Lebennin (prounounced [lɛˈbɛn.nɪn] le-ben-nin) was a fief and region in the south of Gondor.
Geography
Lebennin was the land between the White Mountains in the north, the river Anduin in the south and the river Gilrain in the west from Anórien to Belfalas.
It was known as Fair Lebennin of the Five Streams, which referred to the Five Rivers of Lebennin. The city of Pelargir was in the south of Lebennin.
At the time of the War of the Ring a large number of hardy Men of mixed blood resided there, including short and swarthy people who were more descended from the forgotten men who lived in the shadows of the hills before the coming of the kings.
During the War of the Ring, Lebennin did not send men to the aid of Minas Tirith before the Siege of Minas Tirith. This was probably because Lebennin was under attack by the Corsairs of Umbar. Aragorn, leading the Grey Company and the Dead Men of Dunharrow, came to Linhir. There men from Lamedon defended the fords agains men from Umbar and Harad who had sailed up the river, but all of them fled when Aragorn arrived and cried that the King of the Dead had come. Only Angbor, the Lord of Lamedon had the courage to stay and Aragorn asked him to gather his men and follow him because he would need them at Pelargir. They crossed over the river Gilrain into Lebennin on 11 March driving their fleeing enemies before them and defeated the Corsairs of Umbar and the Haradrim near the city of Pelargir on 13 March. On the next day troops from Lebennin travelled with Aragorn and the Grey Company up the Anduin on the captured ships of the Corsairs of Umbar to aid the forces of Minas Tirith and the Rohirrim in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.