Eradan : The second Ruling Steward of Gondor,the heir to Mardil,the first Steward to rule in Gondor.Eradan ruled as Steward for thirty-six years, and was succeeded by his son Herion.
Herion : The third Steward to rule in Gondor,Herion was the grandson of Mardil Voronw� himself and inherited the title from his father Eradan.He ruled for thirty-two years during the time known as the Watchful Peace and was succeeded by his son Belegorn.
Belegorn : The fourth Steward to rule Gondor,Belegorn was the heir of Steward Herion and was in turn succeeded by his son H�rin I.He ruled for fifty-six years in the early third millennium of the Third Age,during the time known as the Watchful Peace.
H�rin I : H�rin I was the son of Belegorn and descended in right line from H�rin of Emyn Arnen,the founder of the House of H�rin to which all the Ruling Stewards belonged.H�rin ruled as Steward for forty years and was succeeded by his son,who became T�rin I.
T�rin I : The sixth Ruling Steward of Gondor,who succeeded his father H�rin I to the Stewardship.Like his father,T�rin was named for a great hero of the First Age and this seems to have become a trend in the House of the Stewards after his time.For five generations after T�rin,starting with his son Hador,his descendants were named for Elves or Men of the First Age.T�rin ruled as Steward for thirty-four years and was succeeded by his son Hador.
Hador : The seventh Ruling Steward of Gondor,who inherited the Stewardship from his father T�rin I and in due course,after one hundred and seventeen years,was succeeded by his son Barahir,not the same as the one in Aragorn's family.
Barahir : Barahir's father was Hador,a famously long-lived Man who ruled Gondor as its Steward for no less than one hundred and seventeen years.Barahir ruled as Steward for seventeen years and was succeeded by his son Dior.
Dior : Dior had no children of his own so after ruling for twenty-three years he was succeeded by his nephew, Denethor I.
Denethor I : Denethor I was the tenth Steward to rule Gondor,Denethor I ruled as Steward for forty-two years, and was succeeded by his son Boromir.
Boromir : This Boromir was not the one of the Fellowship.He was the eleventh steward and he ruled Gondor for twelve years before being succeeded by his son Cirion.
Cirion : The twelfth Ruling Steward of Gondor, the son of Steward Boromir. He called on the Northmen for aid in the wars of Gondor, and rewarded them with the land of Calenardhon (later called Rohan) when they answered his call.
Hallas : Hallas was the thirteenth steward and he was succeeded by his son H�rin II.
H�rin II : The son of Steward Hallas and grandson of the famous Cirion who granted the green northern lands of Calenardhon to the Rohirrim.H�rin ruled Gondor as its Steward for twenty-three years and was succeeded by his son,Belecthor I.
Belecthor I : The son of H�rin II, who succeeded his father to become Gondor's fifteenth Ruling Steward.His twenty-seven year rule was free of incident or at least no annals of his time have come down to us.He was succeeded in turn by his son Orodreth.
Orodreth : The sixteenth Ruling Steward of Gondor, who inherited the Stewardship from his father Belecthor I. He was succeeded by his son, who ruled as Ecthelion I.
Ecthelion I : The seventeenth Ruling Steward of Gondor,who succeeded his father Orodreth to the Stewardship. He is most famous for rebuilding the White Tower that surmounted the city of Minas Tirith,which was afterwards known as the Tower of Ecthelion.He ruled in Gondor for just thirteen years and was succeeded by his son Egalmoth.
Egalmoth : The eighteenth Steward to rule over Gondor,who succeeded his father Ecthelion I.In his time,it seems,Orcs began to trouble Gondor once again and Egalmoth's armies went to war with this new foe.In III 2710,Egalmoth received a plea for aid from D�or of Rohan,who was himself greatly troubled by the Dunlendings, but the Orc-wars kept Egalmoth from sending help. He was succeeded as Steward by his son Beren.
Beren : The nineteenth Ruling Steward of Gondor,the son of Egalmoth,named for Beren Erchamion.Beren was the Steward who granted Saruman the Key of Orthanc.He was succeeded by his son Beregond.
Beregond : The twentieth Ruling Steward of Gondor,the son of Steward Beren who installed Saruman in Orthanc.He was succeeded by his son Belecthor II.
Belecthor II : The son of Steward Beregond,who succeeded his father to rule Gondor during the twenty-ninth century of the Third Age.He is noted as the last of the line of Stewards to live past his one hundredth year. Nonetheless,he is most remembered in history because of his death,which also saw the death of the White Tree in the courts of Minas Tirith.Belecthor was succeeded by his son Thorondir,who left the Dead Tree standing in place.
Thorondir : The successor to Belecthor II as Steward of Gondor.When his father died,the White Tree of Minas Tirith also died.Without a seedling to replace it,Thorondir left the Dead Tree standing in hope of the King's return, though that would not happen for nearly 140 years after his death.His rule was short;he was Steward for just ten years.He was succeeded by his son,who ruled as T�rin II.
Turgon : The son and heir of Steward T�rin II of Gondor,in whose time Sauron declared himself openly in the land of Mordor and begin gathering the strength that would be seen in the War of the Ring.In the last year of his rule,too,Saruman withdrew into Isengard and began to fortify it.So,in the last two years of Turgon's Stewardship, the scene was set for the great war that would be fought more than sixty years later.Turgon ruled Gondor for thirty-nine years and was succeeded by his son,who ruled as Ecthelion II.His grandson was Denethor II,the Ruling Steward at the time of the War of the Ring.
Ecthelion II : Ecthelion II was the son of Steward Turgon and was a wise and foresightful Man.He put his efforts into strengthening his realm against the approaching danger of Sauron,who had openly revealed himself in the last years of Turgon's Stewardship.He was aided in this work by Gandalf and by a mysterious stranger named 'Thorongil',who was later known to be none other than Aragorn.Ecthelion was succeeded as Steward by his son Denethor II,who ruled Gondor at the time of the War of the Ring.
Denethor II : Born during the Stewardship of his grandfather Turgon,Denethor was a Gondorian noble who would see some of the most turbulent times in his country's long history,culminating in the War of the Ring itself. Just four years after Denethor succeeded to the Stewardship,his wife Finduilas died at a young age for one of her line.For the next thirty years,Denethor ruled as a grim and serious Steward and it later became known that for at least some of this time,he had made use of a palant�r to gain knowledge,through which the malice of Sauron had begun to sap his will.In the end,the death of his elder son Boromir and the imagined loss of his younger son Faramir,sent him mad.He burned himself to death with his palant�r in his hands.
Faramir : When Boromir died and his father burned to death,Faramir gave the rule of Gondor to Aragorn,the rightful heir of Isildur.
