Wife of Thain Fortinbras II. Lalia Clayhanger was born in 2883. She married Fortinbras Took in 2914 when she was 31. Their son Ferumbras was born in 2916. Upon the death of her husband in 2980, Lalia became the nominal head of the Took family. According to Hobbit custom, her son would not succeed her until her death. She ruled for 22 years. Lalia was a powerful and memorable though not well-loved matriarch. It was said that Ferumbras remained unmarried because no Hobbit-maid wanted Lalia as a mother-in-law.
Lalia was so fat that she could not walk and had to be pushed in a wheelchair. She was thus unable to attend Bilbo Baggins' Farewell Party in 3001. One day in the spring of 3002, Lalia was pushed by her attendant to take air at the Great Door of the Great Smials. The chair ran over the threshold and tipped and Lalia fell down the steps into the garden and died. It was rumored that the attendant was Pearl Took, sister of Pippin Took. After Ferumbras became Thain, Pearl received a pearl necklace that was a Took family heirloom.