Saradoc Brandybuck

Saradoc was the son of Rorimac Brandybuck and Menegilda Goold. He married Esmeralda Took, and had one child, Meriadoc, who joined the Company of the Ring. With his father, wife and son, he was present at Bilbo's Farewell Party.

Saradoc became Master of Buckland after his father's death in .

He died twenty-four years later in at the age of 92, and the Mastership was inherited by his son and heir Meriadoc.

The meaning of the name Saradoc is unknown. J.R.R. Tolkien noted that the names of the Bucklanders had a vaguely Celtic style.

In an earlier version of the family tree for the Brandybucks, the name of Merry's father was Caradoc. Caradoc is a Celtic name, which means "kind" or "amiable".

In using this name, J.R.R. Tolkien may have been inspired by how in about 1130 AD, a Caradoc of Llancarfan wrote about the life of St. Gildas, the first known text that associated King Arthur with Glastonbury. A character called Caradoc is the hero in the Livre de Caradoc, which is part of the First Continuation of Chretien de Troyes' Perceval from about 1200 AD.

Caradoc is the name of different characters in Arthurian romance. A Caradoc Brecbras was apparently a sixth century British ruler with lands in Britain and Brittany. Saradoc des Sept Fontaines is the name of one of the Knights of the Round Table listed in the 1501 edition of the romance of Giron le Courtois.

Saradoc Brandybuck in adaptations

2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:

Saradoc Brandybuck can be found ouside Brandy Hall in Buckland. He sends the player to look for young Doderic Brandybuck in the Old Forest.

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