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Ursula Black (née Flint) (fl. 1877-1889) was a British pure-blood witch and a member of the Flint family. She was the wife of Phineas Nigellus Black, a Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The couple had five children: Sirius, Phineas, Arcturus, Belvina and Cygnus.[3]

Ursula is an ancestress of many pure-blood witches and wizards in Great Britain.

Etymology[]

Phineas Black

Image of Ursula's son Phineas Black on the family tree

The name Ursula means "little bear", derived from the Latin word ursa, "she-bear", which gives its name to two constellations associated with the Greek myth of Callisto, a nymph who was turned into a bear. Saint Ursula was a legendary Roman-British princess who was martyred by the Huns while returning from a pilgrimage in the fourth century.[4]

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Notes and references[]

  1. Sirius stated that he was the last of the Blacks by the late 1995, so it is possible that Ursula died at some point before or during that year.
  2. They share the same surname; unlike family connections in the Muggle world, where people with the same surnames may be unrelated to one another, families in the Wizarding world who share the same surname are more than likely part of the same family line.
  3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
  4. Behind the Name: Ursula
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