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Molly Weasley

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This article is about the wife of Arthur Weasley. You may be looking for the daughter of Percy and Audrey Weasley.

"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!"
— Molly Weasley when Bellatrix Lestrange almost kills Ginny Weasley[src]

Molly Weasley (née Prewett) is a pure-blood witch and the matriarch of the Weasley family, married to Arthur Weasley. She was born into the Prewett family and is distantly related to Sirius Black (and thus to Lucius Malfoy) by marriage. She and Arthur had seven children: Bill, Charlie, Percy, twins Fred and George, Ron and Ginny.

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Molly Weasley's maiden name is Prewett.
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Molly Weasley had two brothers, Fabian and Gideon Prewett. Both of them were members of the Order of the Phoenix during the First Wizarding War, a secret society established to fight Lord Voldemort and his followers, the Death Eaters. Unfortunately, Fabian and Gideon Prewett were brutally killed by five Death Eaters, marking a tragic chapter in Molly's life.
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Molly Weasley was sorted into Gryffindor House during her time at Hogwarts. This brave and fiercely protective matriarch truly embodied the spirit of Gryffindor.
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Molly Weasley's quote 'NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!' is a significant moment in the Harry Potter series. This line is delivered during a duel with Bellatrix Lestrange, who is fighting Molly's only daughter, Ginny. The quote underscores Molly's fierce love and protectiveness for her children, especially Ginny. It also highlights her bravery as she openly challenges and ultimately defeats Bellatrix, the most dangerous Dark witch of the age. This moment is a powerful demonstration of a mother's love and the lengths she will go to protect her family.
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Molly celebrates her birthday on October 30th.
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Early Life

Molly is the older sister of Gideon and Fabian Prewett, who were members of the Order of the Phoenix and were killed by Death Eaters during the First War. From 1961 to 1968, she attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she was sorted into Gryffindor. It was here that she met her future husband, Arthur Weasley.

Personality

Molly's character reflects her calling as a mother. She is devoted and hardworking, protective of her family, but not one to put up with too much nonsense from any of them. She is fiercely proud of her children's accomplishments, but scandalized by misbehaviour, and is not beyond sending a Howler to the school to humiliate one of them publicly for stepping out of line, evidenced by her reaction to the use of the unauthorized Flying Ford Anglia by Ron to reach Hogwarts at the start of the school year in 1992. Fred and George's antics, in particular, are a source of perpetual frustration for her. She sometimes finds it difficult as her children grow to maturity and strove out in their own directions. Not surprisingly, she initially considered Fleur Delacour completely wrong for Bill when they become engaged in 1996. Ironically, however, it is high achiever Percy who causes her the most pain when he breaks with the family in 1995 over their unwavering allegiance to Dumbledore.

For Harry Potter, Molly Weasley becomes his closest mother figure. Molly is appalled at the mistreatment that Harry suffers at the Dursleys, and is delighted to have Harry stay with the Weasleys at The Burrow where she could offer food, advice and general mothering. Starved for affection from his own Aunt Petunia, Harry finds warmth from Molly Weasley.

Molly has shown surprising and incredible skill at dueling, specifically when her family is threatened, as shown in 1998 when she single-handedly kills Bellatrix Lestrange, a highly dangerous and skilled duelist, after Lestrange nearly kills Molly's daughter, Ginny. This could have been urged by an emotional surge of grief and anger for the death of Fred shortly before.

Boggart

Her worst fears are seeing her family (including Harry) dead, as seen when she confronts a boggart in 12 Grimmauld Place.

Behind the scenes

  • J. K. Rowling's notebook lists show Alice Longbottom as a Prewett by birth, but how closely she may be related to Molly and her brothers is not known.
  • Molly first name comes from the term Molly codlle
  • In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Remus Lupin mentions that Molly was not in the Order of the Phoenix during Voldemort's first rise to power. Being ten years older than Lupin, it seems odd that she was not in the Order, while he was. However, it should be noted that this is possibly because Molly had just given birth to her first child, Bill in 1970, and that Charlie, Percy, Fred, and George were all born during that time, as well.

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