The wife of Denethor was a Dunedain princess of Dol-Amroth, the daughter of Adrahil of the people of Nimrodel, 'She was a woman of great beauty and gentle heart,' according to the appendices. She died 12 years after her marriage to the steward of Gondor because her heart wearied of the thick walls of Minas Tirith and she longed for the sea. The previous Finduilas was a Noldorin princess of Nargothrond. His father was Orodreth Finarfin's second son. She had golden hair and bright radiance like all of Finarfin's line and a wondrous beauty. She first loved Gwindor and when Turin was admitted to Nargothrond her love was turned from Gwindor to Turin, a mortal man.She died at the sack of Nargothrond when Orcs carried her and pinned her to a tree.
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