Anárion (Q.

'son of the Sun') (II 3219 - II 3441;

ruled since II 3320) Númenorean, 2nd son of Elendil
and younger brother of Isildur, who escaped the wreck
of Númenor with two ships. He was father of 4 children
of which Meneldur was the youngest. With his brother
Isildur he established the kingdom of Gondor, while
his father established Arnor. His lands were named
Anórien (Isildur's lands were named Ithilien) and his
chief dwelling was Minas Anor. When Sauron attacked
Gondor in II 3429, Anárion defended Minas Anor,
Osgiliath and the line of Anduin allowing his brother
to go and warn Elendil and Gil-galad. He then joined
the Last Alliance and probably was fighting against
the Haradrim and the Black Númenoreans. He soon joined
the forces of the north to the Battle of Dagorlad and
the Siege of Barad-dûr, where he was killed by a
falling stone from there. He was suceeded by his son
Meneldil.

Meneldil (Q. friend of Heaven') (II 3318 – III 158;

ruled since III 2) Númenorean, 4th son of Isildur and
younger of other 3 siblings of unknown other details,
who were probably males early lost, or females. He was
born in Númenor and brought to Middle-earth with his
family escaping the Fall. After the Last Alliance
where both Elendil and Anárion were lost, Isildur
inherited the High Kingship and placed the rule of
Gondor in the hands of Meneldil. It was after this
visit to Gondor that Isildur died in the disaster of
the Gladden Fields, returning from Osgiliath to Arnor.
He was succeeded by his son Cemendur.

Cemendur (Q. 'servant of Earth') (II 3399 – III 238;

ruled since III 158) Dúnadan, son of Meneldil and 4th
King of Gondor. He was succeeded by his son Earendil.

Earendil (Q. 'friend of sea') (III 48 – III 324; ruled

since III 238) Dúnadan, son of Cemendur and 5th King
of Gondor. He was succeeded by his son, Anardil.

Anardil (Q. 'friend of the Sun') (III 136 – III 411;

ruled since III 324) Dúnadan, son of Earendil and 6th
King of Gondor. He was succeeded by his son, Ostoher.

Ostoher (Q. 'city lord') (III 222 – III 492; ruled

since III 411) Dúnadan, son of Anardil and 7th King of
Gondor. He undertook the rebuilding and expansion of
Minas Anor, reconstructing the citadel (a work lasting
for 10 years). Ostoher then took Minas Anor as the
royal summer residence ever since. Later in his reign,
bands of Wild Men from the East threatened Gondor's
eastern lands. He was succeeded by his son, Tarostar.

Tarostar Rómendacil I (Q. 'lord of the cities'?) (Q.

'East victor') (III 310 - III 541; ruled since III
492) Dúnadan, son of Ostoher. Two years before his
father death, Gondor was beset by Easterlings, and
Tarostar went to war in place of his father and drove
. Tarostar became the 8th King of Gondor and was the
first who appointed the office of the Stewards. The
war lasted for ten years and the Easterlings were
driven back, and Tarostar took the name Rómendacil
under which to rule. 40 years later, the Easterlings
renewed their attacks but Tarostar was slain in the
Battle of the Plains. He was succeeded by his son
Turambar.

Turambar (Q. 'master of fate') (III 397 – III 667;

ruled since III 541) Dúnadan, son of Tarostar
Rómendacil I and 9th King of Gondor. He avenged his
father's death, won some victories over the
Easterlings and extended Gondor's eastern borders. He
was succeeded by his son Atanatar I.

Atanatar I (Q. 'father of men') (III 480 – III 748;

ruled since III 667) Dúnadan, son of Turambar and 10th
King of Gondor. He was succeeded by his son Siriondil.

Siriondil (Q. 'friend of river') (III 570 – III 830;

ruled since III 748) Dúnadan, son of Atanatar I and
11th King of Gondor. He was succeeded by his son
Tarannon.

Tarannon Falastur (Q. 'noble gifted?') (Q. 'lord of

coasts') (III 654 – III 913; ruled since III )
Dúnadan, son of Siriondil. He served as Captain of the
Hosts during his father's reign, building great navies
and winning victories and land along the coasts,
especially around the Mouths of Anduin. He became the
12th King of Gondor and the first of Gondor's
Ship-kings. However he was the husband of the evil
Queen Berúthiel who used her cats for spying the
people of Gondor. When Tarannon learnt this, he
punished her by setting her adrift on the Great Sea
with her cats for company. He died childless,
succeeded by his nephew Earnil.

Eärnil I (Q. 'friend of Sea') (III 736 – III 936;

ruled since III 913) Dúnadan, son of Tarciryan and
nephew of the childless King Tarannon Falastur. He
succeeded his uncle as 13th King of Gondor and 2nd of
the four 'Ship-kings'. He repaired Pelargir, captured
Umbar by sea and land from the Black Númenoreans, but
was lost in a storm off its coast. He was succeeded by
his son Ciryandil.

Ciryandil (Q. 'friend of ships') (III 826 – III 1015;

ruled since III 936) Dúnadan, son of Earnil I and 14th
King of Gondor and 3rd of the Ship Kings. He was
killed in Haradwaith fighting the Haradrim led by the
lords that had been driven from Umbar. He was suceeded
by his son Ciryaher.

Ciryaher Hyarmendacil II (Q. 'ship lord') (Q. 'south

victor') (III 899 – III 1149; ruled since III 1015)
Dúnadan, son of Ciryandil and 15th King of Gondor, 4th
and last of the Ship Kings. He crushed the Haradrim
and forced them to accept the lordship of Gondor. In
III 1050 Gondor reached the peak of her power. He was
succeeded by his son Atanatar II.

Atanatar II Alcarin (Q. 'father of Men') (Q.

'glorious') (III 977 – III 1226; ruled since III 1149)
Dúnadan, son of Ciryaher, father of Narmacil and
Calmacil and 16th King of Gondor. Atanatar loved only
wealth. During his rule, the Crown was replaced by a
jewelled one, with precious stones and Gondor reached
its height in luxury and splendour, his surname
Alcarin marking this. However he neglected the watch
over Mordor and did nothing to maintain the power of
Gondor. He was succeeded by his son Narmacil I.

Narmacil I (Q. 'fire sword') (III 1049 – III 1294;

ruled since III 1226) Dúnadan, son of Atanatar II
Alcarin and 17th King of Gondor. After 14 years of
rule he passed the rule to his nephew Minalcar.
Narmacil I sat on the throne of Gondor for 68 years,
but for 54 of these Minalcar ruled Gondor as Regent.
Narmacil died childless, and was succeeded by his
younger brother Calmacil.

Calmacil (Q. 'light sword') (III 1058 – III 1304;

ruled since III 1294) Dúnadan, son of Atanatar II
Alcarin and father of Minalcar and Calimehtar. He
succeeded his childless brother as 18th King of
Gondor. His reign lasted just ten years during which
the actual power of the realm was wielded by his son
Minalcar, who succeeded him after his death.

Minalcar Rómendacil II (Q. 'one-glory') (Q. 'east

victor') (III 1126 – III 1366; ruled since III 1240)
Dúnadan, son of Calmacil and brother of Calimehtar. He
became active in matters political and military, and
he was handed control of Gondor by his uncle and king
Narmacil. In III 1248 Minalcar built a great army and
wiped out the invaders from the lands west of the Sea
of Rhûn and he took the name Rómendacil to mark this.
After Narmacil's heirless death, and a brief reign by
his own father Calmacil, Minalcar finally ascended the
throne as the 19th King of Gondor. Among others he
fortified Anduin and built the Argonath in III 1340.
Realising Gondor was weak in manpower he showed great
favour to the Northmen, and sent his son Valacar to
the court of Vidugavia. He was succeeded by his son
Valacar.

Valacar (Q. 'power-?') (III 1194 – III 1432; ruled

since III 1366) Dúnadan, son of Minalcar Rómendacil
II. To further the close friendship between Gondor and
these Northmen, Rómendacil sent Valacar in his youth
as an ambassador to the court of their leader
Vidugavia, who styled himself King of Rhovanion.
Rómendacil had intended that his son should learn
something of the language and culture of the Men of
Rhovanion. Valacar went so far as to wed Vidumavi,
daughter of Vidugavia, but the Northmen did not share
the long lives of the Gondorians, and Vidumavi died
even before Valacar had succeeded his father as the
20th King of Gondor. His son was raised with the name
Vinitharya and returned to Gondor with his father as
Eldacar. By the last years of Valacar's reign, certain
southern provinces of Gondor saw unrest break out into
full rebellion. In the year Valacar died, this
rebellion became a civil war, known as the Kin-strife.
He was succeeded by his son Eldacar.

Eldacar Vinitharya (Q. 'elf-?') (G. 'warrior of

wends') (III 1255 – III 1490; ruled since III 1432 –
III 1437 and since III 1447) Dúnadan, son of Valacar
and Vidumavi. Because of his mixed heritage his right
to rule Gondor was doubted, mainly by the royal
families, and this led to rebellion in Harondor. When
he succeeded his father as the 21st King of Gondor,
this resulted to extended warfare and the civil war.
Finally in III 1437 he was besieged in Osgiliath by
the rebels led by Castamir, the Captain of Ships. This
resulted to the destruction of the city and the loss
of the Palantír. Eldacar was forced to leave with his
family to Rhovanion but his eldest son, Ornendil was
slain by Castamir who usurped the throne. Castamir was
a cruel ruler and after 10 years, Eldacar having
raised an army, returned to reclaim his throne,
supported by Gondorians who suffered under Castamir's
rule. In the great battle at the Crossings of Erui,
Castamir was defeated and the remnant of his forces
fled into the south, to Umbar. Eldacar ruled for
another 43 years and was succeeded by his second son,
Aldamir.

Castamir (the Usurper) (Q. '?-jewel') (III 1159 – III

1447; ruled since III 1437) Dúnadan, grandson of
Calimehtar. He served as Captain of Ships and
commanded the entire fleet and peoples of the coasts
during the Kinstrife. When Eldacar became King in
Gondor, there was popular unrest because he carried
only half-Gondorian blood. Castamir aided to overthrow
and send him to exile. Being the most popular of the
rebellions he became King but was proven a cruel
ruler, executing Eldacar's son Ornendil and ingored
his people and the army in favour of his affection to
the fleet. When ten years of his reign had passed,
Eldacar returned with an army buiilt in exile and
aided by the citizens of inland Gondor, rebelled and
ousted Castamir. He attempted to flee but was caught
in the Battle of the Crossings of Erui and slain by
Eldacar who reclaimed his throne.

Aldamir (Q. 'tree-jewel') (III 1330 – III 1540; ruled

since III 1490) Dúnadan, second son of Eldacar and
brother of Ornendil. 23rd King of Gondor, died a
violent death in a battle against the Haradrim and the
Corsairs of Umbar. He was succeeded by his son
Vinyarion.

Vinyarion Hyarmendacil II (Q. 'new son?') (Q. 'South

victor') (III 1391 - III 1621; ruled since III 1540)
Dúnadan, son of Aldamir and 24th King of Gondor. He
won a great battle over the Haradrim in III 1551 and
got the name Hyarmendacil to mark this. He was
succeeded by his son Minardil.

Minardil (Q. 'friend of the tower') (III 1454 – III

1634; ruled since III 1621) Dúnadan, son of Vinyarion,
father of Telemnar and Minastan and 25th King of
Gondor. His Steward was Húrin of Emyn Arnen, the House
of which all the following Stewards descented from.
Minardil was slain at Pelargir attacked by the
Corsairs of Umbar. He was succeeded by his son
Telemnar.

Telemnar (Q. 'silver fire') (III 1516 – III 1636;

regent III 1634) Dúnadan, son of Minardil, brother of
Minastan and 26th King of Gondor. He planned to
rebuild the power of Gondor but he and both his sons
died during the Great plague. He was rucceeded by his
nephew Tarondor

Tarondor (Q. 'noble city') (III 1577 – III 1798; ruled

since III 1636) Dúnadan, son of Minastan. He succeeded
his uncle Telemnar as the 27th King of Gondor. During
his reign, the longest of the Kings, he was occupied
by rebuilding the power of Gondor. He moved the
capital from deserted Osgiliath to Minas Anor and
replanted a sapling of the White Tree. He was
succeeded by his son Telumehtar.

Telumehtar Umbardacil (Q. 'Orion') (Q. 'Umbar victor')

(III 1632 – III 1850; ruled since III 1798) Dúnadan,
son of Tarondor, father of Narmacil and Arciryas and
28th King of Gondor. He took Umbar in III 1810
troubled by Corsair attacks hence the name Umbardacil.
He was succeeded by his son Narmacil II.

Narmacil II (Q. 'flame sword') (III 1684 – III 1856;

regent III 1850) Dúnadan, son of Telumehtar Umbardacil
and 29th King of Gondor. He was succeeded by his son
Calimehtar.

Calimehtar (Q. 'light warrior') (III 1736 – III 1936;

ruled since III 1856) Dúnadan, son of Narmacil II and
30th King of Gondor. In III 1899 he won over the
Wainriders on the plain of Dagorlad, already weakened
by a rebellion in Rhovanion. He was succeeded by his
son, Ondoher.

Ondoher (Q. 'stone lord') (III 1787 – III 1944; ruled

since III 1936) Dúnadan, son of Calimehtar, father of
Artamir, Faramir and Firiel, and 31st King of Gondor.
He attempted to renew the relations between the two
Kingdoms and Firiel married Arvedui of Arthedain.
During his reign the Haradrim allied with the
Wainriders attacked Gondor and Ondoher with both his
sons fought commanding the Northern Army but all were
slain in battle. He was succeeded by the Captain of
Southern Army and his distant nephew Earnil II.

Earnil II (Q. 'friend of the sea') (III 1883 – III

2043; ruled since III 1945) Dúnadan, son of Siriondil
and descedant of Telumehtar Umbardacil. He was a great
warrior and Captain of the Southern Army who won the
southern frontier of the Wainrider's attack of III
1944 and then marched to the north and surprised the
revelling enemies who previously defeated the Northern
Army. This decisive victory of the Battle of the Camp
cause the Wainriders to flee and never be heard again.
A year of dissension followed about the heir of
Ondoher, during which Arvedui's claim of the throne
was rejected. Earnil finally was chosen as the 32 King
of Gondor and proven to be a wise ruler. He was
succeeded by his son Earnur.

Earnur (Q. 'sea servant') (III 1928 – lost in III

2050; ruled since III 2043) Dúnadan, son of Earnil II
and Captain of Gondor. He was proud and cared for
little except arms and took no wife. In III 1974 he
was sent by his father King Earnil II to aid Arthedain
with the major part of the Host of the West. A year
later it was late for Arthedain, but his army aided by
Imladris, managed to destroy Angmar in the Battle of
Fornost. Earnur though, was ashamed when his horse
bolted, terrified by the presence of the Witch King.
In III 2043 when he became the 33 King of Gondor, he
was challenged by the former With King, the Lord of
Nazgûl, taunting him that Earnur had fled their former
confrontation, but was restrained by Mardil the
Steward. In III 2043 however the Lord of Nazgûl
renewed the challenge, and Earnur rode to Minas Morgul
to accept it and was lost there. It was believed that
he ws tortured and killed but since there was no
evidence of his death, Gondor awaited the Return of
the King. With his loss the line of Anárion came to an
end and the ruleship of Gondor passed to Mardil and
his descedants.