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Dates
Dáin lived III 2767 - 17 March III 3019 (252 years), and was King of Durin's Folk from III 2941 (ruled 78 years)
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Originally Dwarves of the Iron Hills, and later Dwarves of Erebor
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Ruled Erebor after the death of his cousin Thorin II Oakenshield
Meaning
Apparently a reference to the armour of the Dwarves of the Iron Hills1
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The title and surname of Dáin son of Náin, ruler of the Dwarves of the Iron Hills and later King under the Mountain. While still a youth of thirty-two, he fought in the Battle of Azanulbizar, and gained great fame by slaying the leader of the Orcs, Azog, before the gates of Moria. Some sources suggest that Dáin gained the name Ironfoot from that victory, holding down Azog's iron collar under his foot and then chopping off his head (though the history of the event in The Lord of the Rings is not so explicit, saying simply that Dáin '...slew [Azog], and hewed off his head.' [Appendix A III, Durin's Folk]). However he acquired the title, it suited him well as the ruler of the Iron Hills, but when his distant cousin Thorin was slain in the Battle of Five Armies, Dáin Ironfoot succeeded him to become King Dáin II of the Longbeards. Notes
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