Herondale Family

Lightwood family

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**The Herondale family** is an old Shadowhunter family.

## History

In the early 1800s, Tobias Herondale had a son with his wife, Eva. When Eva was executed, it was widely believed that their son died with her, but the child was saved by Catarina Loss and raised among mundanes. Because of this, a line of Herondales lived on without the Clave's knowledge. At one point, they were interbred with faerie blood, specifically that of the First Heir of the Faerie Courts. They were in hiding for centuries before Kit Herondale, the last of the line, was orphaned and forced to live among Nephilim in 2012.

Regarding the known line of Herondales descended from Tobias's brother, in 1878, Will Herondale came into contact with the angel Ithuriel, specifically on his shoulder. Will's sons and subsequent male descendants have all since been born with star-shaped marks on their shoulders as well.

### 1870s

Will Herondale, the son of exiled Shadowhunter Edmund Herondale and Linette Owens, trained at the London Institute with his *parabatai* Jem Carstairs. It was there that he met and fell in love with Tessa Gray. After the Clockwork War, Will and Tessa got married. In 1886, their first child, James, was born, quickly followed by their daughter, Lucie, in 1887.

### 1903

In 1903, James Herondale married Cordelia Carstairs. They lived at 48 Curzon Street in Mayfair, London. According to the "found" family tree, they had a son named Owen.

### The Circle and Valentine's Experiments

Stephen Herondale married Amatis Graymark. However, due to the influence of Valentine Morgenstern and the Circle, he later divorced Amatis and married Céline Montclaire. Stephen and Céline later find out that Céline is pregnant, however, Stephen later dies in a werewolf raid led by Valentine. Due to Valentine giving the child excessive amounts of angel blood, the baby is cut out of Céline and she is killed by either Hodge Starkweather or Valentine. Valentine raises the child as his own, posing as Michael Wayland. He names the child Jonathan.

### Jace

In 2000, Jace moves to New York to live with the Lightwood family after Valentine fakes his own death. In 2007, he meets Clary Fray, who is trying to rescue her mother from Valentine. Through their adventures (along with Izzy, Alec, Magnus, and Simon), Jace slowly comes to find out about his true parentage and that he is a Herondale. Jace is famous in the Shadow World for being a hero in both the Mortal War and Dark War along with his wife, Clary.

### The Lost Herondale

In 2012, it is discovered that there is another line of Herondales that the Clave didn't know about. This line of Herondales has fey heritage. In 2012, fifteen-year-old Kit Herondale, the last of the line, is forced to live with the Nephilim when he is orphaned. He goes to live with Tessa Gray and Jem Carstairs.

### The Next Generation

In 2013, Clary and Jace start to have children. Due to both of them having excess angel blood because of Valentine's experiments, their children have exceptional abilities, including the ability to perform magic. Their children include Emmy, Stevie, Ella, Liam, Jonathan, Ava, Celina, and Adele.

## Family Members

* William Herondale
* Tobias Herondale
* Edmund Herondale
* William Herondale (1861-1937)
* Ella Herondale (1859-1873)
* Cecily Herondale (1863-1945)
* Lucie Herondale (1887-1959)
* James Herondale (1886-1963)
* Owen Herondale (1912-1971)
* Marcus Herondale (1943-1991)
* Imogen Whitelaw Herondale (1946-2007)
* Stephen Herondale (1966-1991)
* Amatis Herondale (1967-2007)
* Celine Montclaire Herondale (1971-1991)
* Jace Herondale (1991-)
* Clary Fairchild Herondale (1991-)
* Emmy Herondale (2013-)
* Stevie Herondale (2013-)
* Ella Herondale (2017-)
* Liam Herondale (2019-)
* Jonathan Herondale (2019-)
* Ava Herondale (2022-)
* Adele Herondale (2026-)
* Celina Herondale (2024-)
* Ephraim Loss (1828)
* Roland Loss
* Rosemary
* Kit Herondale (1997-)

## Symbol

The symbol of the family is a bird called the heron. Their ring, in particular, has a pattern of herons in flight.

## Etymology

The name Herondale comes from the words "Heron" and "Dale". "Heron" is a bird and "dale" is another word for valley, especially a broad one.