This article is about the Steward of Gondor in the time of the War of the Ring. For the king of the Laiquendi, see Denethor (First Age). For the first Steward of Gondor of this name, see Denethor I.
Denethor II is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Return of the King. In the novel, he is the 26th and last ruling Steward of Gondor.
As stated in the early chapters and the Appendices of The Return of the King, Denethor, son of Ecthelion...
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This article is about the Steward of Gondor in the time of the War of the Ring. For the king of the Laiquendi, see Denethor (First Age). For the first Steward of Gondor of this name, see Denethor I.
Denethor II is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Return of the King. In the novel, he is the 26th and last ruling Steward of Gondor.
As stated in the early chapters and the Appendices of The Return of the King, Denethor, son of Ecthelion II, was widely considered a man of great will, foresight, and strength. However, he failed to reach out to his people, who flocked instead to Thorongil, an outsider who served Denethor's father with great renown. Thorongil vanished from Gondor four years before Denethor would succeed his father as Ruling Steward. Thorongil (who was secretly Aragorn, Chieftain of the Dúnedain of the North and hence a claimant to Gondor's throne) had advised Ecthelion to put faith in the wizard Gandalf, whom Denethor distrusted.
He married Finduilas, daughter...
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