Ruling Queens of Númenor

In the early days of Númenor, the custom (as there was no official law regarding succession) was that, once the King became too old to rule, he would surrender the Sceptre to his eldest son. If he had no son, the Kingship would pass instead to the nearest male relative of male descent of Elros Tar-Minyatur. Under this system it was impossible for a woman to become ruler of Númenor. In Second Age 892, Tar-Aldarion changed the system of succession to full agnatic primogeniture, in which the heir to the Kingship of Númenor would be the eldest child of the King or Queen regardless of gender.

Tar-Ancalimë

Tar-Ancalimë (Second Age 873-Second Age 1285) was the first Ruling Queen of Númenor. She was the only child of Tar-Aldarion, and under the old law the Sceptre would have passed to her cousin Soronto. In Second Age 892, at the age of nineteen, she was declared the King's Heir by Tar-Aldarion, who changed the law to allow his daughter to rule.

Under the new law, the Queen was forced to resign after a certain time if she remained unwed or without children. This law was later changed by Tar-Aldarion, although it is not known whether this was before or after she married. Despite lacking any interest in men or marriage, she wed Hallacar in Second Age 1000. There are several accounts of why this may have happened: in one story, she agreed to marry him due to his persistence and the urgings of the Council; in another, it was to spite her cousin Soronto, who had long desired the position of King, and who tried to use both the law that she must wed and that she must have children.

Tar-Aldarion left her as Regent several times during his voyages. Tar-Ancalimë become Queen in Second Age 1075. She reigned for 205 years, longer than any ruler after Elros; she surrendered the Sceptre in Second Age 1280 to her son Tar-Anárion, and died in Second Age 1285.

After the death of her father, it is told that she neglected all her father's policies and gave no further aid to Gil-galad in Lindon.

Tar-Telperiën

Tar-Telperiën (Second Age 1320-Second Age 1731) was the second Queen of Númenor. She was the daughter of Tar-Súrion whose grandmother was the first Queen of Númenor, Tar-Ancalimë. She was the only Queen who also had a brother, but as she was older than him, under the new law she became the rightful ruler. She ruled for 175 years from Second Age 1556 until her death at the age of 411. She chose not to marry and had no children, so the Kingship passed to Tar-Minastir, the son of her brother Isilmo.

Notable events during her reign include the forging of the Rings of Power in Second Age 1600, the beginning of War of the Elves and Sauron in Second Age 1693, and, seven years later, an army being sent from Númenor to Lindon to aid the Elves and route the forces of Sauron at the Battle of the Gwathló.

Tar-Vanimeldë

Tar-Vanimeldë (Second Age 2277-Second Age 2637) was the third and final Queen of Númenor. She ruled for 111 years from Second Age 2526 until her death.

She gave little thought to ruling, caring more for music and dance, so during her reign the power was wielded more by her husband Herucalmo. Upon her death the Kingship, under Númenórean law, should have gone to her son, Alcarin, but Herucalmo, who took the royal name Tar-Anducal, refused to give up his power and ruled until his death in Second Age 2657, when the Kingship passed back to the rightful King.

Tar-Míriel

Upon the death of her father, Tar-Palantir, in Second Age 3255, Tar-Míriel (Second Age 3117-Second Age 3319) should have been made the fourth Ruling Queen, but her cousin Ar-Pharazôn married her, against both her will and the laws of Númenor, and declared himself King.

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