Tar-Míriel

This page is about the last Queen of Númenor. For the elven craftswoman, see Míriel Serindë. 

Biography: Tar-Míriel
Birth - Death	Second Age 3117 - 3319
Race:	Man
Gender:	Female
Ancestor(s):	Elros Tar-Minyatur
Parent(s):	Tar-Palantir
	Tar-Míriel
Spouse:	Ar-Pharazôn
Info:	Last Queen of Númenor Died in the Downfall

Description

Míriel was the last Queen of Númenor, the daughter of Tar-Palantir, the first Númenorean king to take his name in Quenya instead of Adûnaic in several generations.

By all rights, Míriel should have been the fourth Ruling Queen of Númenor (and, depending on your source, she is sometimes referred to with the royal Tar- anyway), but Ar-Pharazôn forced their marriage after Tar-Palantir's death and usurped the throne. Besides being against Míriel's will, she and Pharazôn were first cousins, too closely related for marriage by the laws of Númenor. Pharazôn also gave to Tar-Míriel the Adûnaic name Ar-Zimraphel.

When Ar-Pharazôn sailed against the Valar and brought the wrath of Ilúvatar down on Númenor, Míriel tried at the last to scale the holy mountain, Meneltarma, but she was drowned by the waves anyway.

External References

• The Silmarillion, by Tolkien
• Unfinished Tales, by Tolkien
• tolkiengateway