Percival Dumbledore

Percival Dumbledore (fl.1881) was aBritishwizard, the husband ofKendra Dumbledore and the father ofAlbus,Aberforth, andAriana Dumbledore. After attackingthree male Muggles who assaulted Ariana, he was sentenced to imprisonment inAzkaban. Percival died there sometime after1891.^[5][6] Many years later,his eldest son became the longest and most notedHeadmaster ofHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was considered by some as the greatest wizard of all time.

Biography[]

Percival was a wizard, born into the presumably eitherpure-blood or half-bloodDumbledore family.^[1]

In his later life, he married aMuggle-born witch namedKendra with whom he had three children:Albus (who bore the same as his second name),Aberforth, andAriana.^[6]

At the age of six, Percival's daughter Ariana was assaulted bythree Muggle boys. The incident left her permanently traumatised and unable to control her magic powers, thus causing her to become anObscurial.^[3] Percival, in a fit of vengeful rage, attacked her assailants. This resulted in his arrest and conviction by theMinistry of Magic. He was sentenced toAzkaban, where he later died. Percival never admitted the reasons for his attack on the Muggles. This was largely due to his fear that if theMinistry found out about his daughter's delicate condition, they would send her toSt Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries for the rest of her life, effectively locking her away permanently as a hazard to theInternational Statute of Wizarding Secrecy.^[6]

Percival's attack on the Muggle children led many to believe that he was a supporter of the notion ofblood purity. However, this was almost certainly untrue as Percival's own wife was aMuggle-bornwitch. However, the Dumbledore family kept its secrets well, and Percival's reputation would remain tarnished even after the death of his 115-year-old son, Albus.^[6]

Posthumanously after his death sometime in the 1890s, Percival become a grandfather to his youngest son, Aberforth's son,Aurelius Dumbledore, born after the young man's relationship with agirl fromGodric's Hollow the summer of 1899.^[3]

WhenAlbus Dumbledore put on thePeverell Ring, with hopes that using theResurrection Stone would allow him to see his loved ones once more, one of the people he hoped to see — and apologise to — was his father.^[7]

Physical description[]

As a relatively young wizard, Percival was described as "a good-looking man with eyes that seemed to twinkle",^[8] like his son,Albus, who, in his own time at Hogwarts, exhibited many of the same traits as his father.

Relationships[]

Kendra Dumbledore[]

Percival's relationship with his wife during their marriage is unknown, but they shared a devotion to their children, particularly their youngest, Ariana. Percival attacked the three boys who assaulted their daughter, and Kendra devoted the remainder of her life to taking care of Ariana.^[6]

Albus Dumbledore andAberforth Dumbledore[]

Percival's relationship with his sons is not very clear. Percival did not seem to be held in high regard by Albus, especially for being imprisoned in Azkaban for an attack on three Muggles, but years later, Dumbledore wished to use theResurrection Stone to bring back his deceased family and apologise to them — even his father, showing that Albus nevertheless truly loved Percival despite all that happened. Like Albus, Aberforth may not have held his father in high regard either for his attack on the Muggles who attacked his sister, Ariana and being imprisoned in Azkaban.^[6]

Ariana Dumbledore[]

Percival loved his only daughter dearly and was greatly distraught by her assault. He attacked theMuggle boys who did it and was sent toAzkaban for it. He never explained to theMinistry his reasons, knowing that if they discoveredAriana Dumbledore's condition, she would be confined toSt Mungo's as a threat to theStatute of Secrecy.^[6]

Etymology[]

Percival was a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. The name is believed to be derived from the Old Frenchpercer val, meaning "to pierce the valley".^[9]

Behind the scenes[]

• InHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1,Muriel claimed that Percival had"killed" the Muggles, rather than justcursing or magically assaulting them. She may have been exaggerating or the detail was changed in the film.

Appearances[]

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• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows(First mentioned)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1(Appears in photographs)
• Pottermore
• HarryPotter.com(Mentioned only)
• HarryPotter.com

Notes and references[]

Azkaban
Azkaban's island,North Sea
Non-imprisoned inhabitants
Dementors(two known Dementors) ·Ekrizdis ·Azkaban Security Officials and Very Important Wizards
Convicts
Alderton ·Arkie Alderton's alleged son ·Avery II ·Verucca Buckthorn-Snyde ·Eustace Burke ·Joseph Button-Jones ·Alecto Carrow ·Amycus Carrow ·Jane Court ·Crispin Cronk ·Delphini ·Calvin Farrell ·Wilhelmina Farrell ·Penelope Fawley's mother ·Marvolo Gaunt ·Morfin Gaunt ·Ginger Witch ·Antoine Grimalkin ·Bedilia Grimalkin ·Gareth Greengrass's brother ·Victor Gridley ·Rubeus Hagrid ·Theophilus Harlow ·Jugson ·Igor Karkaroff ·Barnaby Lee's father ·Barnaby Lee's mother ·Xenophilius Lovegood ·Elspeth MacGillony ·Cassandra Mason ·Patricia McManners ·Tarquin McTavish ·Jeremiah Muldoon ·Kaleena Page ·Carlotta Pinkstone ·Sturgis Podmore ·Patricia Rakepick ·Kazuhiro Shiratori ·Merula Snyde's father ·Merula Snyde's mother ·Anne Thisbe ·Dolores Umbridge ·Unidentified Metamorphmagus Dark wizard ·Yubert Thorne
Escapees
Sirius Black ·Bartemius Crouch Junior ·Antonin Dolohov ·Mundungus Fletcher ·Bellatrix Lestrange ·Rabastan Lestrange ·Rodolphus Lestrange ·Walden Macnair ·Lucius Malfoy ·Mulciber II ·Nott ·Augustus Rookwood ·Scabior ·Stanley Shunpike ·Travers ·Unidentified Azkaban escapee ·Corban Yaxley
Buried inAzkaban burial ground
Bartemius Crouch Junior's mother ·Percival Dumbledore ·Morfin Gaunt