Hesper Black (née Gamp)
Biographical information
Died	C. 1906 or later[1]
Blood status	Pure-blood[2]
Marital status	Married
Physical information
Species	Human[2]
Gender	Female[2]
Family information
Family members	Sirius Black II (husband)[2] Arcturus Black III (son)[2] Lycoris Black (daughter)[2] Regulus Black I (son)[2] Orion Black (grandson)[2] Lucretia Black (granddaughter)[2] Phineas Nigellus Black (father-in-law)[2] Ursula Flint (mother-in-law)[2] Gamp (possibly)
Affiliation
Loyalty	House of Black[2] Gamp family

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Hesper Black (née Gamp) was a pure-blood witch who married Sirius Black II. The couple had three children together: Arcturus, Lycoris, and Regulus.

She was a grandmother of Orion Black and Lucretia Black.^[2]

EtymologyEdit

Hesper is an English variation of the name Esther^[3], which is believed to be derived from the Persian word for "star," possibly an allusion to the naming pattern of the family she married into.

The Book of Esther in the Old Testament tells the story of Queen Esther, the Jewish wife of the king of Persia who saved her people from extermination.^[4]

There was also one Esther by birth in the Black family – Hester Black.

Behind the scenesEdit

• The person who discovered Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration might have been related to Hesper.

AppearancesEdit

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Name seen on Black family tree tapestry)

Notes and referencesEdit