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Ursula Flint

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Ursula Black (née Flint)
Biographical information
Died

1884 or later.[1]

Blood status

Pure-blood[2]

Physical description
Species

Human[2]

Gender

Female[2]

Family information
Family members
Affiliation
Loyalty
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Ursula Flint was a pure-blood witch and the wife of Phineas Nigellus Black, a headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The couple had five children: Sirius, Phineas, Cygnus, Belvina, and Arcturus Black. Phineas was disowned for supporting Muggle rights, going against his family's belief in pure-blood supremacy. Through her other children, Ursula is an ancestor of many pure-blood witches and wizards in Britain.[4]

[edit] Etymology

The name Ursula means "little bear", derived from the Latin word ursa, "she-bear", which gives its name to two constellations associated with the Greek myth of Callisto, a nymph who was turned into a bear. Saint Ursula was a legendary Roman-British princess who was martyred by the Huns while returning from a pilgrimage in the fourth century.[5]

[edit] Behind the scenes

Ursula Flint may be related to Marcus Flint, captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team during the early years of the 1990s.

[edit] Notes and references

  1. Ursula´s youngest son was born in 1884.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 Black family tree
  3. They share the same surname; unlike family connections in the Muggle world, where people with the same surnames may be unrelated to one another, families in the Wizarding world who share the same surname are more than likely part of the same family line.
  4. Black family tree
  5. Behind the Name: Ursula