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 with his mother's family in Gondor. 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 was 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. Rohirric 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.