King Théoden
J.R.R. Tolkien | Character
Théoden was the seventeenth King of Rohan and last of the Second Line of the royal House of Eorl. Théoden was the only son of Thengel, and became king after the death of his father in TA 2980. Théoden spoke Sindarin and Westron more often than Rohirric, due to the influence of his father, and spent a part of his youth growing up in the mountain vales of Gondor, his mother's homeland. His sister Théodwyn lived with him in Edoras, and after she and her husband both died he adopted her children Éomer and Éowyn as his own. He had a son Théodred, whose mother Elfhild died in childbirth.
He was portrayed in the Peter Jackson films by Bernard Hill, in the Ralph Bashki film by Philip Stone, and by Don Messick in the Rankin-Bass film.
Subject ID: 72583
MoreThéoden was the seventeenth King of Rohan and last of the Second Line of the royal House of Eorl. Théoden was the only son of Thengel, and became king after the death of his father in TA 2980. Théoden spoke Sindarin and Westron more often than Rohirric, due to the influence of his father, and spent a part of his youth growing up in the mountain vales of Gondor, his mother's homeland. His sister Théodwyn lived with him in Edoras, and after she and her husband both died he adopted her children Éomer and Éowyn as his own. He had a son Théodred, whose mother Elfhild died in childbirth.
He was portrayed in the Peter Jackson films by Bernard Hill, in the Ralph Bashki film by Philip Stone, and by Don Messick in the Rankin-Bass film.
Subject ID: 72583
Subject ID: 72583
