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 | | So a reasonable inference is that the various regions of Numenor were led by a few families, the leaders of whom were the "chieftains" of the Dunedain, and from the most prominent of these families developed the eventual hereditary lordships. |
 | | The Lords of Andunie, for example, were descended from Valandil, son of Silmarien, eldest daughter of Tar-Elendil the fourth king. |
 | | Silmarien married Elatan of Andunie, who may have been a descendant of Beor from a lesser line. |
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