The Line of Elros: twenty-five rulers of Númenor

From Elros Tar-Minyatur, who chose mortality, to Ar-Pharazôn, who broke the Ban and drowned the island: twenty-five rulers, numbered I to XXV by the source itself. Reading them in order is reading the fall of Númenor happen slowly — the sceptre held too long, the Elvish tongues forsaken, the royal names turning from Quenya to Adûnaic. The order is one of rule, not of descent: three women ruled in their own right, and more than once the sceptre passed sideways rather than down.

Order fromUnfinished Tales, The Line of Elros

1. 1ElrosFirst King of Númenor, twin brother of Elrond, who chose the fate of Men.visitedyou are hereSecond Age
2. 2Vardamir NólimonLearned heir who yielded the crownvisitedyou are here
3. 3Tar-AmandilThird ruler, grandson of Elrosvisitedyou are here
4. 4Tar-ElendilRuler who opened voyages eastwardvisitedyou are here
5. 5Tar-MeneldurStar-watcher who resigned the thronevisitedyou are here
6. 6Tar-AldarionSeafarer-king who changed succession lawvisitedyou are here
7. 7Tar-AncalimëFirst reigning queen of Númenorvisitedyou are here
8. 8Tar-Anárioneighth ruler of Númenor, son of Tar-Ancalimëvisitedyou are hereSecond Age
9. 9Tar-Súrionninth ruler of Númenor, third child of Tar-Anárionvisitedyou are hereSecond Age
10. 10Tar-Telperiënsecond Ruling Queen of Númenorvisitedyou are hereSecond Age
11. 11Tar-Minastireleventh ruler of Númenor, builder of the tower on Oromëtvisitedyou are hereSecond Age
12. 12Tar-Ciryatantwelfth ruler of Númenor, the Shipbuildervisitedyou are hereSecond Age
13. 13Tar-Atanamirthe Great, thirteenth ruler of Númenorvisitedyou are hereSecond Age
14. 14Tar-Ancalimonfourteenth ruler of Númenorvisitedyou are hereSecond Age
15. 15Tar-Telemmaitëfifteenth ruler of Númenorvisitedyou are hereSecond Age
16. 16Tar-Vanimeldëthird Ruling Queen of Númenorvisitedyou are hereSecond Age
17. 17Tar-Alcarinseventeenth ruler of Númenorvisitedyou are hereSecond Age
18. 18Tar-Calmacileighteenth ruler of Númenorvisitedyou are hereSecond Age
19. 19Tar-Ardaminnineteenth ruler of Númenor, in Adûnaic Ar-Abattârikvisitedyou are hereSecond Age
20. 20Ar-Adûnakhôrtwentieth ruler of Númenor, first to take an Adûnaic titlevisitedyou are hereSecond Age
21. 21Ar-Zimrathôntwenty-first ruler of Númenorvisitedyou are hereSecond Age
22. 22Ar-Sakalthôrtwenty-second ruler of Númenorvisitedyou are hereSecond Age
23. 23Ar-GimilzôrNúmenórean king hostile to Eldarvisitedyou are here
24. 24Tar-PalantírThe far-sighted King who turned Númenor back to the Valarvisitedyou are here
25. 25Ar-PharazônLast King of Númenorvisitedyou are hereSecond Age

25 stops; each line is the entry's own epithet, not a summary written for this page.

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