King of Rohan
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The King of Rohan is the ruler of the Kingdom of Rohan in Middle-earth, founded by Eorl the Young, Lord of the Éothéod, after Steward Cirion of Gondor bestowed the province of Calenardhon to Eorl's people following victory at the Battle of the Field of Celebrant against the Easterlings. Masters of the horse and bridle, The Rohirrim, otherwise known as the Eorlingas, would prove to be a vital ally to Gondor and the Free Peoples in the wars against Mordor and it's dark forces.
The Kings of Rohan are descended from Eorl the Young through three different familial lines, and by the time of the War of the Ring at the end of the Third Age, had ruled Rohan for over five hundred years.
List of Kings of Rohan
The full line of Kings of Rohan is as follows:
- Eorl the Young, founder of the Riddermark and first King of Rohan, who died in battle against the Easterlings.
- Aldor the Old, who reigned for a remarkable seventy-five years, and pushed the Dunlendings fully out of Rohan.
- Fréa, who reigned during a period of peace and prosperity.
- Fréawine, who reigned during a period of peace and prosperity, and from whom Freca the Dunlending claimed descent from.
- Goldwine, who reigned during a period of peace and prosperity.
- Déor, during whose reign saw Isengard fortified by the Dunlendings, beginning a long series of conflicts with the hill-men.
- Gram, whose reign was forced to endure continual raiding and harassment by the Dunlendings.
- Helm Hammerhand, last king of the First Line, who slew Freca, and fought the Dunlendings in open war. Dying in battle defending the Hornburg, the Deeping Coomb, known as Helm's Deep, is name after him.
- Wulf, the Usurper, who led the Dunlendings in open war against the Rohirrim, and briefly occupied Edoras before his demise.
- Fréaláf Hildeson, first king of the Second Line, who slew Wulf son of Freca, reclaimed the Rohirrim's lands from the Dunlendings, and helped grant the stewardship of Orthanc to Saruman the Wizard.
- Brytta Léofa, who warred with the Orcs of the Misty Mountains encroaching on the Riddermark following the Sixth War of Dwarves and Orcs.
- Folca the Hunter, who slew the Boar of Everholt in the Firien Wood, at the cost of his own life.
- Folcwine, who again pushed the Dunlendings out of Rohan, and sent the Rohirrim to aid Gondor in battle against the Haradrim of the south.
- Fengel, whose fifty-year reign was marked by greed, and against who the Curse of Wyrgende was cast upon.
- Thengel, who saw the heightening of tensions with Rohan's enemies, and who served alongside the northerner known as Thorongil.
- Théoden Ednew, last king of the Second Line, whose reign saw the height of the War of the Ring, and achieved victory at the Battles of Helm's Deep and the Pelennor Fields, the latter of which saw the King's honorable death.
- Éomer, first king of the Third Line, whose reign saw the final days of the War of the Ring, the beginning of the Fourth Age, a long-lasting peace, and a renewed alliance with the Reunited Kingdom of Gondor and Arnor.
