Dates

III 2655¹ - III 2763 (108 years); Ruling Steward of Gondor from III 2743 (20 years)

Race

Division

Culture

Gondorians (Men of Minas Tirith)

Family

House of Húrin

Settlements

Pronunciation

be'ren

Meaning

Presumably named for the famous Beren One-hand of the First Age, whose name seems to have meant 'bold' or 'daring'

Titles

Lord of Gondor, Lord of Minas Tirith, Lord of the Mundburg, Lord Steward, Lord of the Tower of Guard, Lord of the White Tower, Ruling Steward of Gondor, Steward of Gondor

Note

This is not the Beren who recovered a Silmaril from Morgoth's Iron Crown; for that much earlier character, see the entry for Beren Erchamion

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Beren

The Steward who installed Saruman in Orthanc

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

Beren

The nineteenth Ruling Steward of Gondor, the son of Egalmoth, named for Beren Erchamion. Beren was the Steward who granted Saruman the Key of Orthanc.

Notes

1	The date of Beren's birth appears only in The History of Middle-earth volume XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth. It cannot therefore be considered completely reliable.

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