19 Facts About Denethor

Denethor II, son of Ecthelion II, is a fictional character in JR R Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings.

Denethor was the 26th ruling Steward of Gondor, committing suicide in the besieged city of Minas Tirith during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

Denethor is depicted as embittered and despairing as the forces of Mordor close in on Gondor.

In Peter Jackson's film trilogy, Denethor was portrayed as a cowardly, incompetent, and weak leader, dramatizing the temptation to evil that power brings.

In Tolkien's Middle-earth, Denethor was the first son and third child of Ecthelion II, a Steward of Gondor.

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Denethor married Finduilas, daughter of Prince Adrahil of Dol Amroth.

Denethor gave birth to two sons, Boromir and Faramir, but died when they were ten and five years old, respectively.

Denethor never remarried, and became grimmer and more silent than before.

Denethor was a man of great will, foresight, and strength, but overconfident.

Denethor is not as other men of this time…by some chance the blood of Westernesse runs nearly true in him, as it does in his other son, Faramir, and yet did not in Boromir.

Denethor can perceive, if he bends his will thither, much of what is passing in the minds of men, even of those that dwell far off.

Denethor began secretly using a palantir to probe Sauron's strength, incorrectly insisting he could control it.

Denethor [Denethor] must have guessed that the Ithil-stone [Sauron's palantir] was in evil hands, and risked contact with it, trusting his strength.

The reasons for this difference were no doubt that in the first place Denethor was a man of great strength of will and maintained the integrity of his personality until the final blow of the mortal wound of his only surviving son.

Denethor ordered his son Faramir to take his men to defend the river crossing at Osgiliath and the great wall of the Rammas Echor.

Denethor broke the white rod of his office over his knee, casting the pieces into the flames.

Denethor laid himself down on the pyre and so died, clasping the palantir in his hands.

Medievalist Elizabeth Solopova comments that unlike Aragorn, Denethor is incapable of displaying what Tolkien in Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics called "northern courage", namely, the spirit to carry on in the face of certain defeat and death.

Denethor is played by John Noble in Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.