Walburga Black is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series. She was a matriarch of the House of Black. Her name may be a reference to both the Catholic Saint Walpurga and to that saint's feast day, Walpurgis Night, traditionally considered a festival of witch. Also, in early drafts, the Death Eaters were named the Knights of Walpurgis. Unlike most members of the Black family, her name is not related to a star or constellation.
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Walburga Black is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series. She was a matriarch of the House of Black. Her name may be a reference to both the Catholic Saint Walpurga and to that saint's feast day, Walpurgis Night, traditionally considered a festival of witch. Also, in early drafts, the Death Eaters were named the Knights of Walpurgis. Unlike most members of the Black family, her name is not related to a star or constellation.
Walburga was born in 1925, to Pollux Black and Irma Black nￃﾩe Crabbe, as the oldest of three siblings. Her brothers were Alphard and Cygnus Black. She married her second cousin, Orion Black, and was the mother of Sirius Black and Regulus Black. She is the sister-in-law of Druella Black nￃﾩe Rosier and paternal aunt of Bellatrix Lestrange nￃﾩe Black, Andromeda Tonks nￃﾩe Black, and Narcissa Malfoy nￃﾩe Black. Walburga had two paternal aunts and one paternal uncle of her own: Cassiopeia Black, Marius Black (a Squib), and Dorea Potter nￃﾩe Black. She had...
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