Queens of Numenor

A title used of just three Queens of Numenor: Tar-Ancalime, Tar-Telperien and Tar-Vanimelde. These were the only Queens to rule the island of Numenor in their own right.


 * I Tar-Ancalime (Ruled for 205 years between II 1075 and II 1280). Ancalime was the only child of Tar-Aldarion, and for her sake that King caused the laws of Numenor to be changed so that she could become a Ruling Queen in her own right. She reversed her father's policy of good will towards the Elves of Middle-Earth, and gave no aid to Gil-galad in Lindon. She was succeeded by her only son, who ruled as King Tar-Anarion.
 * II Tar-Telperien (Ruled for 175 years between II 1556 and II 1731). The eldest child of Tar-Surion, the second Ruling Queen refused to take a husband, and thus died childless. She was succeeded by her nephew, the son of her brother Isilmo, who became King Tar-Minastir.
 * III Tar-Vanimelde (Ruled for 111 years between II 2526 and II 2637). After Tar-Telperien there were no further Ruling Queens for nearly eight hundred years, until Tar-Telemmaite was succeeded by his daughter Tar-Vanimelde. She had little concern for the business of ruling her kingdom, and so her husband Herucalmo effectively acted as reagent during her reign. After her death, without any legal right, he installed himself as her successor Tar-Anducal, and held the Sceptre for twenty years until his death. At that time the rightful King, Tar-Alcarin, took on the rule of Numenor.