Who is bellatrixs husband

She married him only to uphold her family 's tradition of marrying respectable pure-bloods as she was obsessively in love with Lord Voldemort. It is unknown how Rodolphus felt about her.

However, the two did seem to work together effectively as Death Eaters. After Halloween night of , when Lord Voldemort was defeated the first time, Rodolphus and his wife refused to accept it.

They tortured the couple with the Cruciatus Curse to the point of insanity, and were subsequently captured and imprisoned in Azkaban prison for this crime.

Upon their trial , the Lestranges proudly declared their continuing devotion and awaited their master's return. In , the Dementors of Azkaban revolted, and Rodolphus and Bellatrix escaped prison along with eight other Death Eaters, including his brother Rabastan to rejoin Voldemort, who had regained his powers and was stronger than before thanks to Wormtail and Barty Crouch Jnr. He was likely one of the Death Eaters who went on to fight the Order of the Phoenix in the Death Chamber , though his presence isn't noted.

In the aftermath, Rodolphus was returned to prison, although his wife eluded capture. Tonks injured Rodolphus at some point during the pursuit, and she and Ron escaped.

During the Battle of Hogwarts the next year , Rodolphus lost his wife , who was killed by Molly Weasley. What happened to Rodolphus remained unknown during the battle but at some point he is imprisoned again for his crimes. Sometime in between the war's end and , Rodolphus escaped from Azkaban for the third time and sought out the daughter of his former master, Delphini.

Rodolphus revealed Delphi's heritage to her and it is currently unknown what has become of him, as he didn't appear to be involved with Delphini's plan to use Albus Potter to bring back Lord Voldemort.

Rodolphus was a tall, thickset man with very dark hair, and after being in Azkaban, he appeared thin and his looks might have diminished. As a Death Eater, he bears the Dark Mark on his left inner forearm, which has since faded to a scar upon Voldemort's death. Rodolphus was one of Voldemort's most loyal Death Eaters and therefore can be considered to be sadistic and a pure-blood supremacist. His crime against the Longbottoms confirms his willingness to use the Dark Arts to an unspeakable extent.

He might not have been concerned at all about being sent to Azkaban as he "stared blankly" throughout the course of his trial, possibly sharing Bellatrix's belief that Voldemort would return and free them. He did not show any resent towards his wife for having an affair with Voldemort, and even went onto notifying their daughter, Delphini, on her heritage and destiny.

He didn't talk very often and, unlike his wife, he seemed to be an extremely serious person who barely even smiled. Harry Potter later witnessed Bellatrix's trial in in a memory of Professor Dumbledore's. When Voldemort returned to power in June , he said that Bellatrix, Rodolphus, and Rabastan Lestrange were faithful members of his inner circle and should be rewarded, as they didn't denounce him after they were captured and tried. In January , a mass breakout from Azkaban set ten long-imprisoned Death Eaters loose.

Bellatrix was one of the ten who escaped in the mass breakout and rejoined Voldemort, as well as the Dementors whom Albus Dumbledore correctly predicted would side with Voldemort. The Daily Prophet probably with encouragement from the Ministry of Magic reported that the escaped criminal Sirius Black must be responsible for the incident. These ten were considered to be some of the most dangerous and highly guarded convicts due to their crimes being brutal and legendary.

As a result, Bellatrix and her allies became wanted witches and wizards, living in hiding to avoid being captured by the Ministry. Neville Longbottom threatening Bellatrix in the Hall of Prophecy.

She was enraged when Harry spoke Voldemort's given name and mentioned his true status as a half-blood. This enraged her so much that she actually tried to stun him before Lucius deflected her spell with a Shield Charm , not wanting to inadvertently harm the prophecy they were sent to retrieve. She was very condescending when dealing with the six D.

Bellatrix tried unsuccessfully to retrieve the prophecy from Harry Potter via a Summoning Charm , as her efforts were stopped by Harry's quick use of his own Shield Charm. However, she was willing to do whatever it took to get the prophecy from Harry, including gleefully and sadistically threatening to torture fourteen year old Ginny Weasley with the Cruciatus Curse while he was forced to watch.

When the Order of the Phoenix members arrived, Bellatrix duelled and defeated her niece, Nymphadora Tonks. She then began fighting her cousin Sirius Black who proceeded to taunt her during the course of their duel but she then struck him with a spell that sent him through the veil in the Death Chamber, killing him. After Sirius's death, Bellatrix defeated Kingsley Shacklebolt before deciding to flee.

Driven into a rage at the loss of his godfather, Harry pursued her all the way to the Atrium in an attempt to avenge him. After hideously mocking his relationship with Sirius, Harry attempted to use the Cruciatus Curse on her but only knocked her over causing her a few seconds of pain.

Dropping her jeering manner, Bellatrix disdainfully lectured him on his failure to execute the curse effectively inadvertently teaching him how to do it properly in the future before resolving to torture him herself with it in order to demonstrate the full potency of the curse.

After unsuccessfully attempting to attack Harry, she discovered to her horror that the prophecy had been destroyed and proceeded to panic, repeatedly attempting to summon it in vain from Harry who laughed at her efforts and dismissed her pleadings for leniency from her master due to being unaware that the latter had just arrived at the Ministry. Once Harry realised that Voldemort was indeed present, Bellatrix pleaded with her master not to be punished and tried to warn him that Dumbledore was nearby, but he ignored her and concentrated on attempting to kill Harry.

As the Killing Curse blasted from the end of his wand towards Harry, Dumbledore arrived and enchanted the statues of the Fountain of Magical Brethren to protect Harry, act as reinforcements, and to ensure that Bellatrix couldn't intervene as she was then pinned to the ground by the newly sentient witch statue. However, she was the sole Death Eater to escape being captured by effectively blocking the spell that he had attempted to cast upon her.

Before duelling Voldemort, Dumbledore summoned Cornelius Fudge and several Aurors to the Ministry using the statues as messengers via the fireplaces along the Atrium wall. After a failed attempt at possessing Harry, Voldemort grabbed Bellatrix before Apparating away but not before being seen by Fudge and the Aurors.

With the rest of the Death Eaters immobilised and caught by the Ministry only moments later, Bellatrix was the only Death Eater not to be apprehended due to Voldemort intervening on her behalf, a testament to his acknowledgement of her loyalty to him.

Once there, Bellatrix interrogated Snape and voiced her distrust of him. Snape's calm, reasonable, and logical answers to her aggressive questioning rendered her dissatisfied, but temporarily without retort.

However, Narcissa proceeded to beg Snape to look after her son Draco 's welfare while he attended Hogwarts and tried to fulfil Voldemort's orders to kill Dumbledore. Snape shocked Bellatrix by asking her to bind him and Narcissa with an Unbreakable Vow to assist Draco. Furthermore, Bellatrix assisted her nephew in his task by teaching him Occlumency , a tool he used against Snape in order to conceal the details of his mission.

By the next year, Bellatrix was living with Narcissa at Malfoy Manor. She was the only resident of the manor who was actually pleased that Voldemort was staying there, telling him that there was " no higher pleasure ". Despite her unwavering loyalty, her master humiliated her and the Malfoys by mentioning the marriage of Nymphadora Tonks , the daughter of their sister, to the werewolf Remus Lupin. However, Bellatrix insisted that she and Narcissa didn't consider Nymphadora to be their niece, as they had disowned their sister for marrying a Muggle-born.

Voldemort eventually stopped the teasing and advised Bellatrix to continue to "prune" her "family tree", which she eagerly agreed to do as soon as possible. Despite her proclaimed loyalty towards her master, even Bellatrix hesitated when Voldemort said that he would need to borrow a wand from them in order to circumvent the problem of his own wand refusing to kill Harry, looking much like her colleagues " as though he had asked to borrow one of their arms ".

When the Death Eaters subsequently attacked the Order of the Phoenix while they were moving Harry Potter from 4 Privet Drive , Bellatrix and her husband pursued a disguised Ronald Weasley and Tonks, whom Bellatrix tried very hard to kill.

However, Rodolphus was injured in the pursuit and Tonks escaped. Soon afterwards, a copy of Godric Gryffindor's Sword was secured in Bellatrix's family vault at Gringotts Wizarding Bank with Bellatrix and the Death Eaters unaware that it was merely a copy. The goblins who ran the bank noticed at once that it was not the genuine article, but neglected to mention it to Bellatrix owing to their disdain at the new wizard control of their bank.

Bellatrix sees the Sword of Gryffindor and retaliates against the Snatchers who possess it. In March , when Harry Potter , Ron Weasley , and Hermione Granger were captured by a group of Snatchers and brought to the manor, Bellatrix was at first eager to make sure that Voldemort was informed right away and she and Lucius briefly argued over who would summon him.

When she spotted Godric Gryffindor's Sword amongst the trio's captured possessions, however, she at once flew into a panic because the sword as far as she knew was hidden in her vault. This led Harry to deduce that there could be something of great importance in her vault which ended up being one of Voldemort's Horcruxes: Helga Hufflepuff's Cup. Bellatrix, coming out of her panicked state, ordered the Snatcher holding the sword to hand it over to her and stunned the man when he refused.

The other Snatchers turned on her at once, but even though it was four on one, they were no match for her and she quickly stunned three of them and forced Greyback to his knees, demanding to know where he had found the sword.

He then informed her that the sword had been found in the Trio's tent. She then took charge of the situation by resorting to torturing Hermione into revealing how the sword was in the Trio's possession and demanded that the rest of the prisoners be taken into the cellar temporarily, while ordering the Stunned Snatchers to be placed in the courtyard to be disposed of by her personally at a later time.

Bellatrix brutally torturing Hermione Granger with the Cruciatus Curse. Bellatrix proceeded to brutally torture Hermione with the Cruciatus Curse , asking her again and again about the Sword and if they had taken anything else from their vault.

Even in extreme pain, Hermione managed to lie, claiming the real sword was only a copy. Griphook also managed to lie, obeying Harry's request to not tell Bellatrix the truth, keeping the trio's secret safe. After Peter Pettigrew who had been sent to check on the prisoners after hearing a suspicious noise was strangled to death in the cellar with his own silver hand given to him by Voldemort after showing mercy to Harry and Ron escaped the cellar and proceeded up the stairs to aid Hermione.

Bellatrix threatened Hermione with her knife, after Harry stunned Greyback and Lucius and Ron disarmed her. While holding the knife to an unconscious Hermione's throat, Bellatrix demanded that the prisoners drop their wands, and then pressed her Dark Mark , calling Voldemort.

However, Dobby who had been sent by Aberforth Dumbledore to rescue Harry and his friends created a diversion by causing the chandelier to fall from above Bellatrix's head, making her release Hermione and jump out of the way. She lashed out at the house-elf in complete disbelief of his rebellious action to his "former masters".

Dobby claimed he was a "free elf" and Disapparated. As the house-elf Disapparated with Harry, Bellatrix threw a silver knife at them in a desperate attempt to prevent their escape, and the Apparition sucked up the knife with it, wounding Dobby in his chest, who then died.

She also lost her wand in the skirmish. Bellatrix and her relatives were severely punished by Voldemort for allowing Harry to escape. After the incident at Malfoy Manor , Hermione used a hair of Bellatrix that had fallen on her while she was torturing her to change herself into Bellatrix using Polyjuice Potion , therefore letting her sneak into Gringotts , as Diagon Alley was infested with Death Eaters.

During the Battle of Hogwarts on 2 May , Bellatrix finally succeeded in murdering Nymphadora Tonks , her estranged sister 's daughter. Bellatrix eagerly asked Voldemort if she could check Harry for signs of life, but was refused again and he instead sent her younger sister to confirm his death.

When Narcissa had lied and told Voldemort that Harry was dead, Bellatrix and the other Death Eaters followed Voldemort to Hogwarts to announce Harry's "death", gloating at the despair of the survivors. When the battle resumed, Bellatrix fought Hermione Granger , Ginny Weasley , and Luna Lovegood all at once, having become the last Death Eater standing aside from Voldemort, who was also fighting three opponents.

It was said that despite all three young witches being skilled and working in tandem, together they did not outclass her. She cast a Killing Curse at Ginny, which narrowly missed its mark by an inch; the act was witnessed by both an invisible Harry, who was infuriated enough to actually target Bellatrix over Voldemort, and Molly Weasley.

The Weasley matriarch, having already lost one child that night and distraught at the prospect of losing her only daughter, promptly threw off her cloak and shouted a vocal challenge to the Death Eater as she charged forward, causing Bellatrix to cackle with laughter at her. However, Bellatrix's reckless, arrogant laughter quickly turned to rage as Molly began to attack, making her realise her opponent was more formidable than she had expected.

The two began to duel with the intensity of their powers being stated as causing the ground beneath them to become hot and cracked due to their intent to finish the other off once and for all. Despite this, Bellatrix continued to laugh and mock her opponent with sadistic glee even as Molly's powerful curses missed her by inches, eventually providing an opening for Molly to strike her in the chest with a curse which proved fatal. As her body toppled to the ground, an outraged Voldemort turned on Molly, which prompted Harry who had watched the battle unfold beneath his Invisibility Cloak to reveal himself.

The final showdown between him and Voldemort ensued, but Bellatrix didn't live to find out that her mistrust of Snape had been valid or see her master's final defeat moments later.

During the Calamity which occurred in s across the wizarding world , a portrait of Bellatrix escaped Malfoy Manor as one of the many Foundables , for unknown and mysterious reasons. Bellatrix had the classic "great good looks" and arrogant bearing common for members of the House of Black : She was a tall woman with long, thick, shiny dark hair.

Her face had a strong jaw, [5] a thin mouth, [4] and heavily lidded eyes with long eyelashes. However like her cousin Sirius Black , her lengthy imprisonment in Azkaban took a toll on her appearance - her face became gaunt and skull-like, but she still managed to retain vestiges of her great beauty. There was a remarkable resemblance between Bellatrix and her sisters - at first glance, Harry mistook Andromeda Tonks for Bellatrix, being was only upon closer observation did he notice the differences Andromeda had lighter brown hair, a kinder face, and wider eyes.

Besides this, Narcissa Malfoy was as fair as Bellatrix was dark. Bellatrix was an intensely sadistic witch with brutal, violent tendencies. Bellatrix was one of Voldemort 's cruellest Death Eaters , always eager to inflict the Cruciatus Curse on enemies. Harry Potter noted that she was as " mad as her master.

She believed to have proven her loyalty by her time in Azkaban , an event which had seemingly furthered her mental decline. She did not trust Severus Snape , and believed that Voldemort was mistaken in doing so, though she showed shame and fear when expressing this. Bellatrix sadistically laughing at the announcement of Harry Potter 's "death".

Overall, Bellatrix was obsessed with blood purity and took immense pride in the aristocracy of her family since a young age. Like all the rest of Lord Voldemort's followers, she was vehemently against all half-bloods , Muggle-borns , Muggles , and half-breeds. She had a particular disdain for blood traitors , not being above killing members of her own family who displeased her, including her cousin Sirius and her younger sister's daughter Nymphadora , whom she sought to kill with great determination.

Given her reaction to Harry's words that Voldemort is a half-blood, it is likely that she didn't know that her master wasn't a pure-blood or at least was in denial. Bellatrix was intelligent and a natural leader, taking charge in tricky situations. The latter event was a mark of her decisiveness and ruthlessness, as she took no unnecessary prisoners preferring to kill them instead , as she planned to do with a group of Snatchers who attempted to defy her.

Bellatrix was also egotistical and arrogant, described by Harry as " treat[ing] everyone like scum" in a rather taunting way. She had immense confidence in her skills and never hesitated to jump into battle against any auror or Order of the Phoenix member. Furthermore, she was immensely proud of her status as the most loyal and devoted follower of Lord Voldemort.

However, Bellatrix chose to flee when Dumbledore arrived, suggesting that, like her master, she held a degree of fear and caution for the powerful wizard. Despite her cruel personality, Bellatrix was not incapable of caring for a few people.

She was obsessively in love with her master, Lord Voldemort. She had a close relationship with her younger sister Narcissa Malfoy , grudgingly going with her to Snape's house to ask his help and didn't tell her master of her sister's deception. She also showed affection for her nephew and student Draco Malfoy , but didn't seem to be too concerned about his safety as she would " be glad to give [her own sons] up to the service of the Dark Lord ". Bellatrix Lestrange was an extremely powerful and dangerous witch , trained by Lord Voldemort himself.

She was a mistress of the Dark Arts , an incredibly skilful duellist , and an experienced Occlumens. Her unbalanced mental state and emotional instability seemed to feed her power and her prodigious magical skill was proven by her many victories over numerous talented wizards and witches, including experienced Aurors. Bellatrix took the pure-blood values of her family very seriously, as indicated by her marriage into a known pure-blood wizarding family and her zealous belief in Death Eater ideology.

She had no feelings of affection for those in her family deemed blood traitors by disgracing and dishonouring her family by not fanatically honouring the prejudiced values she did, and readily attacked and killed them on many occasions. Narcissa Malfoy , her youngest sister. Bellatrix seemed to have had a fairly close and affectionate relationship with her younger sister Narcissa, whom she called "Cissy. After Snape agreed to make the Unbreakable Vow , Bellatrix acted as the bonding agent, ensuring that Snape would fulfil his promises to Narcissa.

Narcissa and Bellatrix occasionally clashed over the former's protectiveness towards her son; She argued that Narcissa should be proud that her son was a Death Eater, while Narcissa consistently demonstrated that the safety of her son and husband were her first priorities. Bellatrix had an illegitimate daughter with Lord Voldemort, named Delphini , who was born in secret at Malfoy Manor in the late s.

Euphemia Rowle took Delphi in and raised her, allegedly only because she was offered a substantial amount of gold.

Like Adolf. Sadistic personality disorder has been removed from the DSM The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and not considered legitimate anymore, but certainly works for actorly motivation. However, Warner Brothers, the film studio behind the Harry Potter movies, said that there was "no truth whatsoever" to reports stating that she had been cast.

The British actress and model did seem qualified for the role. She also has experience with genre films and shows. In a talk at Carnegie Hall , J. Molly's famous cry to Bellatrix before killing her stands out in the minds of everyone who's read the book or seen the movie, but adding that curse word was actually a huge deal.

After all, the Harry Potter series are supposed to be appropriate for children. In his August article for Entertainment Weekly reflecting on the end of the Harry Potter books, author Stephen King analyzes this sentence: "The clearest sign of how adult the books had become by the conclusion arrives — and splendidly — in Deathly Hallows , when Mrs.

Bellatrix was married to Rodolphus Lestrange, but the marriage was loveless on her part. The two met at Hogwarts, and her parents arranged a marriage of convenience. Rodolphus was a pure-blood, like their family, and it was very important to the Blacks to preserve their pure-blood heritage. He's also rich and a Slytherin. Her sister Narcissa also married a pure-blood, Lucius Malfoy, but she loved him and had a son with him: Draco Malfoy. Rodolphus became a Death Eater like his wife and they at least worked together in service of Lord Voldemort, but she never expresses any affection for him and barely mentions him.

He and Bellatrix were part of the group that tortured Frank and Alice Longbottom together and went to Azkaban for it. They never had any children together, a sign that the marriage was a farce. Voldemort was the sole object of Bellatrix's obsession and romantic love. Bellatrix is Voldemort's right hand woman, and that was cleverly communicated in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 with the choice to always show Bellatrix on his right side.

In every shot in which Voldemort played by Ralph Fiennes and Bellatrix appear together, she always positions herself on his right. This is also traditionally the position of a leader's most loyal and trusted follower. Having them appear next to each other also cements the closeness of their relationship. One example is the scene in the Forbidden Forest in which Bellatrix tries to help Voldemort get up, only to be pushed away by him.

She's on his right when she tries to help him up, and when she's pushed away, she gets up and returns to his right.

It's a fascinating and subtle filmmaking decision, one that makes you immediately want to rewatch the film while you're at it, why not rewatch all of the Harry Potter movies?

In the scene in which Bellatrix tortures Hermione and interrogates her about Godric Gryffindor's sword, she carves " mudblood " into Hermione's arm with a knife. Bellatrix comes from a proud pure-blood family that hates all non-pure-bloods. This is a way for her to taunt and shame Hermione for her muggle-born heritage.

This moment wasn't in the script. The carving of " mudblood " is the final step in Bellatrix's torture, and it's what gets to Hermione the most. In the film, we see her lying on the floor. When she looks at her arm with a drop of blood trickling down, she starts to cry.

Filming Hermione's torture was so intense for the two actresses involved that Helena Bonham Carter approached Emma Watson after it to make sure their relationship was still okay. Occlumency is the art of magically closing your mind against Legilimency, or mind-reading.

It's a rare and difficult skill. Snape calls it "An obscure branch of magic, but a highly useful one" in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. She trains him in using non-verbal spells and the Unforgivable Curses as well. She was a great teacher: Draco successfully prevents Snape from learning his thoughts.