Dol Amroth

Dol Amroth was a feudal principality forming part of the Kingdom of Gondor in the southern reaches of that realm. It was ruled by the Prince of Dol Amroth; the banner of the Silver Swan of Dol Amroth flew alongside that of the White Tree throughout the Third Age. The city had a tower within its walls that was called Tirith Aear.The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book, "Preface"
== History ==
In the late First Age, Sindar refugees from Beleriand settled the area and established an Elven settlement about 50 miles north of the promontory, at Edhellond.Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Two: The Second Age, chapter II: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn"
During the Second Age, a Númenórean family of the Faithful settled near the Elves. Elendil, who was of their kin, gave them title to rule the fief of Belfalas. They built their stronghold upon the promontory.Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, chapter IV: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
Amroth, King of Lórien from the beginning of the Third Age, left his realm behind in TA 1981 in search of his beloved Nimrodel, who had fled from the horror unleashed by the Dwarves in Moria, along with numerous Galadhrim. He waited for her at Edhellond, for their final voyage together into the West. But Nimrodel, who loved Middle-earth as much as she did Amroth, failed to join him. When the ship was blown prematurely out to sea, he jumped overboard in a futile attempt to reach the shore to search for her and drowned in the bay. When Amroth was lost at sea in TA 1981 the last of these Elves left the region. It was from the name of this king that Dol Amroth (the "Hill of Amroth") took its name. The first Prince of Dol Amroth was Galador, the son of Imrazôr. According to legend, Imrazôr had married the Elven-lady Mithrellas, a companion of Nimrodel.
In the year TA 2746, the fifteenth Prince of Dol Amroth, of which there are twenty-four recorded, was slain fighting the Corsairs of Umbar.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, chapter VII: "The Heirs of Elendil"
In TA 3019, Imrahil led a small army from Dol Amroth to Minas Tirith to aid in the Siege of Gondor.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Ch. I: "Minas Tirith"
== Population ==
The first settlers of the area were Nandor, followed later by Sindar from Beleriand (later joined by many Silvan Elves of Lothlórien) until the Faithful from Númenor came to the promontory in the late Second Age. The last Elves left in TA 1981.
By the time of the War of the Ring many living in the region were of Númenórean blood and, according to the legend of Mithrellas, their Princes had an Elvish strain. In addition to their apparent Elven blood, the family of Númenóreans, in which the House of Dol Amroth originates from, were akin to the Lords of Andúnië, and thus related to Elendil and descended from the legendary House of Elros.
The people of Dol Amroth were tall, grey-eyed, and dark-haired. They were greatly renowned as harp players in Gondor, and some played for the coronation of King Elessar. The inhabitants of Dol Amroth and lands nearby were some of the few people of Gondor who spoke Sindarin regularly.
== Princes of Dol Amroth ==
Here follows a list of the line of Princes. Adrahil and Imrazor were given the titles of Prince of Belfalas but their descendants after them were known as the Princes of Dol Amroth. All dates are Third Age, but many names are not known, only dates of birth and death.
*Adrahil I, Prince of Belfalas (fl. TA 1944): fought the Wainriders in 1944
*Imrazôr, Prince of Belfalas (1950 – 2076)
*Galador, first Prince of Dol Amroth (2004 – 2129)
*Second Prince (2060 – 2206)
*Third Prince (2120 – 2254)
*Fourth Prince (2172 – 2299)
*Fifth Prince (2225 – 2348)
*Sixth Prince (2274 – 2400)
*Seventh Prince (2324 – 2458)
*Eighth Prince (2373 – 2498)
*Ninth Prince (2418 – 2540)
*Tenth Prince (2463 – 2582)
*Eleventh Prince (2505 – 2623)
*Twelfth Prince (2546 – 2660)
*Thirteenth Prince (2588 – 2701)
*Fourteenth Prince (2627 – 2733)
*Fifteenth Prince (2671 – 2746; he was slain by Corsairs of Umbar)
*Sixteenth Prince (2709 – TA 2799; slain in battle.)
*Seventeenth Prince (2746 – 2859)
*Eighteenth Prince (2785 – 2899)
*Aglahad, nineteenth Prince (TA 2827 – 2932)
*Angelimir, twentieth Prince (2866 – 2977)
*Adrahil II, twenty-first Prince (2917 – 3010)
*Imrahil, twenty-second Prince (2955 – Fourth Age 34)
*Elphir, twenty-third Prince (2994 – Fourth Age 65).
*Alphros, twenty-fourth Prince (3017 – Fourth Age 93).
== Etymology ==
Dol Amroth is Sindarin for 'Hill of Amroth'.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዶል አምሮት
Arabic 	دول أمروث
Armenian 	Դոլ Ամրոտ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Дол Амрот
Bengali 	ডল আমেরোথ
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Дол Амрот
Catalan 	Dol Àmroth
Chinese 	多爾安羅斯
Danish 	Dol Amroth ("Amroths Høj")
Georgian 	დოლ ამროთი
Greek 	Nτολ Αμροθ
Gujarati 	ડોલ અમરોથ
Hebrew 	דול אמרות
Hindi 	डोल अमरोथ
Japanese 	ドル・アムロス
Kannada 	ಡಾಲ್ ಅಮ್ರೋತ್
Kazakh 	Дол Амрот (Cyrillic) Dol Amrot (Latin)
Korean 	돌 암라스
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Дол Амрот
Macedonian Cyrillic	Дол Амрот
Marathi 	डॉल अमरोथ
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Дол Амрот
Nepalese 	डोल अम्रोथ
Persian 	دول آمروت
Russian 	Дол Амрот
Sinhalese 	ඩොල් අම්රොත්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Дол Амрот
Telugu 	డాల్ అమ్రోత్
Thai 	โดลอัมร็อธ
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Дол-Амрот
Uzbek 	Дол Амрот (Cyrillic) Dol Amrot (Latin)
Yiddish 	דאָל ײַמראָטה
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