Dol Amroth
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In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Dol Amroth is a fictional place being a princedom which forms part of the kingdom of Gondor. The first Lord of Dol Amroth was Galador, son of Imrazôr the Númenórean. Imrazôr was himself the son of Adrahil I, Prince of Dor-En-Ernil. At some point Imrazôr moved to the area where once was the elven haven of Edhellond. According to tradition, there he married Mithrellas, a Silvan Elf of Lórien who had accompanied Nimrodel, the beloved of Lothlórien's king Amroth, on her journey towards Edhellond, but had become lost along with her mistress sometime in the middle of the Third Age. Galador and his descendants therefore had claim to Elven blood. (This is one of the few unions of Men and Elves, which included Beren and Lúthien, Tuor and Idril, and the later wedding of Aragorn and Arwen.) Mithrellas' fate is nowhere described, only that she eventually left Imrazôr after bearing him a son Galador and a daughter. After Imrazôr's death, Galador went on to found the city and later the princedom of Dol Amroth. He is counted as its first Lord. The specific date of its foundation is nowhere recounted. The city of Dol Amroth was built south of Edhellond at the inlet of Cobas Haven in the Bay of Belfalas. In the north of the city was built the Sea-ward Tower of Tirith Aear. The men of Dol Amroth are described as tall and proud, with sea-gray eyes and dark-haired. The men are also of high blood. In the War of the Ring, the men of Dol Amroth, led by Prince Imrahil, supply the majority of Gondor's army, and are said to arrive in the city by seven hundreds. The lands of Dol Amroth were also known as Dor-en-Ernil, or 'Lands of the Prince': initially this name was applied to the area of Belfalas where Adrahil I and Imrazôr lived, but after Galador it was also applied to the area of Dol Amroth itself. [edit] The Princes of Dol AmrothHere follows a list of the line of Princes. All dates are Third Age, but many names are not known, only dates of birth and death.
[edit] Prince ImrahilImrahil, perhaps Dol Amroth's most famous prince, was one of the commanders of the army of Gondor during the War of the Ring, and for a while commanded the City of Minas Tirith. After the War he returned to Dol Amroth, remaining a counselor to King Elessar. He was eventually succeeded by his son, Elphir. Imrahil's sister, Finduilas, married Denethor II, Steward of Gondor. Through her, Imrahil was uncle to Boromir and Faramir, the latter eventually becoming Steward of Gondor and Prince of Ithilien. Imrahil's daughter, Lothíriel, married Éomer, King of Rohan. After the involvement of Imrahil and Faramir in the War of the Ring, the Princedom of Dol Amroth and the Princedom of Ithilien gained considerable prestige and recognition, and their future princes were among the highest ranking nobles of the unified kingdom.
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