Théodwyn

Théodwyn was born in Edoras in T.A. 2963. She was the youngest child of King Thengel of Rohan. In T.A. 2980, when she was only seventeen, her older brother, Theéoden, succeeded her father to the throne. She married Éomund of Eastfold nine years later. Their two children, Éowyn and Éomer, grew up  with Théodwyn in the Court of the Mark in Edoras, and King Theoden adopted them when Éomund was killed by Orcs in T.A. 3002. Both of Théodwyn's offspring fought in the War of the Ring, where they valiantly distinguished themselves: Éomer, while fighting at Helms Deep, Pelennor Fields, and Morannon; and Éowyn, while slaying the Witch-king before the gates of Minas Tirith. With the death of Théodred, his only son and heir, King Theoden appointed Théodwyn's son Éomer to succeed him. Éomer's reign (T.A. 3019-F. A. 63) marked the beginning of the Third Line, Kings who traced their blood directly to Théodwyn.