House Prince

**House Prince** is a Noble House of the Wizengamot that is currently led by Severus Snape.

## History

### Origins

House Prince was founded by Robert Prince, the Muggleborn son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her first husband, Francis II of France.

As a wizard who held claims to Scotland (through his mother), France (through his father) and England (again through his mother, who was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII) was considered too dangerous Robert was taken away from his family with all evidence of his existence erased.

Robert was taken to France where he was raised by the court wizard of his uncle, the new king of France. He graduated from Beauxbatons in 1580 and later moved back to Great Britain, which had been united in 1603 by his half-brother James VI and I.

### House Prince

House Prince was raised to the Wizengamot in 1655, with Robert presumably serving as it's first Lord. Robert designed a charter for his house that would save it from extinction in the 1990s, as the charter allowed for Muggleborn descendants of House Prince to claim their seat if no Pureblooded heirs remained. The charter also declared House Prince to be ambilineal, meaning any child of Lord Prince could inherit their seat no matter their gender.

Robert's great-granddaughter Mary Prince was born a squib and married into a Muggle family. Her husband Duncan Woodnutt would later become the 1st Duke of Forgill.

### Edward and Eileen Prince

In the 1950s Edward Prince, a vocal supporter of Lord Voldemort, was recruited into the Knights of Walpurgis. Lord Prince, Edward's father, was a blood purist but still dissaproved of his sons actions, going so far as to name Edward's younger sister Eileen his heir.

Edward soon concocted a scheme to remove his sister from the line of succession, binding her in an Unbreakable Vow to a random Muggle. Eileen and the Muggle, Tobias Snape, both under the influence of special Amortentia brewed by Boruslav Lestrange, swore to remain together and married for the rest of their lives, not even remarrying after the death of the other.

As the Prince charter now forbade Lord Prince from choosing Eileen as heir over Edward he had no choice but to present Edward with his Heir's Ring. A few months later Edward took his Heirship Oath, but because the oath included a vow to preserve the welfare of all other family members Edward lost his magic as soon as he swore the oath. Edward would only live for a few more days before the shock of losing his magic killed him.

After this, Lord Prince withdrew from public life, drinking himself into a perpetual stupor until he passed away in 1979.

### First Wizarding War

By the time of the First Wizarding War House Prince had been declared extinct. Severus Snape, the son of Eileen and Tobias, joined the Death Eaters hoping that after his victory Lord Voldemort would name him Lord Prince.

### Restoration

The Prince Seat in the Wizengamot would remain vacant until March of 1994, when Justin Finch-Fletchley, a Muggleborn descendant of Mary Prince, reclaimed the Prince seat with Severus Snape serving as his Regent and Magical Guardian.

## Canon Divergence

In JKR's books Eileen Prince is the only known member of the Prince Family, which has no known connection to European nobility. Justin Finch-Fletchley is also never said to have magical relatives, not even distant ones.

## References

Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 65 - Aftershocks,

Draco and Lucius meet to discuss Draco's friendship with Justin and Justin's ancestry.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 137 - The Future All Around Us, Waiting to Be Born (Pt 1),

Snape tells Sirius what he has learned about his family.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 132 - Lords of the Wizengamot,

Justin is confirmed as Heir of House Prince.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 32 - The Death Eater Snape,

Snape reveals his motivations for joining the Death Eaters to Harry and Neville.