Florinda Rosier

## Florinda Rosier (née Yaxley)

**Florinda Rosier** (née **Yaxley**) (24 June, 1900 - 2 January, 1976) was a pure-blood witch, the firstborn daughter of Bertram Yaxley and his wife, Mathilda Yaxley (née Greengrass). She was the sister of Serafina, Eugenia, Lucinda, and Corban Yaxley. She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from September 1911 to June 1918. She married Marcelin Rosier, a member of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Rosier. She had two children with him, Druella and Anselm Rosier.

Her daughter, Druella, married Cygnus Black IV, of the House of Black, but the two of them divorced in the 1960s after having three children together, all girls. Her son, Anselm, married Anastasia Vulchanov, a Russian witch, and they too, had three children, including Evan, Felix, and Boniface Rosier.

She was the grandmother of Bellatrix Lestrange, Andromeda Tonks, Narcissa Malfoy, Evan Rosier, Felix Rosier, and Boniface Roser. She was the great-grandmother of Nymphadora Tonks and Draco Malfoy. She died in 1976 at the age of 75.

## Biography

### Early life (1900-1911)

Florinda Yaxley was born on 24 June, 1900, in Upton Noble, Somerset, England. Upton Noble is the place where the Yaxleys have made their homes for generations; and is home to a medium-sized Yaxley family property, where Florinda and her sisters grew up. She was the daughter of Bertram Yaxley, of Upton Noble, and Mathilda Greengrass, of a different village in the West Country.

When Florinda was six, she gained a sister, Serafina, born 30 October, 1906, and another when she was ten. Eugenia was born on 5 September, 1910.

### Hogwarts years (1911-1918)

Florinda Yaxley received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1911. Before attending, she purchased a wand made of an unknown length and core from Ollivander's Wand Shop in Diagon Alley. She then boarded the Hogwarts Express at King's Cross Station on 1 September, 1911, and was Sorted into Slytherin House later that night.

Florinda grew up surrounded by other members of the Sacred Twenty-Eight, upon getting sorted into Slytherin. Others in her year and house included Octavia Carrow, Griselda Goshawk, and Rowina Greengrass, her second cousin, who became her close friend.

#### Engagement and marriage (1919-1921)

In 1919, it was announced that Florinda Yaxley was engaged to Marcelin Rosier, a member of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Rosier. They finally married in 1921.

### Later life (1922-1976)

Florinda gave birth to a stillborn child in 1922, one year after she married Marcelin Rosier. Three failed pregnancies would follow before their only daughter, Druella Rosier, was born in 1930. In 1932, she gave birth to their son, Anselm Rosier.

Florinda's daughter Druella Rosier began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1941, with Anselm following in 1943. In 1949, after completing her education, Florinda's daughter Druella became engaged to Cygnus Black IV, a son of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black.

Druella and Cygnus married in 1950, and in 1951 Florinda's first grandchild was born, Bellatrix Black. In 1952, she became a grandmother for the second time when her daughter's second child, Andromeda, was born. In 1955, Druella's third daughter, Narcissa Black, was born.

Anselm Rosier married Anastasia Vulchanov, a Russian witch from a prominent pure-blood family, in 1953. They did not have any children until 1961, when their son Evan was born. Seven years later, a second son, Felix was born. Their third son, Boniface, was born in 1970.

In 1963, Cygnus and Druella attempted to duel each other to the death. It was not known what caused the intense firestorm of anger that was unleashed, only that they could not stay together anymore. Andromeda, then eleven, and Narcissa, aged eight, bore witness to the duel which left Druella in hospital for a week. They separated after that, citing irreconcilable differences. Druella left the manor and all three of her children and did not even demand to see them. Narcissa, eight, was heartbroken. Andromeda, eleven, and already a witness of the fact that her mother was an abusive terrifying person, was thankful, but relieved, and Bellatrix, twelve, had no idea what had happened and came home for Christmas to find their mother gone and their father sulking in his room. Bellatrix was always Druella's favourite, and it was no secret that she was devastated. She became prone to throwing insane tantrums and demanding that she go live with her mother, who would teach her dark magic, but even Druella didn't want to see her and Bellatrix didn't understand.

In 1975, Florinda's granddaughter, Bellatrix, joined the Dark Lord Voldemort's organisation, pledging her loyalty to him and becoming a Death Eater.

## Etymology

The name Florinda comes from '*floris,*' meaning flower.