Who is the richest family in Harry Potter?

One of the wealthiest Wizarding families in Britain, the Malfoys were known for their connections to other pureblood families and their covert influence over the magical government. In contrast to the Weasleys, the Malfoys were traditionally sorted into Slytherin and supported pureblood supremacy.

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Who is the richest person from Harry Potter?

Radcliffe is currently the wealthiest actor from the Harry Potter franchise.

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Who is richer Harry or Draco?

It's debatable whether the Malfoy family fortune is greater than the combined Potter and Black family fortune, but it's safe to say Harry individually has a greater amount of money than Draco.

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Is the Black family richer than the Malfoys?

Malfoys probably a bit richer, since they have actually had ten years to continue making money while most of the Black family are dead or in prison.

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Who is the richest Hogwarts students?

You should be.
  1. 1 Bellatrix Lestrange $2.1 billion (421686753 Galleons)
  2. 2 Lucius Malfoy $1.6 billion (321285145 Galleons) ...
  3. 3 Harry Potter $2.6 million (319995 Galleons) ...
  4. 4 Gilderoy Lockhart $2 million (243309) ...
  5. 5 Sirius Black $1.6 million (199513 Galleons) ...

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Why Were Harry's Parents SO Rich? - Harry Potter Explained

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Who is the richest Slytherin?

Harry Potter: The 10 Richest Slytherin Characters
  • Salazar Slytherin. Salazar can be considered rich, as he was one of the founding members of Hogwarts. ...
  • Vincent Crabbe & Gregory Goyle. ...
  • Horace Slughorn. ...
  • Bellatrix Lestrange. ...
  • Draco Malfoy. ...
  • Dolores Umbridge. ...
  • Narcissa Malfoy. ...
  • Lucius Malfoy.

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Why is Lucius Malfoy so rich?

Having rendered unknown, shady (and almost certainly magical) services to King William I, Malfoy was given a prime piece of land in Wiltshire, seized from local landowners, upon which his descendants have lived for ten consecutive centuries.

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Why was Bellatrix so rich?

As the eldest of three sisters, Bellatrix was first in line to inherit their parents' possessions when they died. She also would have merged her assets with those of her husband, Rodolphus Lestrange (another bloodline featured in the Sacred Twenty-Eight). The most convincing proof lies in Bellatrix's vault.

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How did James and Lily Potter get rich?

Answer (1 of 4): They inherited the money from James's parents, who made their fortune off Sleakeazy's Hair potion and at retirement, James father Fleming sold the company for a large profit. James and Lily inherited all the money seeing as James was Fleamont's only son.

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Who inherited Sirius Black's money?

Harry inherits all of Sirius's possessions, including the house at Grimmauld Place, the house-elf Kreacher, and Buckbeak the Hippogriff.

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Who is the richest Gryffindor?

Harry Potter: The 10 Richest Gryffindor Characters
  • Parvati Patil. ...
  • Neville Longbottom. ...
  • Dumbledore. ...
  • Godric Gryffindor. ...
  • Cormac McLaggen. ...
  • Fleamont Potter. ...
  • Nearly Headless Nick. ...
  • Sirius Black.

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How much did Draco get paid?

Though Felton has less screen time, his paycheck was totally the opposite. Tom reportedly made $14 million across the eight films, the equivalent of being paid $451,613 per minute of screen time. Meanwhile, in a previous interview, Tom admitted to being financially irresponsible for a while after the films were made.

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How did Harry Potter's parents leave him so much money?

"Linfred was a vague and absent-minded fellow whose Muggle neighbours often called upon his medicinal services," Rowling explained. It was these "medicinal services," including "Skele-gro" and "Pepper Potion," that were the beginnings of the Potter family fortune.

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How rich are the Weasleys?

The Weasley's genuinely had no money

We discover in Chamber of Secrets that their Gringotts vault consists of 1 Galleon and a couple of Sickles (that can't be more than £18). Add to this that Ron's Ford Anglia antics saw them fined 50 Galleons (£850), if anything, is father Arthur could have afforded to be far angrier.

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How much money did Harry Potter inherit?

NeokratosRed used their majorly impressive mathematical skills to calculate that there's a minimum of 50,625 galleons in Harry's vault. Since we know one galleon is equal to around $25, the minimum amount of money in Harry's vault is a mind-blowing $1,265,625!

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How much is Ginny Weasley worth?

Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley)

She has also acted in several independent films and TV shows since too. She is also a screenwriter and director, writing 'Separate We Come, Separate We Go' - a 2012 short-film. Her net worth is around $4 million.

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Did James Potter have a crush on Lily?

Hogwarts Years

James fell in love with Lily from the moment he first saw her on their first train ride. James was especially delighted when they were both sorted into, in James' opinon the best house ever, Gryffindor.

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Why Lily chose James over Snape?

The simple answer: She didn't love him. The more complicated answer: He proved again and again that he wasn't willing to listen to Lily, respect her or her views, or love her in a healthy way.

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Who betrayed Lily and James Potter?

Peter Pettigrew

Wormtail's betrayal was so unexpected that it was overlooked for 12 years. James and Lily died not knowing exactly what led to Voldemort finding them, but they knew that Peter was involved, whether voluntarily or unwillingly.

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Did Voldemort care for Bellatrix?

He did not love anyone, and did not care to be loved. He felt nothing for his family, and only wanted his friends in school to rally around him because he wanted to hold power over them. Bellatrix Lestrange was obviously in love with him and worshiped him, but he only cared for her servitude, not her.

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Why did Voldemort get Bellatrix pregnant?

"The Lestranges should be here," said Voldemort quietly. In short Lord Voldemort was the sperm donor for the Lestranges as Bella's husband Rodolphus Lestrange was firing blanks. Hence why they had no child so Lord Voldemort said he would father a child with Bellatrix to help out his best deatheater friends.

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Who is the most powerful pureblood family?

Ancient and powerful, the House of Black was the largest and oldest pureblood family in Britain. Its motto, Toujours Pur, or "Always Pure," expressed its members' fanaticism for blood purity, which had led them to marry their cousins for several centuries to avoid "tainting" the family's legacy.

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Are the Weasleys related to the Malfoys?

In addition, Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley have a well-established feud despite being second cousins once removed by marriage.

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Why did Narcissa say Harry was dead?

Narcissa Malfoy's Very Dangerous Lie

But she was also a mother, which meant she was willing to risk everything to make sure her son was safe. When Harry survived Voldemort's Killing Curse for the second time, Narcissa pretended he was dead so she could get to Draco.

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What was Draco's job after Hogwarts?

That's not a joke, he actually doesn't work. Rowling shared on Pottermore, “Independently wealthy, without any need to work, Draco inhabits Malfoy Manor with his wife and son.” He lives off of inheritance money!, so the lucky man can dedicate his life to hobbies without the stress of making money.

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