Sirius Black (II)

Sirius Black
Biographical information
Born	Between 1 January and 31 August 1877
Died	1952 (aged 74–75)
Blood status	Pure-blood
Marital status	Married or widowed
Nationality	British or Irish
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Skin colour	Light
Relationship information
Family members	Phineas Nigellus Black (father) † Ursula Black (née Flint) (mother) Phineas Black (younger brother) † Arcturus Black (II) (younger brother) † Belvina Burke (younger sister) † Cygnus Black (II) (youngest brother) † Hesper Black (née Gamp) (wife) Arcturus Black (III) (son) † Lycoris Black (daughter) † Regulus Black (I) (son) † Lysandra Black (née Yaxley) (sister-in-law) Herbert Burke (brother-in-law) Violetta Black (née Bulstrode) (sister-in-law) Pollux Black (nephew) † Callidora Longbottom (née Black) (niece) Cassiopeia Black (niece) † Cedrella Weasley (née Black) (niece) Marius Black (nephew) † Charis Crouch (née Black) (niece) Dorea Potter (née Black) (niece) † Sirius Black (I) (paternal uncle) † Elladora Black (paternal aunt) † Iola Hitchens (née Black) (paternal aunt) Bob Hitchens (paternal uncle by marriage) Melania Black (née Macmillan) (daughter-in-law) Lucretia Prewett (née Black) (granddaughter) † Walburga Black (grandniece) † Orion Black (grandson) † Sirius Black (great-grandson) † Regulus Black (great-grandson) † House of Black Flint family (maternal family) Gamp family (in-laws)
Romances	Hesper Gamp (wife)
Affiliation
House	Slytherin (possibly)
Loyalty	House of Black Flint family Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Gamp family

"Sirius and Phineas rarely send me an owl. Although when they do, they never mention you. I'm certain they're proud of you and all that you're doing for Hogwarts. Having one's father as Headmaster is a tremendous honour."

— Ursula Flint to Phineas Nigellus Black

Sirius Black (1877 – 1952) was a pure-blood wizard and a member of the noble House of Black. He was the eldest son of Phineas Nigellus Black and Ursula Flint, and the older brother of Phineas, Arcturus, Belvina and Cygnus II. He married Hesper Gamp and the couple had three children: Arcturus III, Lycoris, and Regulus.

Biography

He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry alongside his younger brother, Phineas, while their father was Headmaster. He was depicted on the Black family tree tapestry.

Behind the scenes

• Based on a statement by Horace Slughorn, Sirius may have been a member of the Slytherin House. That would make him the only Sirius Black who was sorted into Slytherin house; his uncle Sirius Black (I) died before going to Hogwarts and Sirius Black (III) was sorted into Gryffindor house. However, he attended Hogwarts c. 1888 - 1895, when Slughorn was not the Potions teacher. However seeing that Slughorn was born somewhere between 1882 and 1913 and if he was born in the former, Slughorn and Sirius would have been in school together with Sirius being in his third or fourth year.
• He is also the only Sirius Black who was able to start a family, as his uncle Sirius Black I and great-grandson Sirius Black III died without marriage or children for different reasons; Sirius I because of his untimely death and Sirius III because his long stay in Azkaban prevented him from becoming engaged (if he so wished), dying without offspring at the hands of his cousin Bellatrix Lestrange.
• Sirius II had the same name as his paternal uncle who died very young.
• Sirius II named his son Arcturus, the same as his brother, Arcturus Black II, and his great uncle, Arcturus Black I.

Etymology

Sirius is the name of the Dog Star (Alpha Canis Majoris), which, with an apparent magnitude of -1.46, is the brightest star in the night sky.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (First appearance) (Appears on Black family tapestry)
• Hogwarts Legacy (Mentioned only)