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See the Baggins family tree at the bottom of the page.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Long-Expected Party," p. 46
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Belladonna BagginsMother of Bilbo Baggins. Belladonna Took was born in 2852 of the Third Age. She was one of the 12 children of Gerontius, the Old Took, and his wife Adamanta Chubb Took. Belladonna and her sisters were considered remarkable among Hobbit-lasses.Belladonna settled down when she married Bungo Baggins and moved into the luxurious Hobbit-hole called Bag End that he built for her. But she passed on some her Tookish adventurousness to her only child Bilbo, who was born in 2890. Belladonna was known and respected by Gandalf the Grey. She died in 2934. Genealogy:
Sources:
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Belladonna Took from the New Line film  |
Berylla Boffin married Balbo Baggins. They had five children: Mungo (grandfather of Bilbo), Pansy, Ponto (great-great-grandfather of Merry and Pippin), Largo (great-grandfather of Frodo), and Lily.
Names &
Etymology:
The name Berylla is from
beryl,
a green stone. Female Hobbits were often named for jewels.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below and the Boffin
family tree.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Bungo BagginsFather of Bilbo Baggins. Bungo Baggins was born in 2846 of the Third Age. He was the eldest of the five children of Mungo Baggins and Laura Grubb Baggins. His siblings were named Belba, Longo, Linda, and Bingo. Bungo married Belladonna Took and built a luxurious Hobbit-hole called Bag End in the Hill at Hobbiton for her. They had one child, Bilbo, born in 2890. Bungo died in 2926.Genealogy:
Sources:
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from the New Line film  |
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Names &
Etymology:
A camellia is a shrub that
bears rose-like flowers.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The Letters
of J.R.R. Tolkien: Letter #214
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Dora enjoyed writting letters filled with advice to her relations, and in memory of this correspondence Bilbo gave her a waste-paper basket when he left the Shire in 3001. She attended his Farewell Party at the age of 99. Dora Baggins died in 3006.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Source:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Long-Expected Party," p. 46
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 94
Drogo married Primula Brandybuck and they had one child, Frodo. After his marriage, Drogo and his family were frequent guests at Brandy Hall in Buckland, where his wife's people resided. One of the primary attractions were the large meals provided by Gorbadoc Brandybuck, for Drogo was particularly fond of food.
One evening in 2980, Drogo and Primula went boating on the Brandywine River and drowned. There were a number of rumors among Hobbits as to how this occurred, but as Hamfast Gamgee remarked, "Boats are quite tricky enough for those that sit still without looking further for the cause of trouble." (FotR, p. 31) Frodo was left orphaned and alone at Brandy Hall until Bilbo Baggins invited him to come and live at Bag End.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Long-Expected Party," p. 29-31
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The Letters
of J.R.R. Tolkien: Letter #214
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Longo married Camellia Sackville. Their son Otho was born in 2910. Otho became the head of the Sackville family through his mother and so he took the name Otho Sackville-Baggins. Otho was the father of Lotho.
Longo Baggins died in 2950.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The Letters
of J.R.R. Tolkien: Letter #214
Names &
Etymology:
Mimosa is a name for small
pink, yellow, or white flowers that grow on shrubs.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 92
Ponto married Mimosa Bunce and they had a daughter named Rosa born in 2856 and a son named Polo whose birthdate may have been 2860. Their daughter Rosa was the great-grandmother of Peregrin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck.
Ponto Baggins died in 2911.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 92
Bilbo Baggins left Middle-earth in September of 3021. Bilbo was the head of the Baggins family. Ponto was next in line to receive the title, but there was a delay on the grounds that Bilbo could not be presumed dead. Finally when Sam Gamgee became Mayor in the year 6 of the Fourth Age, a new rule was made declaring that the titles and properties of those who passed over the Sea with no intention of returning were relinquished to the appropriate heirs. Ponto Baggins finally became the head of the Baggins family.
Ponto Baggins did not inherit Bag End and Bilbo's other property, however. That had been legally passed to Frodo Baggins, who in turn passed it to Sam Gamgee when he left Middle-earth with Bilbo.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The Letters
of J.R.R. Tolkien: Letter #214
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Primula married Drogo Baggins and had one child, Frodo. After their marriage, they were frequent guests at Primula's family home of Brandy Hall in Buckland. One evening in 2980, Drogo and Primula went boating on the Brandywine River and drowned. There were a number of rumors among Hobbits as to how this occurred, but as Hamfast Gamgee remarked, "Boats are quite tricky enough for those that sit still without looking further for the cause of trouble." (FotR, p. 31) Frodo was left orphaned and alone at Brandy Hall until Bilbo Baggins invited him to come and live at Bag End.
Names &
Etymology:
A primula is a primrose -
a type of flower. Female Hobbits were customarily named for flowers.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below and the Brandybuck
family tree.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Long-Expected Party," p. 29-31
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Names &
Etymology:
Ruby was named after a jewel,
as was common among female Hobbits.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below and the Bolger
family tree.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Falco took the name Chubb-Baggins. This type of hyphenated name was customary when a Hobbit became the head of his mother's family. Therefore it seems likely that Falco was the head of the Chubb family.
Falco Chubb-Baggins had a daughter named Poppy, born in 2944. He died in 2999.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The Letters
of J.R.R. Tolkien: Letter #214
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins |
Cousin-in-law
of Bilbo Baggins. Lobelia Sackville-Baggins was
a Bracegirdle by birth and came from Hardbottle
in the Northfarthing. Her parents were Blanco Bracegirdle and Primrose
Boffin Bracegirdle and she had a brother named Bruno.
Lobelia was born in 2918 of the Third Age.
Lobelia married Otho Sackville-Baggins who was Bilbo Baggins' closest relative and heir. As such the Sackville-Bagginses had expectations of one day inheriting Bag End.
When Bilbo disappeared in 2941 and didn't return for over a year, the Sackville-Bagginses thought that day had finally come. They were measuring the rooms of Bag End when Bilbo returned without warning. The Sackville-Bagginses were sorely disappointed, and as they left Lobelia appropriated several of Bilbo's spoons.
The Sackville-Bagginses' hopes were once again dashed when Bilbo adopted his cousin Frodo Baggins as his heir around 2989 and invited him to live at Bag End. When Bilbo left the Shire in 3001, Lobelia was angered to discover that she had only been left a set of spoons and tried to sneak several other valuable items out of Bag End in her umbrella. As Frodo escorted her off the premises, Lobelia said:
"You'll live to regret it, young fellow! Why didn't you go too? You don't belong here; you're no Baggins - you - you're a Brandybuck!"Lobelia finally got her wish in 3018 when Frodo sold Bag End to her at a bargain price as he prepared to leave the Shire. Otho had died in 3012, so Lobelia moved in with her son Lotho Sackville-Baggins. Lotho began to take over the Shire and set himself up as Chief. But then Saruman, the traitorous Wizard, came to the Shire in September of 3019 and seized power from Lotho. Lobelia threatened some of the Chief's Men with her umbrella when they came to put up sheds at Bag End. She was arrested and imprisoned in the Lockholes.
The Fellowship of the Ring: "A Long-Expected Party," p. 48
When Frodo freed Lobelia on November 4, 3019, she was very frail. Lobelia was surprised and moved when the other Hobbits cheered at her release, for she had never been popular before. Distraught at the news that her son Lotho had been killed by Grima Wormtongue, Lobelia gave Bag End back to Frodo and returned to her hometown of Hardbottle. When she died in the spring of 3020, she left her money for the benefit of the Hobbits who had lost their homes during the War of the Ring.
Names &
Etymology:
A lobelia is a blue, star-shaped
flower. Lobelia's name is in keeping with the Hobbit custom of naming females
after flowers.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below and the Boffin
family tree.
Sources:
The Hobbit:
"The Last Stage," p. 314
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Long-Expected Party," p. 29, 31, 36, 39, 46-48; "Three
Is Company," p. 75, 77-78
The Return
of the King: "The Scouring of the Shire," p. 293; "The Grey Havens,"
p. 301
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Lotho's father Otho Sackville-Baggins was the cousin of Bilbo Baggins and was the next in line to become head of the Baggins family. Otho and Lobelia Sackville-Baggins dreamed of the day when they would move into Bag End, but their hopes were dashed in 2989 when Bilbo made Frodo Baggins his heir. Lotho and his family attended Bilbo's Farewell Party in 3001.
When Otho died in 3012, Lotho inherited his father's pipe-weed plantations in the Southfarthing. Not content with the revenue he earned within the Shire, Lotho also exported pipe-weed. His biggest customer was Saruman,the traitorous Wizard, who had learned of pipe-weed from Gandalf. Saruman was suspicious of Gandalf's interest in the Shire and he sent agents there to purchase leaf and other goods and to gather information. Lotho and others were corrupted by Saruman and gave details about their land and their fellow Hobbits in exchange for payment.
With his new wealth Lotho began to purchase more plantations and farmland as well as inns, malt-houses, and mills including the Old Mill in Hobbiton. In September of 3018, Lotho moved into Bag End with his mother when Frodo sold it to her before he mysteriously disappeared from the Shire. Lotho then tore down the Old Mill and replaced it with an brick building full of wheels and strange contraptions to increase production.
During the fall of 3018, Lotho sent large quantities of pipe-weed and other goods out of the Shire, causing a shortage of provisions among the Hobbits as winter approached. Rough-looking Men came to the Shire and took the merchandise away in carts. Some of the Men stayed in the Shire and cut down trees to build themselves ugly new houses. At first the Men paid for damages and goods, but soon they began taking what they wanted. Mayor Will Whitfoot was on his way to Bag End to protest when he was arrested and imprisoned in the Lockholes.
Shortly after the New Year of 3019, Lotho proclaimed himself Chief Shirriff. An ever-growing list of Rules were imposed on the Hobbits of the Shire, and those who disobeyed were sent to the Lockholes. Shirriff-houses were built in many villages and the number of Shirriffs was increased to enforce the Rules. Food and other goods were gathered for central distribution, but the Hobbits got short shrift. Beer and pipe-weed were reserved for the Chief's Men and inns were closed.
Lotho was nominally in charge of the Shire, but things soon got out of control and the Men did as they pleased. Then on September 22, 3019, the Men's real master Saruman arrived. Saruman moved into Bag End and took over as Chief and things went from bad to worse in the Shire. The Chief's Men began wantonly destroying and burning homes, trees, and farmland. The New Mill was used for some industrial purpose and the Water became polluted with waste. Lotho's mother Lobelia was arrested after she threatened some of the Chief's Men with her umbrella when they came to put up sheds at Bag End.
Frodo Baggins and his companions returned to the Shire and rallied the Hobbits to defeat the Chief's Men at the Battle of Bywater on November 3, 3019. Frodo had hoped to save Lotho, for he realized that Lotho had been tricked by Saruman's agents and had lost control of the situation. But it was too late: Lotho had been stabbed to death in his sleep by Saruman's lackey Grima Wormtongue. Saruman insinuated that Grima ate Lotho's body, but it is not known whether this was true.
Names &
Etymology:
Lotho proclaimed himself Chief
Shirriff or simply Chief. Other Hobbits called him Pimple.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below and the Boffin
family tree.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "Three Is Company," p. 77-78
The Return
of the King: "The Scouring of the Shire," passim
Unfinished
Tales: "The Hunt for the Ring," p. 347, 348-50, 354 note 17
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Otho owned land in the Southfarthing where pipe-weed was grown. He married Lobelia Bracegirdle and they had one son, Lotho, born in 2964.
Otho was the next in line to become head of the Baggins family after his cousin Bilbo, who had no children. It was Otho's ambition to be the head of two families, and if he had succeeded he may have styled himself Otho Baggins-Sackville-Baggins.
In 2941, Bilbo Baggins mysteriously disappeared from the Shire for over a year and was presumed dead. Otho and his wife Lobelia were at Bag End preparing to move in when Bilbo suddenly returned. Otho was sorely disappointed to have his ambition thwarted, and he remained resentful of Bilbo for the rest of his days.
Otho's hope to become head of the Baggins family was finally dashed when Bilbo adopted Frodo Baggins as his heir around 2989. Despite their hard feelings, Otho and Lobelia attended Bilbo's 111th Birthday Party on September 22, 3001, because of the magnificent invitation and the promise of plentiful food. They were outraged when Bilbo suddenly vanished (with the help of his magic Ring) and they left the party in a huff. The next day the Sackville-Bagginses came to Bag End and Otho demanded that Frodo show him Bilbo's will. But Otho discovered that the will was clear and correct and signed in red ink by seven witnesses, so he left Bag End and never realized his ambition to live there.
Otho Sackville-Baggins died in 3012 at the age of 102. Six years after his death, his wife Lobelia bought Bag End when Frodo left the Shire and she moved in with her son Lotho. But their residence was short-lived, because Saruman - with whom Lotho had business dealings - came to the Shire in September of 3019 and took over Bag End. Lobelia was imprisoned and Lotho was killed. When Lobelia was released from the Lockholes, she returned Bag End to Frodo Baggins.
Names &
Etymology:
The name Sackville - containing
the word sack - was intentionally related to Baggins - containing
the word bag. Otho Baggins took the hyphenated name Sackville-Baggins
because he became the head of the Sackville family through his mother.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
family tree below and the Boffin
family tree.
Sources:
The Hobbit:
"The Last Stage," p. 314
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Long-Expected Party," p. 29, 31, 36, 39, 46-48; "Three
Is Company," p. 75
The Return
of the King: "The Scouring of the Shire," p. 291
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The Letters
of J.R.R. Tolkien: Letter #214
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