What was the Most Important Marriage/Couple...

[Dúnedain]

Last night after reading the story of "Aldarion and Erendis" in Unfinished Tales I started to think about whose marriage was the most important in all the lands and Ages of the World. There came to mind a number of very important partnerships over the vast ages of the world. Of course if you say one marriage it can be that the marriage of their parents were just as important and so on, as it allowed that later marriage to happen.

Anyway, which marriage do you think was the MOST important in the history of the world, and why do you think it to be so?


For me, after thinking about this all day, I think that the marriage between Tuor and Idril was the most important. Tuor being the son of Huor of the House of Hador and Idril being the daughter of Turgon Elf King of Gondolin. I say this because, from them brought great hope to the world, which I will speak about in a bit. Before even getting to the point of their marriage though, the House of Hador represented by Húrin and Huor (Tuor's father), were held in high regard with Turgon and the Eldar of Gondolin amongst others. During the Nirnaeth Arnoediad Huor and Húrin helped hold off the enemy by guarding Turgon and his people thus allowing them to escape. However, before they parted, Huor prophesied to Turgon that new hope would spring from the two of them, saying '...from you and from me a new star will arise'.

How true that statement was that Huor made. First to begin the line of descent on Idril's side comes down from Finwë, the first High King of the Noldor, down through his son Fingolfin who was the father of Turgon the father of Idril. Second, the descent on Huor's side comes down from the House of Hador Lórindol who was in great favor in serving Fingolfin. From there Hador's son was Galdor who son's were most notably Húrin and Huor. Huor of course being the father of Tuor.

The House of Hador was also the most reknowned of the Three Houses of the Edain, which included the descendants and followers of Hador Lórindol. Húrin Thalion, Túrin Turambar, Huor and Tuor were all descended from this House. They, along with the other Two Houses of the Edain (Bëor, Haleth) were the Elf-friends of the Elder Days, faithful to them in the wars of Beleriand and were ultimately given the isle of Númenor (which I will mark shortly).

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