Eldacar (1255–1490) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE (January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973) is best known as the author of The Hobbit and its sequel The Lord of the Rings. ... A map of the Northwestern part of Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age, courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Arda. ...

He was the twenty-first King of Gondor and the son of Valacar and Vidumavi and born with the name Vinitharya. One rendition of the flag of Gondor Gondor is a fictional country from J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth. ... Valacar (1194 T.A. - 1432 T.A.) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkiens universe of Middle-earth. ... Vidumavi (?-1344) is a fictional character of J. R. R. Tolkiens universe of Middle-earth. ...

He should not be confused with Eldacar, the fourth King of Arnor. Eldacar is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkiens universe of Middle-earth. ... In the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien, Arnor, or the Northern Kingdom, was a kingdom of the Dúnedain in the land of Eriador in Middle-earth. ...

His reign saw the already lingering unrest explode, for he was the son of princess Vidumavi, a daughter of the Northmen King Vidugavia, a lesser Man. The race of Men in J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth books, such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, refers to humanity and does not denote gender. ...

After ascending the throne in 1432 T.A. he reigned for five years when he was deposed and driven from Osgiliath into exile to Rhovanion by his far relative Castamir the Usurper in a civil war called the Kin-strife. In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Osgiliath is a city of Middle-earth, the old capital city of Gondor. ... In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Rhovanion or Wilderland was a large region of northern Middle-earth. ... Castamir the Ursurper is a fictional character in J.R.R. Tolkiens universe of Middle-earth. ... In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Kin-strife was a disastrous civil war in Gondor. ...

While being in exile he slowly gathered support from the Northmen and the Dúnedain from the northern parts of Gondor (who hated Castamir, who executed Ornendil, Eldacar's firstborn son). Northmen was a common term for the Vikings, famously used in the prayer A furore normannorum libera nos domine (From the fury of the Northmen deliver us, O Lord!), doubtfully attributed to monks of the English monasteries plundered by Viking raids in the 8th and 9th centuries. ... In J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional lands of Middle-earth, the Dúnedain (singular: Dúnadan) were the Men who descended from the Númenóreans who survived the fall of their island kingdom and came to Eriador in Middle-earth led by Elendil and his sons, Isildur and... In J.R.R. Tolkiens Middle-Earth legendarium Ornendil was the elder son of King Eldacar of Gondor. ...

In 1447 T.A. he marched south with his army and slew Castamir personally in battle at the Crossings of Erui. But Castamir's sons escaped and Gondor's purest blood was spilt. He besieged Pelargir where Castamir's sons held out the last resistance. Eldacar had no ships at his disposal (for Castamir was the Lord of Ships of Gondor) and Castamir's sons finally fled to Umbar. The river Erui occurs in J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional universe of Middle-earth. ... In J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional universe of Middle-earth, Pelargir was a great harbour city in southern Gondor. ... In J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional world of Arda, a great haven to the far south of Gondor in Middle-earth. ...

Eldacar reigned until 1490 T.A. and was succeeded by his second son Aldamir. In J. R. R. Tolkiens universe of Middle-earth Aldamir is the twenty-third King of Gondor (Castamir being counted the twenty_second). ...