Galadriel was a Noldor princess who was born in Eldamar during the Ages of Starlight. Tall and beautiful , with golden hair of her Teleri mother Eärwen, she was called Altariel in Eldamar. During the First Age of the Sun in Beleriand, Galadriel lived with her brother Finrod, in Nargothrond, before entering the Sinder realm of Doriath where she was befriended by Queen Melian and the Grey-elf prince, Celeborn. From the beginning of the Second Age, the couple and thier only child Celebrían, Lived in Lindon; then in the eighth century they moved to Eregion, the realm of the Elven smiths.
Later Galadriel and Celeborn crossed the Misty Mountains and came to rule over their own kingdom in the Golden Wood of Lothlórien. Commanding one of the Three Elven Rings of Power, Galadriel used her powers to weave a ring of enchantment and protection around Lothlórien. During the time of the War of the Ring, Galadriel gave shelter and magical gifts to the Fellowship of the Ring. During the War itself, Galadriel repelled three attempts at invasion, and use powers to bring down the walls of Dol Guldur and cleanse Mirkwood. Then, as the Third Age ended, she sailed to the Undying Lands.