Dates

III 736¹ - III 936 (lived 200 years)
King of Gondor from III 913 (reigned 23 years)

Race

Division

Culture

Family

House of Anárion

Pronunciation

eya'rnil
The 'e' and 'a' sounds in Eärnil's name are pronounced as separate syllables, so eä rhymes with 'sayer' not 'sea'.

Meaning

'Devoted to the Sea'

Titles

Heir of Anárion, Heir of Elendil, King of Gondor, King of the Southern Realm, Ship-king

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Eärnil I

Second of Gondor’s Ship-kings

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

Eärnil I

Kings of Gondor

The thirteenth King of Gondor, the nephew of the childless Tarannon Falastur. The second of the four 'Ship-kings', he captured Umbar for Gondor, but was lost in a storm off its coast.

Notes

1	The date of Eärnil's birth appears only in The History of Middle-earth volume XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth. It cannot therefore be considered completely reliable.

See also...

Ciryaher, Ciryandil, City of the Corsairs, Haven of Umbar, Heir of Elendil, King of Gondor, Queen of Gondor, Ship-king, Siege of Umbar, Tarannon Falastur, Tarciryan

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