Lestrange Family

## Lestrange

"*The Dark Lord will rise again, Crouch! Throw us into Azkaban; we will wait! He will rise again and will come for us, he will reward us beyond any of his other supporters! We alone were faithful! We alone tried to find him!*"
— **Bellatrix Lestrange** declaring **her family's loyalty**
**Lestrange** was the surname of an ancient pure-blood wizarding family, originally from France but also with branches in Great Britain, and one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. They were related to the Black, Malfoy, Tonks, Lupin, and Rosier families. Bellatrix Black married into the family only because it was expected of her to make a respectable pure-blood marriage.

The Lestranges were a very old and wealthy family with a vault at Gringotts Wizarding Bank full of treasure. Like the House of Black, many Lestranges practised the Dark Arts and believed in the notion of pure-blood supremacy, they disdained Muggles, Muggleborns, blood traitors, and in some cases halfbloods. Similar to the Gaunts, they were willing to intermarry with cousins to maintain their purity.

The Lestranges' family crest was the raven, with their massive family vault being located in Paris, in the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise.

## History

The Lestrange family, being named in the *Pureblood Directory* as one of the "Sacred Twenty-Eight" Pureblood families, dated back centuries in the British wizarding community.

The family produced a Minister for Magic during the 1800s: Radolphus Lestrange took a reactionary position, and attempted to shut down the Department of Mysteries, but was ignored by the Unspeakables and the rest of the Ministry. He resigned after six years in office due to ill health, which was rumoured to be an inability to cope with stress of the office.

During her time at Hogwarts around the 1910s, Leta Lestrange developed a close relationship with fellow student and magical beast enthusiast Newton Scamander. After one of Leta's experiments went wrong and endangered the life of a student, Newt Scamander took the blame and was expelled in her place. She would later cross paths with Newt again.

During the First and Second Wizarding Wars, the Lestranges supported Lord Voldemort and at least a few members of the family were Death Eaters. Voldemort named Bellatrix, Rodolphus, and Rabastan Lestrange among his most loyal followers, as they were the only Death Eaters who tried to find him after his defeat in 1981 and spent fourteen years in Azkaban because of their loyalty. Bellatrix, in particular, described herself as "*the Dark Lord's most loyal servant*". Bellatrix also had a "secret" relationship with Lord Voldemort and gave birth to two child with him before the Battle of Hogwarts. Bellatrix and Voldemort’s daughter was later named Delphini Riddle and a year before Delphini's birth, they had a son named Callisto Riddle. As Bellatrix and Voldemort both died in the Battle of Hogwarts; Callisto and Delphini grew up as an orphans but where later taken in my their aunt, Andromeda Tonks.

## Family Members

"*The family has, however, eschewed the somewhat dangerous practise of inter-marrying within such a small pool of pure-bloods that they become enfeebled or unstable, unlike a small minority of fanatic families such as the Gaunts and Lestranges, and many a half-blood appears on the Malfoy family tree.*"
— Description of the Malfoy Family
### Blood Relatives

* **Ermessende Lestrange** —
* **Euphraïlde Lestrange** —
* **Félicule Lestrange** —
* **Fortunade Lestrange** —
* **Gaidic Lestrange** —
* **Radolphus Lestrange** — Minister for Magic from 1835 to 1841.
* **F. Lestrange** —
* **R. Lestrange** —
* **Cyrille Lestrange I** — Brother of Corvus Lestrange I, husband of Darenne Moreau, and the father of Cyrille Lestrange II and Fulcran Lestrange I.
* **Corvus Lestrange I** — Brother of Cyrille Lestrange I, husband of Heloise Beaufort, and the father of Corvus Lestrange II and Falco Lestrange I.
* **Cyrille Lestrange II** — Son of Cyrille Lestrange I and Darenne Moreau, the brother of Fulcran Lestrange I, the husband of Balbine Leroy, and the father of Cyrille Lestrange III.
* **Fulcran Lestrange I** — Son of Cyrille Lestrange I and Darenne Moreau, the brother of Cyrille Lestrange II, the husband of Pucine Leroy, and the father of Fulcran Lestrange II.
* **Corvus Lestrange II** — Son of Corvus Lestrange I and Heloise Beaufort, the husband of Minette Rosier, and the father of Manon, Josette, and Corvus Lestrange III.
* **Falco Lestrange** — Son of Corvus Lestrange and Heloise Beaufort, the brother of Corvus Lestrange II, husband of Salomé Volant, and the father of Eglantine and Leonie Lestrange.
* **Fulcran Lestrange II** — Son of Fulcran Lestrange I and Pucine Leroy, the husband of Sotére Lestrange, and the father of Balbine Lestrange II, Pucine Lestrange II, and Fulcran Lestrange III.
* **Manon Lestrange** — Daughter of Corvus Lestrange II and Minette Rosier and the sister of Josette and Corvus Lestrange III.
* **Josette Lestrange** — Daughter of Corvus Lestrange II and Minette Rosier, the sister of Manon and Corvus Lestrange III, the wife of Reynard Gage, and the mother of Louis and Mathis Gage.
* **Corvus Lestrange III** — Son of Corvus Lestrange II and Minette Rosier and the brother of Manon and Josette Lestrange.
* **Eglantine Lestrange** — Daughter of Falco Lestrange and Salomé Volant, the sister of Leonie Lestrange, wife and cousin of Corvus Lestrange III, and mother of Corvus Lestrange IV.
* **Leonie Lestrange** — Daughter of Falco Lestrange and Salomé Volant, the sister of Eglantine Lestrange, wife of Bernard Tremblay, and the mother of Clarisse and Falco Tremblay.
* **Nozéa Lestrange** — Daughter of Fulcran Lestrange III and Quintilla Lestrange.

### Relatives by Marriage

* **Céléase Volant** —
* **Nozéa Trouche** —
* **Heloise Beaufort** — Wife of Corvus Lestrange I and mother of Corvus Lestrange II.
* **Darenne Moreau** — Wife of Cyrille Lestrange I and mother of Cyrille Lestrange II and Fulcran Lestrange I.
* **Salomé Volant** — Wife of Falco Lestrange and mother of Eglantine and Leonie Lestrange.
* **Minette Rosier** — Wife of Corvus Lestrange II and mother of Manon, Josette and Corvus Lestrange III.
* **Balbine Leroy** — Wife of Cyrille Lestrange II and mother of Cyrille Lestrange III.
* **Pucine Leroy** — Wife of Fulcran Lestrange I and mother of Fulcran Lestrange II.
* **Luminosa Trouche** — Wife of Cyrille Lestrange III and mother of Cyrille Lestrange IV and Floxel Lestrange.
* **Sotére Petit** — Wife of Fulcran Lestrange II and mother of Balbine Lestrange II, Pucine Lestrange II, and Fulcran Lestrange (III).
* **Jodelle Volant** — Wife of Floxel Lestrange and mother of Quintilla Lestrange.
* **Sebastien Perrot** — Husband of Manon Lestrange and the father of Odile, Laurelle, and Huguette Perrot.
* **Reynard Gage** — Husband of Josette Lestrange and the father of Louis and Mathis Gage.
* **Bernard Tremblay** — Husband of Leonie Lestrange and the father of Clarisse and Falco Tremblay.
* **Laurena Kama** — Kidnapped wife of Mustafa Kama, first wife of Corvus Lestrange IV, and the mother of Leta Lestrange.
* **Clarisse Tremblay** — Daughter of Leonie Lestrange and Bernard Tremblay, the sister of Falco Tremblay, the cousin and second wife of Corvus Lestrange IV, the mother of Corvus Lestrange V, and the step-mother of Leta Lestrange.
* **Bellatrix Black** — A fanatically loyal Death Eater killed by Molly Weasley during the Battle of Hogwarts. She is also the wife of Rodolphus Lestrange and the mother of Rastaban and Vulpecula Lestrange.

### Distant Relatives

* **Louis Gage** — Son of Josette Lestrange and Reynard Gage and the brother of Mathis Gage.
* **Mathis Gage** — Son of Josette Lestrange and Reynard Gage and the brother of Louis Gage.
* **Odile Perrot** — Daughter of Manon Lestrange and Sebastien Perrot and the sister of Huguette and Laurelle Perrot.
* **Laurelle Perrot** — Daughter of Manon Lestrange and Sebastien Perrot and the sister of Odile and Huguette Perrot.
* **Huguette Perrot** — Daughter of Manon Lestrange and Sebastien Perrot and the sister of Odile and Laurelle Perrot.
* **Falco Tremblay** — Son of Leonie Lestrange and Bernard Tremblay and the brother of Clarisse Tremblay.

## Etymology

The name 'Lestrange' echoes the French phrase *l'étrange*, literally "the strange one", referring to Bellatrix's mental disturbance. In Old French, *estrange* means "foreigner". The surname may allude to English journalist Roger L'Estrange, who was known for opposing religious toleration and for being involved in plots against the government of William and Mary, similar to the Lestranges' intolerance about blood purity and involvement in the Death Eaters organisation.

## Behind the Scenes

* Although it is pronounced le-STRANGE in the films, the Scholastic Official Website states that it is pronounced la-STRAWNGE.
* In *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald*, Albus Dumbledore refered to Corvus Lestrange V as the last male member of the Lestrange family, though it is possible that he meant the French branch.

## Appearances

* *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire* (Appears in flashback(s))
* *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*
* *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)*
* *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)*
* *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*
* *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)*
* *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)*
* *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*
* *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1*
* *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)*
* *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2*
* *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)*
* *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)* (Appears in photographs)
* *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald*
* *The Archive of Magic: The Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald*

## See Also

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