Bellatrix Lestrange

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## Biographical Information

### Loyalty

* Black Family
* Rosier Family
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Formerly)
	+ Slytherin
		- Gang of Slytherins
* Lestrange Family
* Malfoy Family
* Lightwood Family
* Lord Voldemort
	+ Death Eaters

### Titles

* Madam
* Bella (by Narcissa Malfoy, Emilia Black, Lord Voldemort, Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Kreacher)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Rosier Family (Relatives)
* Crabbe Family (Relatives)
* Phineas Nigellus Black † (Paternal Ancestor)
* Ursula Black † (Paternal Ancestor)
* Cygnus Black III †  (Father)
* Druella Black † (Mother)
* Rodolphus Lestrange (Husband)
* Rabastan Lestrange (Brother-In-Law)
* Ethan Lightwood (Brother-In-Law)
* Robert Lightwood (Brother-In-Law)
* Lucius Malfoy (Brother-In-Law)
* Edward Tonks † (Brother-In-Law)
* Andromeda Tonks (Younger Sister)
* Narcissa Malfoy (Younger Sister)
* Maryse Lightwood (Sister-In-Law)
* Emilia Black (Younger Sister)
* Nymphadora Lupin † (Niece)
* Draco Malfoy (Nephew)
* Maggie Black (Niece)
* Aurora Riddle (Daughter)

## Supernatural Information

### Wand

* 12¾", Walnut, Dragon Heartstring
* Unknown Length, Wood, and Core

## Physical Appearance

### Height

* 5'2" (Feet)
* 1.57 (Meters)

## Appearance

### Played By

* Helena Bonham Carter

**Bellatrix "Bella" Lestrange** (née **Black**) was a British pure-blood witch, the eldest daughter of Cygnus and Druella Black, and the elder sister of Andromeda Tonks, Narcissa Malfoy, and Emilia Black. She was a member of the House of Black, an old wizarding family and one of the Sacred Thirty. Bellatrix started her education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the early sixties (either 1962 or 1963), 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 Jnr 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.

Bellatrix participated in several battles of the Second Wizarding War, making it a particular goal to murder any relatives who were members of the Order of the Phoenix. She successfully murdered two, her cousin Sirius Black and niece Nymphadora Tonks. She also murdered the Malfoy family's former house-elf, Dobby, who had become a firm ally of Harry Potter and Hope Mikaelson. During the final battle, Bellatrix was the last Death Eater standing. She was eventually killed by Natalia Lightwood after her attempted murders of George and Ginny Weasley.

Before her death, Bellatrix secretly gave birth to an illegitimate daughter named Aurora Riddle, whom she conceived with her beloved master, Lord Voldemort. Aurora was conceived sometime after the Battle of the Department of Mysteries in 1996 and before the Skirmish at Malfoy Manor in 1998.