Thread:High King Ithilion/@comment-30238907-20170920051531

So recently I have been hearing a lot of the controversy over Gil-Galad and after a asking for a high Elven lore expert I was sent here. My question is who is Gil-Galad the son of? Orodreth? Or Fingon? I'm the published Silmarillion and other sources such as the letter from Gil-Galad to the King of Numenor states that he is Gil-Galad son of Fingon. In addition to this the High Kings of the Noldor go from Finwe to Feanor(Briefly) and then was given to Fingolfin by Maedhros, then Fingon, Turgon and the finally Gil-Galad. Gil-Galad as Fingons son makes since as the line of High kings goes from Finwe to the line of his eldest son but is then refused and given to the next eldest son Fingolfin and proceeds to travel down his line and this transition from Turgon to Gil-Galad makes since. But make Gil-Galad Orodreths son and there's a slight problem, after Turgons death the title of High King could essentially go to Earendil Turgons grandson or even back to the Feanorians. But instead it skips over to Turgons cousins grandson Gil-Galad. If you could answer this question for me I would ever be thankful, I have looked on many different sites about Gil-Galad and they all say different things. 