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In ]'s ]al universe of ], the '''Thain''' was the traditional military leader of the ]s of ] (compare ]). The Hobbits first chose a Thain to "hold the authority of the king" when ], last King of ], was lost and the kingship in the North discontinued. The Thainship was originally held by the ] Clan. In 740 ], it passed to the ], and has remained a hereditary position in their clan ever since. Though a viceregal position, the Thain never wielded significant political authority, as the Shire remained a very loosely organized society and rarely faced military threats from outside.


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Other officers in the Shire include the ], the ] in the ], and (in the Fourth Age) the ''Warden of ]'' created by King ].
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==List of Thains of the Shire==
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The office of Thain generally passed from father to son, unless otherwise noted.

===Third Age===
*] (first Thain, elected in {{ME-date|TA|1979}} after the Kingdom of Arnor ended)
*''eleven additional Thains of the Oldbuck clan (the clan was probably named for Bucca)''
*Gorhendad Oldbuck (possibly the 12th Thain), crossed over the Brandywine and became the first Master of Buckland
====Thains of the Took line====
Thains of the Took line were also the heads of the ], in which capacity they were called "the Took".
*Isumbras I Took (became 13th Thain and first of the Took line in {{ME-date|TA|2340}})
*''eight Took Thains, including''
**Isengrim I
**Isumbras II
**Ferumbras I
**Paladin I
*Isengrim II Took (became 22nd Thain and 10th of the Took line in 2683;<ref>Tolkien, J. R. R. (1955), '']'', 2nd edition (1966), George Allen & Unwin, Appendix B p. 369; ISBN 0 04 823047 2</ref> died 2722)
*Isumbras III Took (23rd Thain 2722-2759)
*Ferumbras II Took (24th Thain 2759-2801); older brother of Bullroarer Took.
*Fortinbras I Took (25th Thain 2801-2848)
*Gerontius Took, the Old Took (26th Thain 2848-2920)
*Isengrim III Took (27th Thain 2920-2930)
*Isumbras IV Took (28th Thain 2930-2939); brother of Isengrim III
*Fortinbras II Took (29th Thain 2939-2980)
*Ferumbras III Took (30th Thain 2980-3015, died unmarried)
*Paladin II Took (31st Thain in 3015); cousin of Ferumbras III

===Fourth Age===
*] I (became 32nd Thain in 13 ], ] 63)
*] (became 33rd Thain after his father left for ] in 63 F.A.)

As far as we know the line of Thains continued into the Fourth Age of ] for as long as ] lasted.

===See also===
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==References==
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*{{ME-ref|RotK|Appendix A}}

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