Bellatrix Lestrange

Bellatrix Lestrange, also known as Bella, Bellatrix Black and Madam, is a character from the Harry Potter series.
== Charactah Account ==
Bellatrix was a British pure-blood witch and a member of the noble House of Black. She was the eldest daughter of Cygnus and Druella Black, the elder sister of Andromeda Tonks and Narcissa Malfoy and the cousin of Sirius and Regulus Black. Bellatrix started her education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the early sixties, and was Sorted into Slytherin House.
After graduating from Hogwarts, Bellatrix became a Death Eater. She was fanatically loyal to Lord Voldemort and was among the most dangerous and sadistic of his followers. All the Black sisters married pure-blood wizards, except for Andromeda who married Muggle-born Ted Tonks and was disowned by the family.
After Voldemort's fall from power, Bellatrix, her husband Rodolphus Lestrange, her brother-in-law Rabastan Lestrange, and Barty Crouch Jr captured and brutally tortured the Aurors Frank and Alice Longbottom, seeking information about Voldemort's whereabouts which eventually drove the two Aurors insane. The four Death Eaters were caught and sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban. Voldemort eventually returned to full strength in 1995 and Bellatrix, Rodolphus, and Rabastan escaped from Azkaban in the 1996 mass break-out, along with seven other Death Eaters.
== Appearance ==
=== Literature ===
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
* Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
* Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
=== Movies ===
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
* Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
=== Video Games ===
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
* Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
* LEGO Dimensions
* LEGO Harry Potter Collection
* LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
== Trivia ==
* Like many members of the House of Black, Bellatrix's name is derived from that of a star. Bellatrix is the third brightest star in the constellation Orion. It is also known as the Amazon Star, which is one of Orion's seven brightest stars. In fact, it's the twenty-seventh brightest star in the night sky. The Amazons were warrior women in Greek mythology, which is presumably an allusion to Bellatrix being among the most dangerously skilled Death Eaters. Her name likely has Latin, French and English origins: Bella is Latin both for the plural of bellum, meaning war, and the feminine singular adjective meaning "beautiful;" trix is Latin feminine suffix (i.e. Bellatrix is the Latin word for a female warrior or a personification of feminine beauty). 'Bellatrix' also translates directly to 'war-like'.
* Lestrange is likely a play on l'étrange, which is French meaning "the strange one". Her name thus alludes to her own mental instability, although technically Lestrange came from Bellatrix's husband Rodolphus.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Bellatrix Lestrange at Harry Potter Wiki
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