what happened to the last king of gondor
List of kings of Gondor The kings of Gondor claimed descent through Amandil from the Lords of Andúnië, and from there to Silmariën and the Kings of Númenor. The line of Kings began with Elendil, who fled the downfall of Númenor with his sons Isildur and Anárion and established the twin realms-in-exile of Arnor and Gondor.[1] For several hundred years after its foundation, Gondor was ruled by the High-King of both Arnor and Gondor, but after Isildur's death early in the Third Age, the connection between the two kingdoms was severed and Gondor was ruled independently of Arnor. The Line of Kings in Gondor continued through the descendants of Anárion for over two thousand years. Several calamities befell the house, such as the civil war of the Kin-Strife from TA 1432 to 1447 and the death of the King and his close family in the Great Plague of TA 1636.[2] In addition, through inter-marriage over several generations the Númenorean blood of the Kings of Gondor was mingled with that of lesser men of Middle-Earth. After King Ondoher and his two sons were slain in battle with the Wainriders, Arvedui (heir of the North Kingdom) claimed the throne of Gondor.[3] Arvedui's claim rested on his descent from Isildur and his marriage to Fíriel, the only surviving child of Ondoher. His claim was rejected by Gondor, who elected instead Eärnil II, a male descendant of Telumehtar and victor over the Wainriders. The line of Kings finally came to an end in TA 2050 when the last King of Gondor, Eärnur son of Eärnil II, disappeared after riding to answer the challenges of the Witch-King in Minas Morgul.[4] Thereafter Gondor was ruled by the Line of the Stewards until the return of King Aragorn II.
Vijayanagara Empire With the Vijayanagara Kingdom now imperial in stature, Harihara II, the second son of Bukka Raya I, further consolidated the kingdom beyond the Krishna River and brought the whole of South India under the Vijayanagara umbrella.[29] The next ruler, Deva Raya I, emerged successful against the Gajapatis of Odisha and undertook important works of fortification and irrigation.[30] Italian traveler Niccolo de Conti wrote of him as the most powerful ruler of India.[31] Deva Raya II (called Gajabetekara)[32] succeeded to the throne in 1424 and was possibly the most capable of the Sangama dynasty rulers.[33] He quelled rebelling feudal lords as well as the Zamorin of Calicut and Quilon in the south. He invaded the island of Sri Lanka and became overlord of the kings of Burma at Pegu and Tanasserim.[34][35][36]