Is Legolas older than Elrond?

I'm reading the fall of Gondolin and at one point the citizens of the city are fleeing over a plain, they are led by Legolas Greenleaf (page 100 in my book). At the same time the son of Tuor and Idril Eärendil, is 8 years old, he is also the father of Elrond.
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Is Arwen older than Legolas?

He's older than Arwen shes 2901. But he's younger than Elladan & Elrohir they're both near 3000. Legolas is 2931.
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How old is Legolas in elven years?

Legolas is 20 yéni old; that's going to make him feel a lot younger than saying he's 2,993 years old. That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
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Is Elrond the oldest Elf?

He was one of the wisest and most foresighted of the Elves, and by the Second Age the oldest known elf in Middle-earth, to remain so throughout that age and into the Fourth Age as well.
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How old is Legolas human years?

According to the movie people, Legolas is 2,931 years old - and according to the book people, Aragorn was born in the year 2931 of the Third Age, meaning that during the quest his birth year is the same number as Legolas's age.
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Is Legolas older than Gandalf?

Gandalf has a younger form in Middle-Earth who is appeared to be about 60 but in reality he is 2019 making him older than Middle-Earth. Legolas was not born in TA 87, that date was made up for a reference book to the films.
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How old is Elrond?

The First Age lasted 587 years, and the Second Age 3441 years. This means Elrond is roughly 6437 during The Hobbit and 6497 in The Lord of the Rings. And yet he doesn't look a day over 3000.
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Who is the oldest living elf in LOTR?

The Oldest Elf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy is Cirdan the Shipwright. The bodies of Elves live indefinitely (they do not age) in Middle-Earth, but they can be killed, or so badly wounded that their spirits forsake their bodies.
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Are Legolas and Arwen related?

Legolas is King Thranduil's Son and Arwen is Lord Elrond's daughter and as far as I know, Elrond and Thranduil had no relation to each other.
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Who is the oldest in Middle-earth?

Both Tom and Treebeard were referred to as the oldest living creatures of Arda, though it is not clear which of the two is the oldest. However, according to Tolkien's letters, it is implied that Bombadil was the oldest living being in Middle-earth.
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Is Legolas a half elf?

Character. Although he lived among them, Legolas was not fully of the Silvan Elves. As a son of the Elven-king Thranduil, who had originally come from Doriath, Legolas was at least half Sindar; his mother's identity is completely unknown.
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Is Legolas in the 2nd age?

He was around during the second age. And he also did not like Gil-Galad. According to the LOTR film guide Legolas was born in TA 87 making him 2931 years old at the time of the War of the Ring.
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What age was Legolas born in?

Legolas was portrayed by Orlando Bloom. In the "official movie guide" for The Lord of the Rings, a birthdate for Legolas is set to 87 of the Third Age. This would make him 2931 years old at the time of the War of the Ring.
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Who is older Gimli and Aragorn?

Gimli was 139 years old (born in 2879 of the Third Age) when the Fellowship of the Ring set out from Rivendell, making him 52 years older than Aragorn.
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How much older is Arwen than Aragorn?

Aragorn was 88 (having aged 45 years) and Arwen 2778 (having aged 33 years)
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Is Legolas a GREY elf?

Legolas was the son of Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood, who appeared as "the Elvenking" in The Hobbit. Thranduil, one of the Sindar or "Grey Elves", ruled over the Silvan Elves or "Wood-elves" of Mirkwood.
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Is Legolas a high elf?

In it, she talks a lot about how Legolas, although he is Sindar (High-Elven), identifies as a Wood-Elf, to the point of acting more like a subject of Thranduil than his son.
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Is Aragorn half elf?

Aragorn isn't a half-elf, he's a tiny fraction of an elf. Elros, who was a half-elf (actually 9/16), was his very remote ancestor. But more importantly, the heirs of Elros were not given the choice to be elven or human, although the Valar did grant them unusually long life-spans.
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Is Treebeard older than Cirdan?

So, the Ents were awoken by the probably the 3rd generation of the Elves, which is possibly the generation of Cirdan. Thus, it makes him older than Treebeard in this sense.
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Who is the youngest elf in Middle-earth?

The youngest elf whose birthdate is actually listed by Tolkien is Arwen, who is around 2800.
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Who was the last elf to leave Middle-earth?

Celeborn leaves to sail to the Undying Lands, as seen in The Return of the King. Galadriel left Middle-earth to return to the Undying Lands in 3021 at the end of the Third Age. Celeborn remained in Lothlórien, but after a few years he began to grow weary.
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What type of Elf is Legolas?

Legolas is a Sindarin Elf from the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood. His father, Thranduil, is the King of the Silvan Elves living in that realm, making Legolas the Prince of Mirkwood.
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Was Elrond a high Elf?

As one of the Peredhil (Half-elven), Elrond was a member of a special family that combined the ruling lines of the High Elves (Noldor), Grey Elves (Sindar), and the Three Houses of the Edain (the Folk of Beor, the Folk of Haleth, and the Folk of Marach).
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