Angamaitë
Angamaitë was one of the great-grandsons of Castamir the Usurper.
History
He and Sangahyando, another great-grandson of Castamir, were leaders of the Corsairs of Umbar. The name Angamaitë was possibly not his birth name, but a personal warrior name (or nickname). There was no need to assert his royal descent with this name, because his royal descent was clear.
Angamaitë and Sangayando learned through spies that Minardil, the King of Gondor, was in the Gondorian port of Pelargir and that he suspected no peril since his father had crushed Harad and Umbar. In Third Age 1634 the Corsairs of Umbar, led by Angamaitë and Sangayando, made a raid up the river Anduin, killed king Minardil in Pelargir, ravaged Pelargir and the coasts and escaped with great booty.
Etymology
Angamaitë is a Quenya name meaning "Iron-handed", from anga ("iron") and maitë ("handed").
Other versions of the legendarium
In the manuscripts for what would later become appendix A and appendix B and in appendix A in the first edition of The Lord of the Rings his name was Angomaitë. His name was changed to Angamaitë in the second edition of The Lord of the Rings.
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