#crown of gondor

April Tolkien Challenge; Day 10

Crown of Aragorn

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Also known as the crown of Gondor, or the Silver Crown, it was said to have come from a Númenorean helmet, one that the great kings in battle used to wear. When it got crushed in the Battle of Dagorlad, the helmet of Isildur became the next Crown of Gondor.

When Atanatar II The Glorious became king, he refashioned ht helmet into the crown we know to have been King Elessar’s, or Aragorn. The crown was once more lost as Eärnur lay it in the lap of King Eärnil II, his father, in the houses of the dead, and it remained there for 969 long years, awaiting the next king.

It was Gandalf who eventually handed Aragorn, or Elessar, his crown on May 1st of the year 3019 of the Third Age. It was tradition that the helmet be passed from father to son, but as Aragorn had no family left, he let Gandalf bring it to him, to crown him as king of Gondor, reclaiming his title as the last heir to the throne.

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Sources:
-One Wiki To Rule Them All, Crowning of King Elessar
-One Wiki To Rule Them All, Crown of Gondor
-Tolkien Gateway
-Return of the King, JRR Tolkien,