Brutus Malfoy II

## Brutus Malfoy, 15th Duke of Wiltshire

**Brutus Malfoy II** (**1 June**, **1801** - **9 August**, **1883**) was a pure-blood English wizard who lived during the 19th Century. He was an early member of the House of Malfoy, the son of Armand Malfoy II, and Wilhelmina Malfoy (née Fawley), the husband of Severina Malfoy (née Crouch), and the father of Marius Malfoy. He was the sister of Honora Nott (née Malfoy), wife of Caecilius Nott.

He was born in Marseilles, Cher, Centre, France. He was educated at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Scotland, from 1812 to 1819. He was a member of Slytherin House. He married Severina Crouch in 1835. They had only one child together, Marius. He was the Head of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Malfoy from 1840 to his death in 1883, a reign of nearly 43 years.

Brutus Malfoy was the paternal grandfather of Septimus Malfoy I, and the paternal great-grandfather of Septimus Malfoy II. His second great-grandson was Abraxas, and his third great-grandson was Lucius Malfoy II, thereby making Brutus the fourth great-grandfather of Draco Malfoy.

## Biography

### Early life (1801-1834)

Brutus Malfoy II was born on 1 June, 1801, at the Malfoy's summer country estate just outside of Marseilles, Cher, Centre, France. He was the son of Armand Malfoy II and Wilhelmina Malfoy (née Fawley). He was born into a very old, wealthy and gentry wizarding family, and raised in the lap of luxury at the family estate, a magnificent mansion in Wiltshire, England, which had been in his family's possession for many centuries. He had a sister, Lady Honora, who was born in 1803.

In the year 1812, at the age of eleven, he began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was sorted into Slytherin House, where numerous like-minded young idealists are also often found. The young Brutus was a rather studious wizard. He was made Prefect in 1816 and later Head Boy in the year 1818.

### Later life (1835-1883)

Brutus Malfoy married Severina Crouch in the year 1835. A year later, they had their only child, Marius Malfoy, in 1836. Four years later, upon the death of his father, Armand Malfoy II, he became Head of the House of Malfoy, and his only son was elevated to the status of heir, from heir apparent, at the age of four.

#### Death (1883)

Brutus was the Head of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Malfoy from 1840 to his death in 1883, a reign of nearly 43 years. He died on 9 August, 1883, at the age of 82. Upon his death, his status as Head of the House Malfoy passed on to his son, Marius, who would keep the position for a period of twelve years until his death in 1892.

#### Legacy

He was the paternal grandfather of Septimus Malfoy I, and the paternal great-grandfather of Septimus Malfoy II. His second great-grandson was Abraxas, and his third great-grandson was Lucius Malfoy II, thereby making Brutus the fourth great-grandfather of Draco Malfoy.

He was also the paternal great-grandfather of Lady Òceane Moon (née Malfoy), who was the mother of a man called Horace Moon. His third great-grandson was Silas Moon, whose daughter, Pandora, was later disowned for marrying a man called Xenophilius Lovegood without her father's permission. Furthermore, Brutus was the fifth great-grandfather of Luna Lovegood, their daughter, who became a member of Dumbledore's Army and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts during the Second Wizarding War.

## Etymology

The name Brutus is a Roman cognomen meaning "heavy" in Latin. Famous bearers include Lucius Junius Brutus, the traditional founder of the Roman Republic, and Marcus Junius Brutus, the statesman who conspired to assassinate Julius Caesar. The Malfoy family seemed to possess a tradition of naming their children after famous Roman emperors or statesmen. However, Brutus was most likely named for his ancestor, Brutus Malfoy I, who was most famous for his empirical work "*A Warlock at War*," written at the height of the troubles and witch hunts pre-dating the Statute of Secrecy.