Yaxley family

Yaxley family
Family heritage
Blood status	Pure-blood
Notable family members	Yaxley Lysandra Black née Yaxley
Status	Extant (at least in the female line)
Relationships
Related families	Black family Crouch family Longbottom family Weasley family
Affiliation
House(s)	Slytherin (possibly)
Loyalty	Death Eaters

Yaxley is the surname of a pure-blood wizarding family, and one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. They are related to the Black family, and more distantly to the Crouch, Weasley, and Longbottom families. It is likely that the Yaxley family originated in Scotland as Yaxley speaks with a strong Scottish accent.

Family members

• Lysandra Black née Yaxley — wife of Arcturus Black II, mother of Cedrella Weasley née Black, Callidora Longbottom née Black and Charis Crouch née Black
• Yaxley — a Death Eater and head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement when Lord Voldemort was in control of the Ministry of Magic

Etymology

Yaxley is the name of two English villages, one in Cambridgeshire and one in Suffolk.