Dates

Founded in III 2510. Still extant during the Fourth Age

Location

North of Gondor

Race

Culture

Settlements

The chief city of the Riddermark was Edoras; other notable settlements and fortifications include the former capital Aldburg, Dunharrow, Grimslade, the Hornburg, Underharrow and Upbourn

Pronunciation

r'iddermark

Meaning

'Borderland of the Riders', commonly contracted to simply 'the Mark' ('the borderland')

Other names

The Horse-country, Kingdom of the Rohirrim, The Mark, Rochan, Rochand, Rochann, Rohan

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Riddermark

The land of the Rohirrim

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

Map of the Riddermark

The dashed lines shown on this map mark the western and eastern borders of the Riddermark.

The dashed lines shown on this map mark the western and eastern borders of the Riddermark.

The name among the Rohirrim for the land more commonly known to outsiders as Rohan.

See also...

First Marshal of the Riddermark, Marshal of the East-mark, Men of the Riddermark, Riders of the Mark, Riders of West-mark, Rochan, The Mark, White Mountains

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