Adrahil was the son of Angelimir, and a descendent in direct line of Galador the first Prince of Dol Amroth. He was not the first of his line to be given that name; we know of at least one earlier Adrahil, a captain in the armies of King Ondoher nearly a thousand years before the later Adrahil's birth, and he was perhaps named for this illustrious forebear. At the time of his birth his grandfather Aglahad held the Lordship of Dol Amroth, and it was not until young Adrahil was fifteen years old (in III 2932) that his father Angelimir became Prince, and Adrahil thus became his heir.
While his father Angelimir was Prince, Adrahil married and had three children: two daughters, Ivriniel and Finduilas, and a son, Imrahil, who would be his own heir. In III 2976 his daughter Finduilas wedded Denethor, at that time heir to Steward Ecthelion II of Gondor. The following year Angelimir died, and Adrahil succeeded to become the twenty-first Prince of Dol Amroth.
During this period, the champion named Thorongil fought in the service of Gondor, and in III 2980, three years after Adrahil had become Lord of Dol Amroth, this Thorongil led a daring raid against Umbar, before departing the service of the Stewards. We are not told whether Adrahil played any part in these events, but as a prince of the realm, it seems at least plausible that he would at least have met Thorongil - or Aragorn, as he was later revealed to be.
Meanwhile, Adrahil's daughter Finduilas was miserable in the city of Minas Tirith, far from the shores of the Bay of Belfalas. After just twelve years away from Dol Amroth, aged just thirty-eight, she sickened and died. She left Denethor two sons (and thus Adrahil two grandsons): Boromir the elder and Faramir the younger.
Of the remainder of Adrahil's time as Prince we know little, except that he ruled Dol Amroth for a total of thirty-three years, until the year III 3010. He was succeeded by his son Imrahil, who would answer the call of Denethor to defend Gondor when the War of the Ring erupted, just nine years after Adrahil's death.
Notes
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Very little detail is given about Adrahil in canonical sources. The dates given here are derived from volume XII of The History of Middle-earth.
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Adrahil's name appears to originate from the native Númenórean tongue of Adûnaic. The -hil ending probably means 'Man', but the adra- element remains obscure. |
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Adrahil's eldest child, his daughter Ivriniel, is not named outside volume XII of The History of Middle-earth. She was born in the year III 2947, and was thus eight years older than Imrahil, but other than that no details of her life are known.
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