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Encyclopedia > Déor

In J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, Déor was the seventh King of Rohan. He was born during the rule of his great-great-grandfather Aldor the Old, so that the unique situation where five generations where living in one house occurred. He became King at the death of his father Goldwine in 2699 T.A. J. R. R. Tolkien in 1916. ... A map of the Northwestern part of Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age, courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Arda. ... A legendarium is a book or series of books consisting of a collection of legends. ... Rohan, originally Rochand, is a fictional location from J. R. R. Tolkiens universe of Middle-earth. ... For the computer programming language, see Aldor. ... In J.R.R. Tolkiens Middle-earth legendarium, Goldwine was the sixth King of Rohan. ... The Third Age is a fictional time period from J. R. R. Tolkiens universe of Middle-earth. ...


During Déor's realm the Dunlendings began to cause trouble again; they had slowly returned to Rohan under Goldine's reign, after Aldor had driven them out long before. Déor rode north to fight them, but he learned that the Gondorian fortress of Isengard had fallen under Dunlendish rule. Isengard was impregnable, so Déor had to accept for the time being a northern threat to his realm. Dunland is a fictional land from J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional universe of Middle-earth: the land of the Dunlendings. ... Rohan, originally Rochand, is a fictional location from J. R. R. Tolkiens universe of Middle-earth. ... Gondor is a fictional location from J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth. ... In J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional universe of Middle-earth, Isengard, a translation of the Sindarin Angrenost, was a large fortress. ...


Déor died in 2718 after a troublesome rule of nineteen years, and was followed by his son Gram. In J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth legendarium, Gram was the eighth King of Rohan. ...



Preceded by:
Goldwine
Kings of Rohan Followed by:
Gram


In J.R.R. Tolkiens Middle-earth legendarium, Goldwine was the sixth King of Rohan. ... This is a list of kings of Rohan from the fictional universe of Middle-earth by J. R. R. Tolkien. ... In J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth legendarium, Gram was the eighth King of Rohan. ...


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