In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Brandybuck clan was a powerful Hobbit family. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Middle-earth refers to the fictional lands where most of the stories of author J In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium, Hobbits are a diminutive race that inhabit the lands of Middle-earth. Like the other main aristocratic family the Tooks, they had a Fallohide strain, though they and the Bucklanders among whom they lived were at least partly of Stoor origin, partly as a result of intermarriage with the hobbits of Bree. In J R R Tolkien 's Fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Fallohides are one of the three races of Hobbits The Fallohides were the least In J R R Tolkien 's Fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Stoors are one of the three races of Hobbits In their earliest recorded history Bree is a fictional town in J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth east of the Shire and south of Fornost Erain.
The family began as the Oldbuck clan, who named themselves such apparently after Bucca of the Marish, the first Thain of the Shire. Thain is a variant spelling of Thane or Thegn, an Anglo-Saxon term for a minor noble probably best known from Shakespeare 's The Shire is a region of J R R Tolkien 's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works Eleven Oldbuck Thains followed, until Gordenhad Oldbuck crossed into Buckland over the river Brandywine. The Shire is a region of J R R Tolkien 's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works In the fiction of J R R Tolkien, the Baranduin or Brandywine River is a river of Middle-earth The Thainship then passed to the Took clan. In J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth Legendarium, the Took clan was one of the most famous Hobbit families
Gordenhad took the surname Brandybuck, and began delving the great smials of Brandy Hall. The village of Bucklebury grew up round the hall.
The Brandybucks became mostly independent of the Shire, since Buckland long remained officially separate from it. They were considered 'odd folk' by the other Hobbits of the Shire because they were comfortable with boats and because they locked their doors at night (due to the proximity of the Old Forest). In J R R Tolkien ’s Fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Old Forest is a small forested area which lies east of the Shire in
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Masters of Buckland
The head of the family was the Master of Buckland, one of the officials of the Shire. This office was founded by Gordenhad Brandybuck. Like the Thain and Warden of Westmarch, the Master had only nominal authority, though it extended across the Brandywine into the Marish of the Eastfarthing due to family alliances and the commerce between the two areas. The Shire is a region of J R R Tolkien 's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works The Shire is a region of J R R Tolkien 's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works
Brandybuck of Buckland
Gormadoc Brandybuck
= Malva Headstrong
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Madoc Sadoc Marroc
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Marmadoc Two Sons Salvia (many
= Adaldrida Bolger = Gundabald Bolger descendants)
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Gorbadoc Two Daughters Orgulas
= Mirabella Took |
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Rorimac Amaranth Saradas Dodinas Asphodel Dinodas Primula Gorbulas
= Menegilda Goold | = Rufus = Drogo |
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Saradoc Merimac Seredic Frodo Baggins Marmadas
= Esmerelda Took | = Hilda Bracegirdle |
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Meriadoc Berilac Doderic Ilberic Celandine Merimas Mentha Melilot
‘Merry’
= Estella Bolger
Source: The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C. In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men. In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men. In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men. Meriadoc Brandybuck, usually referred to as Merry, is a Fictional character from J In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men.
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"Brandybuck" as a translation
- See also: Westron
It should be noted that the name Brandybuck is only a rendering of the original Westron (Common Speech) Brandagamba, Marchbuck. Westron, or the Common Speech, is an Artificial language developed by J Westron, or the Common Speech, is an Artificial language developed by J In keeping with the conceit that The Lord of the Rings was derived from the translated Red Book of Westmarch, Tolkien translated all its Westron words into English — including the names of characters. Aside from its common usage signifying "excessive pride" in literary terms a conceit is an Extended metaphor with a complex Logic that governs The Red Book of Westmarch (sometimes Red Book of the Periannath, and The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings, also known as the Thain's Book after its principal
While Marchbuck ("march" bearing its archaic meaning of "border") is the exact representation of Brandagamba, Tolkien rendered it Brandybuck to preserve the name's similarity with the River Branda-nîn (Baranduin in Sindarin), which Tolkien then rendered Brandywine in English to reflect an alternate name, Bralda-hîm, meaning "heady ale" - referring to the river's golden-brown color. In the fiction of J R R Tolkien, the Baranduin or Brandywine River is a river of Middle-earth Sindarin is an Artificial language developed by J R R Tolkien.
List of Brandybucks
- Bucca of the Marish
- Gorhendad Brandybuck
- Gormadoc Brandybuck
- Melilot Brandybuck
- Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck
- Primula Brandybuck