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Bucca of
the Marish
First Thain
of the Shire. Bucca was from the region on the
west bank of the Brandywine River
known as the Marish. After the fall
of the North Kingdom, the Hobbits decided to elect a Thain to be their
leader in the absence of the King. Bucca became the first Thain in 1979
of the Third Age. From Bucca were descended the Oldbucks and subsequently
the Brandybucks. The office of Thain later passed to the Took
family.
Names &
Etymology:
In Old English, bucc means
"male deer" and bucca means "male goat."
Sources:
Appendix
B of The Lord of the Rings: "The Tale of Years," p. 368
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Tale of
Years of the Third Age," p. 232, 248 (note 25)
"Nomenclature
of The Lord of the Rings," entry for Brandybuck
Adaldrida
Brandybuck
Great-grandmother of Frodo
Baggins. Adaldrida Bolger was born in 2818 of the Third Age. She was
the daughter of
Gundahar
and Dina Bolger. She had an
older brother, Adalgar.
Adaldrida Bolger married Marmadoc
Brandybuck, who was Master
of Buckland. Their son Gorbadoc was born in
2860. Gorbadoc's daughter Primula
was the mother of Frodo.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below and the Bolger
family tree.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Amaranth
Brandybuck
Aunt of Frodo Baggins.
Amaranth Brandybuck was born in 2904 of the Third Age. She was the daughter
of Gorbadoc Brandybuck and Mirabella
Took Brandybuck. Amaranth had an older brother Rory
who was the grandfather of Merry Brandybuck. She
also had five younger siblings: Saradas, Dodinas,
Asphodel,
Dinodas,
and Primula, mother of Frodo.
Amaranth Brandybuck died in 2998.
Names &
Etymology:
An amaranth is an annual
plant with showy purple or crimson flowers. It is also a poetic term for
a flower that never fades.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Berilac
Brandybuck
Cousin of Merry
Brandybuck. Berilac Brandybuck was born in 2980 of the Third Age. His
father was Merimac Brandybuck, brother of Merry's
father Saradoc. In 3001, Berilac attended the Farewell
Party of Bilbo Baggins.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Celandine
Brandybuck
Hobbit-lass of the
Shire. Celandine Brandybuck was born in 2994 of the Third Age. She
was the daughter of Seredic Brandybuck and Hilda
Bracegirdle Brandybuck. She had two older brothers: Doderic
and Ilberic. Celandine attended the Farewell
Party of Bilbo Baggins in 3001.
Names &
Etymology:
A celandine is a plant with
yellow flowers belonging to the poppy family.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Dinodas
Brandybuck
Uncle of Frodo
Baggins. Dinodas Brandybuck was born in 2916 of the Third Age. He was
the son of Gorbadoc Brandybuck and Mirabella
Took Brandybuck. He had five older siblings - Rorimac,
Amaranth,
Saradas,
Dodinas,
and Asphodel - and a younger sister
Primula,
who was the mother of Frodo.
Dinodas Brandybuck attended the Farewell
Party of Bilbo Baggins in 3001. He died in
3010.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 103, 105
Doderic
Brandybuck
Hobbit of the Shire.
Doderic Brandybuck was born in 2989 of the Third Age. He was the eldest
child of Seredic Brandybuck and Hilda
Bracegirdle Brandybuck. He had two younger siblings, Ilberic
and Celandine. The family attended the Farewell
Party of Bilbo Baggins in 3001.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Dodinas
Brandybuck
Uncle of Frodo
Baggins. Dodinas Brandybuck was born in 2911 of the Third Age. He was
the fourth child of Gorbadoc Brandybuck and Mirabella
Took Brandybuck. Dodinas had three older siblings - Rorimac,
Amaranth,
and Saradas - and three younger siblings - Asphodel,
Dinodas,
and Primula (mother of Frodo).
Dodinas Brandybuck died in 2999.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 105
Esmeralda
Brandybuck
Mother of Meriadoc
Brandybuck. Esmeralda Took, the youngest daughter of Adalgrim
Took, was born in 2936 of the Third Age. Her brother Paladin
Took was the father of Peregrin Took. She
also had three sisters. Esmeralda married Saradoc Brandybuck,
who became the Master of Buckland
in 3008. They had one son, Merry, born in 2982. She and her family attended
the Farewell Party of Bilbo
Baggins in 3001. Her date of death is not known.
Names &
Etymology:
Esmeralda's name comes from
emerald.
Jewel names were common among female Hobbits.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below and the Took
family tree.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Took genealogy, p. 381; Brandybuck genealogy,
p. 382
Estella
Brandybuck
Wife of Meriadoc
Brandybuck. Estella Bolger was born in 2985 of the Third Age. She was
the daughter of
Odovacar Bolger
and Rosamunda Took Bolger
and the sister of Fatty
Bolger.
Her family lived in Budgeford in Bridgefields
in the Eastfarthing. Estella attended the Farewell
Party of Bilbo Baggins in 3001.
Estella married Merry Brandybuck
and they had at least one son. Estella probably died sometime before the
year 63 of the Fourth Age when Merry
left the Shire to visit Rohan
and settle in Gondor.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below and the Took
family tree and the Bolger
family tree.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Took genealogy, p. 381; Brandybuck genealogy,
p. 382
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. 12, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 117
Gorbadoc
Brandybuck
Grandfather of Frodo
Baggins and great-grandfather of Meriadoc Brandybuck.
Gorbadoc Brandybuck was born in 2860 of the Third Age. He was the son of
Marmadoc Brandybuck and Adaldrida
Bolger Brandybuck. He had two sisters and a brother named Orgulas.
Gorbadoc became Master of Buckland
on the death of his father in 2910. Gorbadoc was known for serving large
meals at Brandy Hall and he was
nicknamed "Broadbelt," probably in reference to his girth.
Gorbadoc Brandybuck married Mirabella
Took. They had seven children: Rorimac,
Amaranth,
Saradas,
Dodinas,
Asphodel,
Dinodas,
and Primula. Their eldest son
Rorimac was the grandfather of Merry Brandybuck and their youngest daughter
Primula was the mother of Frodo. Gorbadoc died in 2963.
Note:
Gorbadoc's date of death is given
as 2963 in the Brandybuck family tree. However, in The
Fellowship of the Ring it is said that Drogo
and Primula Baggins were visiting Gorbadoc when they drowned in 2980.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Long-Expected Party," p. 31
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Gorbulas
Brandybuck
Hobbit of the Shire.
Gorbulas Brandybuck was born in 2908 of the Third Age. He was the son of
Orgulas Brandybuck. Gorbulas had a son named Marmadas,
born in 2943. Gorbulas Brandybuck's date of death is not known.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Gorhendad
Brandybuck
Founder of Buckland
and the Brandybuck family. Gorhendad Oldbuck of the Marish
crossed the Brandywine River around
2340 of the Third Age and settled the land on the east bank between the
river and the Old Forest. This land
was called Buckland and Gorhendad changed the family name to Brandybuck.
He began the excavation of Brandy
Hall, the ancestral home of the Brandybucks in Buck Hill.
Gorhendad Brandybuck was the first
Master of Buckland, the title
held by the head of the Brandybuck family. From him were descended numerous
Brandybucks including Merry Brandybuck.
Names &
Etymology:
Gorhendad is a Welsh word
meaning "great-grandfather."
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Conspiracy Unmasked," p. 108
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
"Nomenclature
of The Lord of the Rings," entry for Oldbuck
Gormadoc
Brandybuck
Master
of Buckland. Gormadoc Brandybuck was born in 2734 of the Third Age.
He married Malva Headstrong and they had three sons:
Madoc, Sadoc, and Marroc.
Gormadoc died in 2836. He was succeeded as Master of Buckland by his son
Madoc.
Names &
Etymology:
Gormadoc Brandybuck was known as
Deepdelver
for reasons unknown; it is possible that Brandy
Hall was expanded during his time.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Hanna Brandybuck
Wife of Madoc Brandybuck.
Her maiden name was Hanna Goldworthy. Hanna's husband Madoc was the Master
of Buckland from 2836 of the Third Age until his death in 2877. Hanna
and Madoc had a son Marmadoc, born in 2817.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Hilda Brandybuck
Hobbit of the Shire.
Hilda Bracegirdle was the daughter of Bruno
Bracegirdle, who was the brother of Lobelia
Sackville-Baggins. Hilda had an older brother Hugo
Bracegirdle. The family came from Hardbottle
in the Northfarthing.
Hilda married Seredic
Brandybuck. They had three children:
Doderic,
Ilberic,
and Celandine. Hilda and her family attended the
Farewell
Party of Bilbo Baggins in 3001 of the Third
Age.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below and the Boffin
family tree.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Ilberic
Brandybuck
Hobbit of the Shire.
Ilberic Brandybuck was born in 2991 of the Third Age. He was the son of
Seredic Brandybuck and Hilda Bracegirdle
Brandybuck. Ilberic had an older brother Doderic
and a younger sister
Celandine. The family attended
the Farewell Party of Bilbo
Baggins in 3001.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Madoc Brandybuck
Master
of Buckland. Madoc Brandybuck was born in 2775 of the Third Age. He
was the son of Gormadoc Brandybuck and Malva
Headtrong Brandybuck. He had two brothers named Sadoc
and Marroc. Madoc married
Hanna
Goldworthy and they had a son named Marmadoc,
born in 2817. Madoc Brandybuck became the Master of Buckland after the
death of his father in 2836. He became known by the nickname "Proudneck."
Madoc died in 2877 and was succeeded by his son Marmadoc.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Malva Brandybuck
Wife of Gormadoc
Brandybuck. Before her marriage, her name was Malva Headstrong. Her
husband was Master of Buckland
until his death in 2836 of the Third Age. They had three sons: Madoc,
Sadoc,
and Marroc.
Names &
Etymology:
Malva - or mallow - is the
name of a genus of herbaceous flowering plants.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Marmadas
Brandybuck
Hobbit of the Shire.
Marmadas Brandybuck was born in 2943 of the Third Age. He was the son of
Gorbulas Brandybuck.
Marmadas had three children: Merimas,
Mentha,
and Melilot. The family attended the Farewell
Party of Bilbo Baggins in 3001.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Marmadoc
Brandybuck
Master
of Buckland. Marmadoc Brandybuck was born in 2817 of the Third Age.
He was the son of
Madoc Brandybuck and Hanna
Goldworthy Brandybuck. Marmadoc married Adaldrida
Bolger and they had a son named
Gorbadoc, two
daughters, and another son named Orgulas. He became
Master of Buckland after his father's death in 2877. Marmadoc Brandybuck
died in 2910 and was succeeded as Master of Buckland by Gorbadoc.
Names &
Etymology:
Marmadoc Brandybuck was called "the
Masterful."
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Marroc
Brandybuck
Hobbit of the Shire.
Marroc Brandybuck was born in 2782 of the Third Age. He was the youngest
child of Gormadoc Brandybuck - the Master
of Buckland - and Malva Headstrong Brandybuck.
He had two older brothers: Madoc and Sadoc.
Madoc Brandybuck had numerous descendants. His date of death is unknown.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 105
Melilot
Brandybuck
Guest at the Farewell
Party of Bilbo Baggins. Melilot Brandybuck
was born in 2985 of the Third Age. She was the youngest child of Marmadas
Brandybuck. Melilot's siblings were Merimas
and Mentha. At Bilbo's 111th birthday party on September
22, 3001, Melilot Brandybuck and Everard Took
began to dance the Springle-ring on a table when they mistakenly thought
Bilbo's speech was over.
Names &
Etymology:
A melilot is a sweet clover
with yellow or white flowers.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Long-Expected Party," p. 38
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382 |
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Menegilda
Brandybuck
Grandmother of Merry
Brandybuck. Menegilda Goold married Rorimac
Brandybuck. They had two sons: Merry's father Saradoc,
born in 2940 of the Third Age, and Merimac, born
in 2942. Menegilda's date of death is not known.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Mentha
Brandybuck
Hobbit of the Shire.
Mentha Brandybuck was born in 2983 of the Third Age. She was the daughter
of Marmadas Brandybuck. Mentha had an older brother
named Merimas and a younger sister named Melilot.
In 3001, Mentha Brandybuck attended the Farewell
Party of Bilbo Baggins, where her sister Melilot
danced the Springle-ring on a table.
Names &
Etymology:
Mentha is a kind of aromatic
herb of the mint family with white or pink flowers.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck
See the full-page entry for Meriadoc
Brandybuck.
Merimac
Brandybuck
Uncle of Merry
Brandybuck. Merimac was born in 2942 of the Third Age. His parents
were Rorimac Brandybuck and Menegilda
Goold Brandybuck. Merimac's older brother Saradoc
was the father of Merry. The name of Merimac's wife is not known. He had
a son named Berilac born in 2980. Merimac attended
the Farewell Party of Bilbo
Baggins in 3001. Merimac Brandybuck died in the year 9 of the Fourth
Age.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Merimas
Brandybuck
Hobbit of the Shire.
Merimas Brandybuck was born in 2981 of the Third Age. He was the oldest
child of Marmadas Brandybuck. He had two younger
sisters, Mentha and
Melilot.
The family attended the Farewell
Party of Bilbo Baggins in 3001.
Merimas Brandybuck's date of death
is not recorded.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Mirabella
Brandybuck
Grandmother of Frodo
Baggins and great-grandmother of Merry Brandybuck.
Mirabella Took was the daughter of Gerontius,
the Old Took, and Adamanta Chubb Took.
She was born in 2860 of the Third Age. Mirabella had one younger brother
Isengar and ten older siblings: Isengrim
III,
Hildigard,
Isumbras
IV, Hildigrim, Isembold,
Hildifons,
Isembard,
Hildibrand,
Belladonna,
and Donnamira. Mirabella's sister Belladonna was the mother of Bilbo
Baggins.
Mirabella married Gorbadoc
Brandybuck. They had seven children: Rorimac,
Amaranth,
Saradas,
Dodinas,
Asphodel,
Dinodas,
and Primula. Their eldest son
Rorimac was the grandfather of Merry Brandybuck and their youngest daughter
Primula was the mother of Frodo. Mirabella died in 2960.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below and the Took
family tree.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Took genealogy, p. 381; Brandybuck genealogy,
p. 382
Orgulas
Brandybuck
Great-uncle of Frodo
Baggins. Orgulas Brandybuck was born in 2868 of the Third Age. He was
the youngest child of Marmadoc Brandybuck and Adaldrida
Bolger Brandybuck. His older brother Gorbadoc
was Frodo's grandfather. He also had two older sisters whose names are
not known.
Orgulas Brandybuck had a son named
Gorbulas,
born in 2908. His date of death is not known.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Took genealogy, p. 381; Brandybuck genealogy,
p. 382
Primula Brandybuck
See Primula
Baggins.
Rorimac
Brandybuck
Grandfather of Meriadoc
Brandybuck and uncle of Frodo Baggins. Rorimac
Brandybuck was born in 2902 of the Third Age. He was the son of Gorbadoc
Brandybuck and Mirabella Took Brandybuck.
He had six siblings: Amaranth, Saradas,
Dodinas,
Asphodel,
Dinodas,
and his youngest sister
Primula,
mother of Frodo.
Rorimac Brandybuck became Master
of Buckland on his father's death in 2963. He was called Rory for short
(Old Rory in later years) and was given the nickname "Goldfather." He married
Menegilda Goold and had two children: Merry's father Saradocand
another son named Merimac.
Rory attended Bilbo
Baggins' 111th birthday party,
and when Bilbo vanished suddenly, Rory suspected that it was more than
a simple prank and that Bilbo was off on another adventure. Bilbo left
Rory a parting gift of a dozen bottles of Old
Winyards. Rory died in 3008. Saradoc succeeded him as Master of Buckland.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Long-Expected Party," p. 39, 46
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Sadoc Brandybuck
Hobbit of the Shire.
Sadoc Brandybuck was born in 2779 of the Third Age. He was the second son
of Gormadoc Brandybuck - the Master
of Buckland - and Malva Headstrong Brandybuck.
He had an older brother Madoc and a younger brother
Marroc. Sadoc Brandybuck had two sons whose names
are not known and a daughter named Salvia.
Sadoc Brandybuck's date of death is not known.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Saradas
Brandybuck
Uncle of Frodo
Baggins. Saradas Brandybuck was born in 2908 of the Third Age. He was
the son of Gorbadoc Brandybuck and Mirabella
Took Brandybuck. Saradas had six siblings: Rorimac,
Amaranth,
Dodinas,
Asphodel,
Dinodas,
and Primula - mother of Frodo.
Saradas had a son named Seredic, born in 2948. In 3001, Saradas attended
the Farewell Party of Bilbo
Baggins.
Saradas Brandybuck died in 3007.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Saradoc
Brandybuck
Father of Meriadoc
Brandybuck. Saradoc Brandybuck was born in 2940 of the Third Age. His
parents were Rorimac Brandybuck and Menegilda
Goold Brandybuck. He had a younger brother named Merimac.
Saradoc married Esmeralda Took. Their son Merry
was born in 2982. Saradoc attended the Farewell
Party of Bilbo Baggins in 3001.
Saradoc became Master
of Buckland upon his father's death in 3008. As Master he was known
as "Scattergold," though it is not known whether this was because he was
generous or extravagant or wasteful or for some other reason. Saradoc died
in the year 11 of the Fourth Age. Merry
succeeded him as Master of Buckland.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Seredic
Brandybuck
Hobbit of the Shire.
Seredic Brandybuck was born in 2948 of the Third Age. He was the son of
Saradas Brandybuck. Seredic married Hilda
Bracegirdle and they had three children: Doderic,
Ilberic, and Celandine.
The family attended the Farewell
Party of Bilbo Baggins in 3001.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
family tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Brandybuck
Family Tree:
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