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Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit and the main character of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. He also has a small (but essential) part in The Lord of the Rings.

Bilbo found the One Ring during his adventures in The Hobbit, and escaped from Gollum when he won a riddle competition with the question 'what have I got in my pocket?' Bilbo was the Ring Bearer for many decades with no idea of its significance, and it prolonged his life beyond normal limits. Bilbo left the Shire after his eleventy-first (111th) birthday, retiring to Rivendell, and leaving the Ring and all the rest of his estate to his nephew and heir Frodo.

  • In the German translation he is called Bilbo Beutlin.
  • In the French translation he is called Bilbo (or Bilbon) Sacquet.

See also: Middle-earth, Gandalf, the Shire, Hobbits

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