Baggins Family List Of Bagginses Notable Bagginses

The Baggins family lives in the Shire, mostly in or near the town of Hobbiton. They were seen as respectable until Bilbo Baggins set out on the quest for Erebor with Gandalf the Grey and thirteen Dwarves: when he returned he was seen as odd or queer, but also extremely rich.

The Baggins clan traces their origin to the first recorded Baggins, one Balbo Baggins, who was born in or near Hobbiton in 1167 of the Shire reckoning (2767 Third Age). Bilbo is a great-grandson of Balbo, as was Frodo's father Drogo.

After Bilbo and Frodo left the only recorded Bagginses are the descendants of Bilbo's great-nephew Posco Baggins, although many other descendants of Balbo Baggins are also recorded, under the the Sackville-Bagginses, as well as Peregrin TookPeregrin Took ( T. 2990-?), better known to his friends as Pippin is a fictional character from J. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth; a Hobbit, and one of Frodo Baggins's youngest but best friends. In Peter Jackson's film trilogy commencing with The Lord and Meriadoc BrandybuckMeriadoc Brandybuck usually referred to as Merry is a fictional character from J. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth, featured as a central character throughout Tolkien's most famous work, The Lord of the Rings''. Merry is a Hobbit, and one of Frodo's clo (through various interfamiliary marriages).

The name Baggins is a translation in EnglishThe English language is a West Germanic language, originating from England. It is the third most common "first" language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the mil of the actual WestronTolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth, the Westron or Common Speech is the closest thing to a universal language, at least at the time during which The Lord of the Rings is set. Westron is an English word, derived from West not a word from the language name Labingi, which was believed to be related to the Westron word labin, "bag".

The name Baggins is translated in most translations of The HobbitThe Hobbit is a fantasy novel written by J. Tolkien originally as a children's story in the tradition of the fairy tale. It was first published on September 21, 1937 and serves as a preface to The Lord of the Rings (published many years later in 1954 and and The Lord of the Rings, often keeping the 'bag' or 'sack' meaning:

1 List of Bagginses

1.1 Notable Bagginses

1.2 Other Bagginses

Rosa Baggins (2856–?) was an ancestor of both Merry and Pippin. Rosa was the daughter of Ponto Baggins and Mimosa Bunce. She had a younger brother, Polo. Her husband was Hildigrim Took (2840–2941), one of the many sons of the Old Took.

Laura Grubb Baggins (2814–2916) was the grandmother of Bilbo Baggins. She was the wife of Mungo Baggins. Besides Bungo, she had four other children; Belba (2856–2956), Longo (2860–2950), Linda, and Bingo (2864–2963).

Linda Baggins (2862–2963) was the sister of Bungo Baggins. She married Bodo Proudfoot, and had a son named Odo (2904–3005). Linda was also an aunt of Bilbo Baggins.

Primula Brandybuck Baggins (2920–2980) was a daughter of Gorbadoc Brandybuck, Master of Buckland, and Mirabella Took, the youngest daughter of the Old Took. She married Drogo Baggins, and had one child, Frodo. In 2980, both she and Drogo drowned in the Baranduin, leaving Frodo orphaned.

Daisy Baggins Boffin (2950—?) was a cousin of Frodo Baggins. She was the daughter of Drogo's brother Dudo (2911–3009). She married Griffo Boffin.

Bingo Baggins, the brother of Bungo (see above), married Chica Chubb; they had one son, Falco Chubb-Baggins. Falco is most notable as Bilbo's cousin.

2 Sackville-Baggins family

The Sackville-Baggins family was founded by the marriage of Longo Baggins to Camellia Sackville. Their son, Otho Sackville-Baggins, adopted a double name, kept by his wife Lobelia (neé Bracegirdle). They had a son Lotho, who was murdered. At Lobelia's death the brief-lived family disappeared.

Otho Sackville-Baggins (died 3012) adopted the name of both his parents, effectively founding a new family.

Lobelia Sackville-Baggins (c. 2918–3020) married Otho, and had a son, Lotho. Lobelia had tried to claim Bag End together with Otho during Bilbo's disappearance, but could only move in when Frodo sold it to her. During the War of the Ring she opposed Saruman, and was imprisoned. Freed after the Scouring of the Shire, Lobelia granted Bag End back to Frodo, and moved back to her original family, the Bracegirdles of Hardbottle. She died in 3020, and she was over 100 years old.

Lotho Sackville-Baggins, nicknamed "Pimple", became an accomplice of Saruman during the War of the Ring. Trading pipeweed with Saruman for money, he began buying land in the Southfarthing, where Men from Isengard were stationed. With the aid of these Ruffians, Lotho was able to depose and imprison Will Whitfoot , the Shire's lawful mayor, and declared himself Chief Shirriff. Under his command the Shire was industrialised. Lotho began to call himself The Boss. However, Lotho was soon stripped of his power, and Saruman took over. Saruman's servant Gríma Wormtongue killed Lotho, and either buried Lotho — or ate him.

The name Sackville was a familiar "aristocratic" name in Tolkien's day, especially in double-barrelled names such as Sackville-West, and he presumably used it (and the contrast with the more mundane Baggins) to imply the somewhat snobbish nature of the Sackville-Bagginses. He may also have had the "sack"/"bag" connection in mind.

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