Eldacar of Gondor

Eldacar, born Vinitharya, was the twenty-first King of Gondor, son of Valacar and the northwoman Vidumavi, born during the time his father was acting as ambassador to the "King" of Rhovanion.
==Biography==
Eldacar was born as Vinitharya in the Kingdom of Rhovanion, whose mightiest prince was his maternal grandfather Vidugavia. In TA 1260, he was brought to Gondor by his father on orders of his paternal grandfather, the Regent Minalcar. His reign saw rebellion escalate into full scale civil war, for the nobility of Gondor were not prepared to accept a king with only half Dúnedain heritage. After ascending the throne in TA 1432 the civil war of the Kin-strife broke out. Eldacar reigned for five years until he was besieged in Osgiliath, being forced to flee into exile in Rhovanion by his far relative Castamir the Usurper, who reigned for ten bloody years, beginning with the execution of Eldacar's eldest son, Ornendil. While in exile, Eldacar slowly gathered support from the Northmen and the Dúnedain from the northern parts of Gondor. Castamir's tyrannical rule turned the people of the inland provinces against him and Eldacar saw his chance.
In TA 1447, he marched south with an army from the Rhovanion and was joined by many from the cities and northern provinces of Gondor. The armies of Eldacar and Castamir clashed at the exceptionally bloody Battle of the Crossings of Erui, where many of the high nobility of Gondor perished, but Eldacar was victorious, personally killing Castamir. Eldacar then besieged Pelargir where Castamir's sons put up the last resistance. Eldacar had no ships at his disposal (for Castamir was the Lord of Ships of Gondor) and Castamir's sons finally fled by sea to Umbar, allying with Haradrim to make war on Gondor.
Eldacar reigned until TA 1490 and was succeeded by his second son Aldamir.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "The Realms in Exile", "The Southern Line: Heirs of Anarion"The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
==Etymology==
Eldacar is a Quenya word meaning 'Elf-head'.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	አልዳካር
Arabic 	إلداكار
Armenian 	Էլդակար
Assamese 	এলডাকাৰ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Елдакар
Bengali 	এলডাকের
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Елдакар
Cambodian 	អែលដាកា
Chinese 	艾爾達卡
Georgian 	ელდაქარი
Greek 	Έλντακαρ
Gujarati 	એલ્ડાકાર
Hebrew 	אלדאקאר
Japanese 	エルダカール
Kannada 	ಎಲ್ಡಕರ್
Kazakh 	Эльдкар (Cyrillic) Él’dkar (Latin)
Konkani 	एल्डाकार
Korean 	엘다카르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Элдакар
Macedonian Cyrillic	Елдакар
Malayalam 	എൽഡക്കാർ
Marathi 	एल्डाकार
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Элдакар
Nepalese 	एल्डरकर
Persian 	الداکار
Punjabi 	ਅਲਾਕਾਰ
Russian 	Эльдакар
Sanskrit 	एल्दकर्
Serbian 	Елдакар (Cyrillic) Eldakar (Latin)
Sindhi 	ايلڊڪر
Sinhalese 	එල්ඩාකාර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Элдаркар
Tamil 	இடக்கார்
Tatar 	Элдакар
Telugu 	ఎల్దాకార్
Thai 	เอลดารกะร
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Елдакар (Eldacar)
Вінітарія (Vinitharya)
Urdu 	الدکر
Uzbek 	Элдакар (Cyrillic) Eldakar (Latin)
Yiddish 	אלדקאַר
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