biography ==
Rosie was a Cotton; the daughter of Tolman Cotton and Lily Brown, and the sister of Tolman (Tom), Wilcome Cotton (Jolly), Bowman (Nick), and Carl Cotton (Nibs), and wife of Samwise Gamgee. She lived with her family on South Lane, in a farm near Bywater. Her early life is not well recorded but it is known that she and her family were always close to the Gamgees, and her brothers frequently swam in the Bywater Pool as youths with the Gamgees including Sam.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter III: "Mount Doom" Being very close friends with Sam, she expected that she and him would eventually marry, and expecting a marriage proposal soon she didn't like it when she heard Sam had left the Shire, apparently for Crickhollow. Though not pleased that he was away for a year, she waited for him patiently.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter VIII: "The Scouring of the Shire"
=== War of the Ring ===
Rosie and her family were just as angry as most everyone else but remained docile due to having a family to look after. Rosie remained protected. When Sam came back on November 2, 3019, she told him that she had expected him by the spring and thought him dead. She eventually helped him and the other returning hobbits fight and defeat the Ruffians and Sharkey. During this time, Sam got the chance to tell her where he had really been and what he had really been doing for over a year. After the war, Sam and Frodo lived with Rosie and the Cottons for a time until Bag End was restored to liveable conditions.
Sam and Rosie were finally married on May 1, 3020 and moved to Bag End.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter IX: "The Grey Havens"The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands) Sam and Rosie had thirteen children: Elanor, Frodo, Rose, Merry, Pippin, Goldilocks, Hamfast, Daisy, Primrose, Bilbo, Ruby, Robin, Tolman (Tom). Many were named after Sam and Rosie's friends and relatives. Among them were Elanor the Fair, Frodo Gardner, and Goldilocks.
===Fourth Age===
In their later years, Sam and Rosie went to Gondor and lived there for over one year in the house of King Aragorn II Elessar. When they returned, they lived out their lives seeing Sam's mayoral duties passed to Tolman Cotton Jr. Rosie died in the year 61 on Mid-year's Day at the age of ninety-eight. Sam then left Middle-earth for the Undying Lands later that year after giving their daughter the Red Book of Westmarch.
left|thumb|Rosie Cotton in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, The Mountain of Fire Expansion
==Behind the scenes==
:"I think the simple 'rustic' love of Sam and his Rosie (nowhere elaborated) is absolutely essential to the study of his (the chief hero's) character, and to the theme of the relation of ordinary life (breathing, eating, working, begetting) and quests, sacrifice, causes, and the 'longing for Elves', and sheer beauty." - J.R.R Tolkien letter dated 1951.
thumb|Possible Rosie Cotton from Rankin-Bass Return of the King (1980)
== In adaptations ==
=== Rankin/Bass film ===
In The Return of the King (1980 film), Rosie was not voiced by anyone but was seen as a blonde woman in a dream that Sam had when he is in Cirith Ungol.
=== BBC Radio play ===
In The Lord of the Rings (1981 Radio Series), Rosie was voiced by Kathryn Hurlbutt.
=== The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ===
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Rosie lives at 10 Bagshot Row and is played by Sarah McLeod and is employed as a barmaid. She barely speaks at all, but dances at Bilbo's party, eagerly taking Sam in her arms as he is encouraged to participate by Frodo. (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Return of the King)
===Video games===
In The Lord of the Rings Online, Rosie can be found at her family farmstead, but currently plays no role in the storyline. During the Farmers Faire festival she can be seen dancing at the nearby Methel-stage.
=== Voice dubbing actors ===
Foreign Language 	Voice dubbing artist
Portuguese (Brazil) (Television/DVD)	Rosely Gonçalves
Italian (Italy) 	Rachele Paolelli
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Rosie Katoen
Albanian 	Rosie Pambuku
Amharic 	ሮሲአ ጮትቶን
Arabic 	روزي كوتن
Armenian 	Ռոզի Քոթթոն
Azerbaijani 	Rosie Pambıq
Basque 	Rosie Kotoia
Belarusian Cyrillic 	Росе Котан
Bengali 	রোজি তুলা
Bosnian 	Rosie Pamuk
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Роузи памук
Burmese 	ရို့စ်ကော်တွန်
Catalan 	Rosa "Roseta" Cotó
Cebuano 	Rosie Gapas
Chichewa 	Rosie Thonje
Chinese (Hong Kong) 	小玫·卡頓
Cornish 	Rosie Koton
Croatian 	Rosie Pamuk
Czech 	Růža Cottonová
Danish 	Rosie Bomuld
Dutch 	Roosje Katoen
Esperanto 	Rosie Kotono
Estonian 	Rosie Puuvill
Finnish 	Roosa Tölli
French 	Rose "Rosie" Chaumine
Frisian 	Rosie Katoen
Galician 	Rosie Algodón
Georgian 	როსეი კოტონი
German 	Rose "Rosie" Hüttinger
Greek 	Ρόσιε Κότον
Gujarati 	રોસિએ ચોત્તોન
Hausa 	Rosie Auduga
Hebrew 	רוזי קוטון
Hindi 	रोजी कपास
Hungarian 	Rosie Pamut
Irish Gaelic 	Rosie Cadás
Italian 	Rosa "Rosie" Cotton
Japanese 	ロージー・コットン
Kannada 	ರೋಸಿ ಹತ್ತಿ
Kazakh 	Рози Коттон (Cyrillic) Rozï Kotton (Latin)
Korean 	로지 코튼
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Росиэ Цоттон ?
Latin 	Rosie Cottonus
Latvian 	Rosie Kotons
Lithuanian 	Rosie Medvilnė
Macedonian Cyrillic 	Рози Коттон
Malaysian 	Rosie Kapas
Maltese 	Rosie Qoton
Marathi 	रोझी कॉटन
Manx 	Rosie Cadee
Maori 	Rosie Miro
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Росие Коттон
Nepalese 	ड़ोसिए चोत्तोन
Norwegian 	Rose BomullRosi Småbu
Persian 	رزی پنبه
Polish 	Róża Cotton
Portuguese (Brazil) 	Rosa "Rosinha" Villa
Portuguese (Portugal) 	Rosa Algodão
Punjabi 	ਰੋਸਿਏ ਕਪਾਹ
Romanian 	Rosie Bumbac
Russian 	Роуз Коттон
Sanskrit 	रोसिए चोत्तोन्
Serbian 	Росита Кото (Cyrillic) Rosita Koto (Latin)
Sindhi 	روزينو روئي
Sinhalese 	රෝසි කපු
Slovak 	Ruženka Zrubníková
Slovenian 	Rosie Bombaž
Somalian 	Rosie Suuf
Spanish (Spain and Latin America)	Rosa "Rosita" Coto
Swahili 	Rosie Pamba
Swedish 	Rosie Bomull
Tajik Cyrillic 	Росие Чоттон
Tamil 	ரோஸி பருத்தி
Telugu 	రోజీ పత్తి
Thai 	โรซี่ผ้าฝ้าย
Turkmen 	Rosie Pagta
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Росе Коттон
Urdu 	رعثی کپاس
Uzbek 	Росие Коттон (Cyrillic) Rosie Kotton (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Rosie Bông
Yiddish 	ראָוזי וואַטע
==References==
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Category:Cottons
Category:Hobbits
Category:Minor characters (The Lord of the Rings)
Category:The Fellowship of the Ring (film) characters
Category:The Return of the King (film) characters
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