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Revision as of 03:30, 28 March 2008
Walburga Black (1925 - 1985) was the daughter of Pollux Black and Irma Crabbe. She married her second cousin Orion Black and had two children, Sirius and Regulus[1].
Walburga was a member of the traditionalist pure-blood Black family, who looked down on any except other pureblood wizards. Her elder son Sirius was a severe disappointment to her, and was disinherited and removed from the Black Family tree when he left home at the age of sixteen. She maintained a habit of erasing people from the family tree which stood in the hall of the family home at Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, if they displeased her.
Her second son Regulus followed the family traditions and became his mothers favourite, and heir to the wealth, position and traditions of the Black family. However, Regulus became involved with Death Eaters and was killed after trying to leave the organisation. Her husband and brother also died in the same year.
Walburga's portrait remains magically fixed to the wall in the hallway of her family home, using a Permanent Sticking Charm. The picture shows an insane old woman, prone to screaming insults at anyone who disturbs the portrait. This happens several times when the Order of the Phoenix use Grimmauld Place as their headquarters after her death. She survived the deaths of her family, but the destruction of it may account for her final madness. After the deaths, she was alone in the house except for the family house-elf, Kreacher, who seems equally deranged[2].