Not A Prince... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

doug*platypus · 01-11-2003, 10:32 PM

Interesting, MOTW! And relevant, surely, since Tolkien would have been well versed in the naming of Princes and things like that. The Duke of Edinburgh/Prince Phillip one is an anomaly, though, and I don't think you really give a good reason why he isn't simply called Duke Phillip.

So, Legolas probably wasn't a Prince, because he did not have a Princedom, and it seems that in Middle-Earth being the son of a king doesn't grant you any title. Looks like you might have killed this thread, MOTW, or at least given it a good beating.

01-11-2003, 10:32 PM	#37
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	Interesting, MOTW! And relevant, surely, since Tolkien would have been well versed in the naming of Princes and things like that. The Duke of Edinburgh/Prince Phillip one is an anomaly, though, and I don't think you really give a good reason why he isn't simply called Duke Phillip. So, Legolas probably wasn't a Prince, because he did not have a Princedom, and it seems that in Middle-Earth being the son of a king doesn't grant you any title. Looks like you might have killed this thread, MOTW, or at least given it a good beating. __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.