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]
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 and Ursula, and brother of Phineas, Cygnus, Belvina and Arcturus, husband of Hesper Gamp, father of Arcturus, Lycoris, and Regulus, and great-grandfather (and namesake) of Sirius Black III.^[1]

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; 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 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, which is very bright.

Appearances

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

Notes and references