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Tolkien and Edith first met in 1908, when Edith was 19 years old (Tolkien was 16 years old). A relationship formed between the two; but this relationship became known to Tolkien's guardian, Father Francis Xavier Morgan, who forbade Tolkien to meet with Edith until he was 21.

The pair married on 22 March 1916 in a small Catholic church in Warwick, shortly before Tolkien had to leave for France, where he partook in the Battle of the Somme.

Edith Tolkien died on 29 November 1971 and was buried in Wolvercote cemetery, OxfordThis is about the city of Oxford in England. See also other meanings, including other cities. Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 ( 2001 census). Its latitude and longitude are 51°45'07" N a; J. R. R. Tolkien was buried with her when he died two years later. The epitaphAn epitaph is text honoring the dead, most commonly inscribed on a tombstone or plaque. Traditionally an epitaph is in verse, but there are exceptions. Some poets have been known to compose their own epitaphs prior to their death. Famous Epitaphs O xein', upon their grave mentions the characters of BerenBeren is a fictional character, created by J. He was a Man of Middle-earth, a hero whose romance with the Elf Luthien was one of the great stories of the Elder Days. Story Beren was the son of Barahir and Emeldir. He was a Man of the royal House of Beor o and Lúthien: in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earthMiddle-earth is the name for the lands on J. Tolkien's fictional ancient Earth where most of the tales of his legendarium take place. Middle-earth is a literal translation of the Old Norse mythological term Midgard, referring to this world, the realm of h mythologyThis article is about a system of myths. For the 1942 book Mythology see its author Edith Hamilton. A mythology is a relatively cohesive set of myths: stories that comprise a certain religion or belief system. What is mythology? Myths are generally storie, Lúthien was the most beautiful of all the Children of Ilúvatar, and forsook her immortalityImmortality is the concept of existing for a potentially infinite or indeterminate length of time. Throughout history humans have had the desire to live forever. The most commonly conceived form of immortality involves a spiritual existence after physical for her love of Beren.