Sirius Black
Biographical information
Born	1877[1]
Died	1952[1] (aged 75)
Blood status	Pure-blood[1]
Marital status	Married
Physical information
Species	Human[1]
Gender	Male[1]
Skin colour	White
Family information
Family members	Phineas Nigellus Black (father)[1] Ursula Flint (mother)[1] Phineas Black (brother) Cygnus Black II (brother) Belvina Black (sister) Arcturus Black II (brother) Hesper Gamp (wife)[1] Arcturus Black III (son)[1] Lycoris Black (daughter)[1] Regulus Black I (son)[1] Orion Black (grandson)[1] Lucretia Black (granddaughter)[1] Black family
Affiliation
House	possibly Slytherin
Loyalty	House of Black[1]

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Sirius Black (1877 – 1952) was a pure-blood wizard, the eldest son of Phineas Nigellus Black and Ursula Flint, and brother of Phineas, Cygnus Black II, Belvina and Arcturus; husband of Hesper Gamp, father of Arcturus Black III, Lycoris, and Regulus, and great-grandfather (and namesake) of Sirius Black III.^[1]

He is depicted on the Black family tree tapestry.

Behind the scenes

• Based on a statement by Horace Slughorn, Sirius may have been a member of the Slytherin House. That would make him the only Sirius Black who was sorted into Slytherin house; his uncle Sirius Black I died before going to Hogwarts and Sirius Black III was sorted into Gryffindor house. However, he attended Hogwarts c. 1888 - 1895, when Slughorn was not the Potions teacher.
• Sirius II had the same name as his paternal uncle who died very young.
• Sirius II named his son Arcturus, the same as his brother and his great uncle.

Etymology

Sirius is the name of the Dog Star (Alpha Canis Majoris), which with an apparent magnitude of -1.46 is the brightest star in the night sky.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Appears on Black family tapestry)

Notes and references