Matilda Malfoy

## Matilda Viola Aria Malfoy (née Burke)

**Matilda Viola Aria Malfoy (née Burke)** (born 31 December, 1930 - 5 June, 1999), also known as **Matilda, Duchess of Wiltshire** in the muggle world, was an Irish (with her mother being German) pure-blood witch and was the second daughter of Daire Burke II and Viktoria Burke (née Kreisler). As she was born in a pure-blood family, she was taught about blood purity and the importance of it, though it is unknown whether or not she cared about it or not. Her childhood best friends were her future husband, Abraxas Malfoy, her cousin Amalia Kreisler and Agustina Kreisler, Lucila Greengrass (née Travers) and her siblings. She had a wide range of hobbies as well, including reading, writing and playing the flute.

Matilda attended Hogwarts from 1941 - 1948 and was sorted into Slytherin House. She had trouble making friends at first, so she stayed close with Abraxas and Lucila. She did make another friend though, and it was Zelda Fawley (née Longbottom). She was a girl in Ravenclaw and the two had a close relationship and hung out a lot together. Matilda started dating Abraxas from 1946 when he blurted out his feelings for her in the annual Malfoy Winter Ball. She excelled at all of her subjects but she mainly enjoyed transfiguration and Arithmancy. She later studied Advanced Arithmancy and Study of the Ancient Runes, in which she excelled at as well.

In 1950, she married her long-time boyfriend and friend Abraxas Malfoy in an extravagant wedding and became Lady Matilda Malfoy of Wiltshire. In 1953, she gave birth to the couple's only son, Lord Lucius Malfoy. Two years later, she gave birth to their only daughter and last child, Lady Pandora Lovegood (née Malfoy), whom later married Xenophellius Lovegood. Later in 1955, she attained the title of 'Duchess of Wiltshire' after her father-in-law passed away that year. She was named godmother of Lucila's son Jasper and Zelda's daughter Isla. She died at the age of 68 in 1999, 3 years after her husband did. Her funeral was attended by her family and close friends including Lucila and Zelda.

## Biography

### Early Life (1930s)

Matilda Viola Aria Malfoy (née Burke) was born on 31 December, 1930 to Daire Burke II and Viktoria Burke (née Kreisler) at Burke Estate, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland. Her parents were both born into wealthy pure-blood families and her paternal side of the family, the Burkes, were traditionally sorted into Slytherin, whilst her maternal side of the family attended Durmstrang or Koldovstoretz in Russia. Due to her mother being German, Matilda was actually half Irish, half German. By the time Matilda attended Hogwarts, she knew how to speak English, German, French, Italian, Russian and a little bit of Slovak.

Her parents raised her to be a kind, smart and cunning girl. Before attending Hogwarts, Matilda mainly stayed at the Burke Family House in England. At the time, her branch of the family wasn't the main branch, and so when the main branch of the family had gone extinct, all of a sudden, her family had the responsibility of continuing the Burke family. Their family then moved to the Burke Manor in England when she was 15 and she spent the rest of her life before graduating Hogwarts there.

Matilda was taught all the subjects and skills an average pure-blood child needed to know by her parents. As stated earlier, they were not the main branch of the family, and so her family weren't very rich. She learnt languages from her other relatives like her great aunt Maureen who taught her Italian and her aunt Alžbìta who taught her Slovak.

Of course, she was taught about blood purity, but her parents never went into too much detail about it, since they never needed to care anyway. It is also unknown whether or not Matilda has ever cared about it or not.