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{{Quote|... and dear Aunt Elladora ... she started the family tradition of beheading house-elves when they got too old to carry tea trays ...|[[Sirius Black]] tells [[Harry Potter]] of the [[House of Black]].|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
  
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'''Elladora Black''' ([[1850s|1850]] – [[1930s|1931]]) was a [[pure-blood]] witch, possibly the daughter of [[Cygnus Black I]] and [[Ella Max]], and the sister of [[Phineas Nigellus Black|Phineas Nigellus]], and [[Isla Black|Isla]]. She never married or had children.<ref name="BFT" /> Elladora instituted the policy of cutting off the heads of the family [[House-elf|house-elves]] and mounting them on the wall once they became too old to carry a tea tray.
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'''Elladora Black''' ([[1850s|1850]] – [[1930s|1931]]) was a [[pure-blood]] [[Wizardkind|witch]], possibly the daughter of [[Cygnus Black I]] and [[Ella Max]], and the sister of [[Phineas Nigellus Black|Phineas Nigellus]], and [[Isla Black|Isla]]. She never married or had children.<ref name="BFT" /> Elladora instituted the policy of cutting off the heads of the family [[House-elf|house-elves]] and mounting them on the wall once they became too old to carry a tea tray.
 
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*Based on a statement by [[Horace Slughorn]], Elladora may have been a member of the [[Slytherin]] House. This is most likely true, since [[Sirius Black]] said all of his [[House of Black|family]] was in the Slytherin House. However, she attended Hogwarts c. [[1860s|1861]] - [[1860s|1868]], when Slughorn wasn't Potions teacher.
  
*Based on a statement by [[Horace Slughorn]], Elladora may have been a member of the [[Slytherin]] House. This is most likely true, since [[Sirius Black]] said all of his [[House of Black|family]] was in the Slytherin House. However, she attended Hogwarts c. [[1860s|1861]] - [[1860s|1868]], when Slughorn wasn't Potions teacher.

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"... and dear Aunt Elladora ... she started the family tradition of beheading house-elves when they got too old to carry tea trays ..."
— Sirius Black tells Harry Potter of the House of Black.[src]

Elladora Black (1850 – 1931) was a pure-blood witch, possibly the daughter of Cygnus Black I and Ella Max, and the sister of Phineas Nigellus, and Isla. She never married or had children.[1] Elladora instituted the policy of cutting off the heads of the family house-elves and mounting them on the wall once they became too old to carry a tea tray.

Behind the scenes

  • Based on a statement by Horace Slughorn, Elladora may have been a member of the Slytherin House. This is most likely true, since Sirius Black said all of his family was in the Slytherin House. However, she attended Hogwarts c. 1861 - 1868, when Slughorn wasn't Potions teacher.
  • Elladora and her siblings may have been children of Cygnus Black I and Ella Max. In which case, their uncle would have been Arcturus Black I, Cygnus' brother, and aunt Misapinoa Blishwick née Black.
  • Elladora's and Callidora's pictures on the Black family tree are the same. Either Callidora and Elladora have similar names.
  • Sirius once said to Harry, "dear Aunt Elladora", but on the Black family tree, Elladora is Sirius' great-great-great aunt. Sirius may not have wanted to bore Harry with great-great-great aunt, and just chosen to call her aunt, as it was easier.
  • Elladora was only three years old when her elder brother, Sirius, died.
  • Elladora could have possibly been a half-namesake for Callidora, as both have names ending with Dora (Which is the nickname of Elladora's great-great-great-great-niece, given to her by her father, though Tonks came from her disowned mother).

Etymology

  • The name Ella is a Norman form of the Germanic Alia, meaning "other"[2]. It is also possibly related to Aella, a Greek name meaning "whirlwind". Aella of mythology was an Amazon killed by Hercules. The name Dora, often considered a diminutive of Theodora, is derived from the Greek word doron, meaning "gift"[3].
  • Elladora was probably named after her mother Ella.

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Black family tree
  2. ↑ Behind the Name: Ella
  3. ↑ Behind the Name: Theodora
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