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- "My son and his wife were tortured into insanity by You-Know-Who's followers. They were Aurors, you know, and very well respected within the wizarding community. Highly gifted, the pair of them."
- —Augusta Longbottom regarding her son and daughter-in-law[src]
Longbottom was the surname of a pure-blood wizarding family, and one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. They were related to the Black and Abbott families, and more distantly to the Weasley, Crouch and Potter families.[6]
The Longbottoms did not appear to hold prejudice based on blood purity, although there are indications that they were considered more respectable than the Weasleys. For example, Callidora Black was not disowned by her family for marrying Harfang Longbottom,[6] implying that he was not considered a blood traitor. Their respectability may also stem from both Frank and Alice's popularity as accomplished Aurors.
The last few generations of the Longbottom family, however, had strong connections to the Order of the Phoenix and Dumbledore's Army. This clearly opposed notions of pure-blood supremacy, as the organisations fought on behalf of Muggles and Muggle-borns.[7][8]
Contents
Recent family history
Harfang Longbottom was a pure-blood wizard who married Callidora Black. The couple had two children, a son and a daughter.[9]
First Wizarding War
- "You have been brought here before the Council of Magical Law so that we may pass judgement on you, for a crime so heinous that we have rarely heard the like of it within this court."
- —Description of the attack on the Longbottoms[src]
Frank and Alice Longbottom were the parents of Neville Longbottom. They were both Aurors and members of the original Order of the Phoenix during the First Wizarding War before they were tortured to insanity by Bellatrix, Rodolphus, and Rabastan Lestrange; and Bartemius Crouch Jnr.[10]
The Longbottoms were placed in the Janus Thickey Ward for spell damage at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, where they stayed permanently. As a result, their son Neville was raised by his grandmother, Augusta Longbottom.[3]
Between the wars
Augusta and Neville visiting her son and her daughter-in-law at St Mungo's Hospital
Throughout his school years, Neville was mostly a shy, clumsy, introverted boy who was constantly being told by his grandmother that he was not good enough or living up to his parents' accomplishments.[11] He and his grandmother would frequently visit his parents in the spell damage ward at St Mungo's.[3] However, in his later years, he showed that he possessed great courage and perseverance: he became an important member of Dumbledore's Army, an organisation taught and led by Harry Potter.[12][4]
Second Wizarding War
- "I'll join you when hell freezes over! Dumbledore's Army! "
- —Neville bravely rejects Voldemort's offer to join him[src]
Neville slays Nagini during the final battle of the Second Wizarding War
Neville would later fight in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries,[13] the Battle of the Astronomy Tower,[14] and the Battle of Hogwarts.[15] During the Battle of Hogwarts, having refused Lord Voldemort's invitation to join the Death Eaters, he destroyed the seventh and final Horcrux when he beheaded the snake Nagini.[16]
He also co-led the D.A. during his final year in opposition to the Death Eater professors. Augusta later re-emerged at the Battle of Hogwarts to assist Neville when he called everyone to arms against the Death Eater army. She expressed great pride in her grandson for following in his parents' footsteps.[15] Augusta fought during the battle and survived.[17]
After the end of the Second Wizarding War, Neville briefly served as an Auror before becoming Hogwarts' professor of Herbology[5] and marrying Hannah Abbott. It is unknown whether the two ever had any children.
Recent family members
| Wizard(s) | Notes |
|---|---|
| Harfang Longbottom | A pure-blood wizard who married Callidora Black. |
| Callidora Longbottom
(née Black) |
Wife of Harfang Longbottom, sister of Cedrella Weasley (née Black) and Charis Crouch (née Black).[6] |
| Algie Longbottom | Brother of Mr Longbottom and uncle of Frank Longbottom.[18] |
| Enid Longbottom | Wife of Algie Longbottom and aunt-by-marriage of Frank Longbottom.[18] |
| Mr Longbottom | Brother of Algie Longbottom and father of Frank Longbottom.[18] |
| Augusta Longbottom | Wife of Mr Longbottom and mother of Frank Longbottom.[18] |
| Frank Longbottom | An Auror and member of the Order of the Phoenix, father of Neville Longbottom, son of Augusta Longbottom and husband of Alice Longbottom.[10] |
| Alice Longbottom | Wife of Frank Longbottom; an Auror and member of the Order of the Phoenix, mother of Neville Longbottom.[10] |
| Neville Longbottom | Son of Frank and Alice Longbottom;[3] a member of Dumbledore's Army and professor of Herbology at Hogwarts.[5] |
| Hannah Longbottom (née Abbott) | Wife of Neville Longbottom and landlady of the Leaky Cauldron[19] It is unknown if Neville Longbottom and Hannah Longbottom had any children. |
Family tree
Etymology
- Longbottom, in addition to being a compound word, means "long valley".
- The name itself is considered quite humorous, but "bottom" is an old word for "staying power." This seems to accurately fit Neville's personality and overall devotion to Harry Potter.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
- Quidditch Through the Ages (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play) (Mentioned only)
- The Queen's Handbag
- Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
- Harry Potter for Kinect
- LEGO Harry Potter
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World
- LEGO Dimensions
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter: The Character Vault
- Harry Potter: The Creature Vault
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- Pottermore
- Wizarding World
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 7 (The Sorting Hat)
- ↑ Horace Slughorn claimed that all Blacks were Sorted into Slytherin, but it´s unknown if this included spouses.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 23 (Christmas on the Closed Ward)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 18 (Dumbledore's Army)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Epilogue (Nineteen Years Later)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Black family tree
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- ↑ "Harfang" at Wiktionary
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 30 (The Pensieve)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 9 (The Half-Blood Prince)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 16 (In The Hog's Head)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 35 (Beyond the Veil)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 28 (Flight of the Prince)
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 31 (The Battle of Hogwarts)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 36 (The Flaw in the Plan)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 The Longbottom family tree from Pottermore
- ↑ "News Article" from MuggleNet
