The Encyclopedia of Arda - Fortinbras Took I (original) (raw)

ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random
Dates III 2745 - III 2848 (1145 - 1248 by the Shire-reckoning, lived [103 years](../chronicle.html?startyear=2745&startage=3&endyear=2848&endage=3&c=The Lifetime of Fortinbras Took I)); Thain of the Shire from III 2801 (S.R. 1201, Thain for [47 years](../chronicle.html?startyear=2801&startage=3&endyear=2848&endage=3&c=The Thainship of Fortinbras Took I)) Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family Took Settlements Great Smials in the Tookland Pronunciation Fortinbras is commonly pronounced 'fo'rtinbrass'1 Meaning Fortinbras means 'strong in the arm' Titles Shire-thain, Thain of the Shire Indexes: Alphabetical: F Alphabetical: T Hobbits About this entry: Updated 6 February 2018 This entry is complete The father of the Old Took Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Ferumbras Took II FortinbrasTook I Gerontius Took(The Old Took) Thains of the Shire The twenty-fifth Thain of the Shire, who inherited the title from his father Ferumbras II, and passed it on in turn to his only son Gerontius, who was to become famous as the Old Took. He was just two years old when his uncle Bandobras beat off a raiding band of Orcs in the Battle of Greenfields. He took on the Thainship more than fifty years later, by which time the Shire had settled into a more peaceful way of life - at least, it was unaffected by outside events during his forty-seven years as Thain. Notes 1 The name Fortinbras has its ultimate origins in French, and in that context the final 's' would not normally be pronounced (that is, the name would be pronounced something like 'fortinbra'h'). The name is best known in English through its use Shakespeare's Hamlet, and there it is pronounced in a way more natural to an English-speaker, including the final 's'. Indeed, in earlier versions of Hamlet's text, Shakespeare used the spelling 'Fortenbrasse', leaving little doubt over the pronunciation. As a Hobbit-name this pronunciation is also doubtless also intended by Tolkien. See also... Ferumbras Took II, Hildifons Took, Thain of the Shire Indexes: Alphabetical: F Alphabetical: T Hobbits About this entry: Updated 6 February 2018 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2002, 2008, 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.How do your personal strengths fit in with career matching? How can you identify them? Try a free personality test from myDISCprofile.

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Dates III 2745 - III 2848 (1145 - 1248 by the Shire-reckoning, lived [103 years](../chronicle.html?startyear=2745&startage=3&endyear=2848&endage=3&c=The Lifetime of Fortinbras Took I)); Thain of the Shire from III 2801 (S.R. 1201, Thain for [47 years](../chronicle.html?startyear=2801&startage=3&endyear=2848&endage=3&c=The Thainship of Fortinbras Took I)) Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family Took Settlements Great Smials in the Tookland Pronunciation Fortinbras is commonly pronounced 'fo'rtinbrass'1 Meaning Fortinbras means 'strong in the arm' Titles Shire-thain, Thain of the Shire Indexes: Alphabetical: F Alphabetical: T Hobbits About this entry: Updated 6 February 2018 This entry is complete The father of the Old Took

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Ferumbras Took II

FortinbrasTook I

Gerontius Took(The Old Took) Thains of the Shire The twenty-fifth Thain of the Shire, who inherited the title from his father Ferumbras II, and passed it on in turn to his only son Gerontius, who was to become famous as the Old Took. He was just two years old when his uncle Bandobras beat off a raiding band of Orcs in the Battle of Greenfields. He took on the Thainship more than fifty years later, by which time the Shire had settled into a more peaceful way of life - at least, it was unaffected by outside events during his forty-seven years as Thain. Notes 1 The name Fortinbras has its ultimate origins in French, and in that context the final 's' would not normally be pronounced (that is, the name would be pronounced something like 'fortinbra'h'). The name is best known in English through its use Shakespeare's Hamlet, and there it is pronounced in a way more natural to an English-speaker, including the final 's'. Indeed, in earlier versions of Hamlet's text, Shakespeare used the spelling 'Fortenbrasse', leaving little doubt over the pronunciation. As a Hobbit-name this pronunciation is also doubtless also intended by Tolkien. See also... Ferumbras Took II, Hildifons Took, Thain of the Shire Indexes: Alphabetical: F Alphabetical: T Hobbits About this entry: Updated 6 February 2018 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2002, 2008, 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.How do your personal strengths fit in with career matching? How can you identify them? Try a free personality test from myDISCprofile.