Rubeus Hagrid's father

Mr Hagrid
Biographical information
Died	Between 1 September 1941 and 31 August 1942
Marital status	Separated
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Height	Short
Eye colour	Black
Relationship information
Family members	Fridwulfa (ex-wife) † Rubeus Hagrid (son) Hagrid family
Affiliation
Loyalty	Hagrid family

"I could pick him up at the age of 6 and put him on top of the dresser. But enough about me...what about you?"

— Rubeus Hagrid discussing his father to Olympe Maxime

Mr Hagrid (d. 1941/1942) was a wizard who was Rubeus Hagrid's father and the first husband of Fridwulfa. He was short, not only in comparison to his giantess wife and half-giant son, but by human standards as well.

Biography

Rubeus and his father

Nothing is known of Mr Hagrid's life before he married the giantess Fridwulfa, who gave birth to their son Rubeus (a half-giant) on 6 December 1928.

Fridwulfa was disappointed with their son's small stature and left the family when Rubeus was three years old, leaving Mr Hagrid heartbroken.

Mr Hagrid raised his son alone. By the time Rubeus was six, he was large and strong enough to lift his father up onto a dresser if Mr Hagrid annoyed him.

Mr Hagrid was at first unsure whether Rubeus could be a wizard, considering his giant blood, but he was delighted when Rubeus received his Hogwarts acceptance letter in 1940. By that point, Rubeus could carry his father on his shoulders, and Mr Hagrid was described as "beaming" in a photograph taken of them together. Mr Hagrid died when Rubeus was in his second year at Hogwarts, and therefore, to Rubeus' relief, he never knew about his son's expulsion from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry the next year.

Legacy

In 1994, Rubeus, now gamekeeper at Hogwarts, recounted the story of how he was able to pick up his father and put him up onto a dresser by the age of six, during his brief romantic relationship with Olympe Maxime, a fellow half-giant.

Personality and traits

""Never be ashamed," my ol' dad used ter say, "there's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth botherin' with.""

— Rubeus Hagrid describing his father's stoic attitude towards Rubeus' half-giant status

Mr Hagrid was clearly quite receptive and encouraging of his son's status as a half-giant, unlike the rest of the wizarding world, which typically viewed half-breeds with disdain and prejudice. He was likely quite stoic in life, exemplified by one of his regular mottos which he told Rubeus, to "never be ashamed" of what others would consider a deformity, and to ignore those who held his blood status against him.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First mentioned)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
• Pottermore (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter (website) (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)