Emeldir the Manhearted

Emeldir was a woman from the First House of the Edain. The daughter of Beren I, she married Barahir and bore Beren Erchamion. She resided with Barahir throughout the early years of their marriage, but she was forced to flee their home in Dorthonion after the Battle of the Sudden Flame. Leading the women and children of the First House out of Dorthonion and to safety in the Forest of Brethil, she reluctantly left her husband's side. Barahir, like all the Men of the  House of Beor (Balan), remained behind to contest Morgoth's advance, but they all eventually perished in the fighting. Only Beren, the son of Emeldir and Barahir, survived.