Thengel

Thengel was the sixteenth King of Rohan. 
== Biography ==
Thengel was the only son of Fengel, the fifteenth King of Rohan. He left the realm in his youth and went to live in Gondor, winning honour in the service of the Steward Turgon. Eventually he met and married Morwen Steelsheen of Lossarnach, and he lived with her there for a while. After Fengel died in TA 2953, Thengel was called upon to return to Rohan, which he reluctantly did and succeeded his father as King of Rohan.
During his reign Saruman began to trouble the borders of Rohan with raids, although he did not become known as the culprit until the War of the Ring decades later.
Morwen bore him five children in total (four daughters and a son). His only son (his second child) was called Théoden. One of his daughters was named Théodwyn, who would be the mother of Éomer and Éowyn. Thengel had learned Sindarin while living in Gondor, and in his house it was the daily tongue, together with Westron the common speech. Rohanese was not oft spoken by him, and Westron remained a common tongue at the court of his son and heir Théoden.
While King of Rohan, Thengel was served by Aragorn, who fought in disguise under the alias Thorongil.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age"
== Etymology ==
In Old English, Thengel means "king" or "prince". It is similar to fengel and pengel.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. VIII: The War of the Ring, Part Three: Minas Tirith, VII: "The Ride of the Rohirrim"
== Trivia ==
*Rohanese was not spoken by him or his heirs.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, II: The House of Eorl
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Belarusian Cyrillic	Тенгел
Bengali 	ঠেঙ্গেল
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Тенгел
Chinese 	塞哲爾
Hebrew 	תנגל
Japanese 	センゲル
Kannada 	ಥೆಂಜೆಲ್
Macedonian Cyrillic	Тенгел
Persian 	تنگل
Russian 	Тенгель
Sinhalese 	තෙන්ගල්
Tamil 	தெங்கள்
Telugu 	తెంగేల్
== References ==
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