How old is Dumbledore when he dies?

During his time as a student, Dumbledore was in Gryffindor House. Rowling said in an interview that Dumbledore was about 150 years old. However, on her website, she states that Dumbledore was born in 1881, making him either 115 or 116 at the time of his death.
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How old was Dumbledore 1927?

I've said this before: Dumbledore was born in 1881, by 1927 he was 46 and by 1943 he was 62, but time didn't age him. Dumbledore had lived through WW1, was living through WW2 and was still Teaching. In that short of a time the man aged a lot primarily for 2 reason.
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How old is McGonagall?

According to the author, Minerva McGonagall's birthday is 4 October, and she is about seventy years old when the series begins.
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How old is Snape when he dies?

According to the author, Severus Snape's birthday is 9 January 1960 and he died on 2 May 1998 at the age of 38.
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How old was Hagrid?

According to the author, Hagrid's birthday is December 6th; events in the stories lead us to believe he is approximately 60 years old when Harry first attends Hogwarts.
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How old is Bellatrix Lestrange?

Bellatrix is approximately mid 40s in her first appearance and dies at about 46/47. Helena first played the role at age 41, and last played her at age 45, meaning there is only a two or three year difference.
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Why does Harry's scar hurt when Snape looked at him?

That's because in Diagon Alley he saw Quirrell's face and not the back of his head where Voldemort's face was joined. Whereas when he saw him along with Snape, Quirrell's back was in front of Harry, so technically his scar was in direct view of Voldemort which caused pain.
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Who did Severus Snape marry?

Who does Severus Snape marry? Marriage. He married the pure-blood witch Eileen Prince. He abused her mentally and emotionally, as Harry Potter saw in Severus Snape's memories during an Occlumency lesson.
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Why did Snape change sides?

Despite his attraction to the Dark Arts and Voldemort's ideology of wizard supremacy, Snape's love for Muggle-born Lily Evans, Harry's mother, eventually compelled him to defect from the Death Eaters. He then became a double agent for Albus Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix.
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Is filch McGonagall's son?

No, McGonagall wasn't Filch's mom. She never had a child. Filch belonged to a completely different wizarding family and was a squib.
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How old is Sirius Black?

Sirius Orion Black (born November 3, 1959 - died June 18, 1996, aged 36), also known by his nickname Padfoot, is a major character from the Harry Potter series.
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Does Hagrid ever marry?

At Carnegie Hall in 2007, J.K. Rowling later confirmed that Hagrid did not marry.
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Did Albus Dumbledore have a child?

However, Credence being Dumbledore's son in Fantastic Beasts does fit into the timeline. Assuming the year of Credence's birth is correct, which can be seen via the official birth certificate prop by MinaLima for the Fantastic Beasts movie, Dumbledore would have certainly been old enough to father a child.
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How long does Newt Scamander live?

According to Pottermore, Scamander was born in 1897, and by the time the third novel takes place it's 1994, putting the textbook author at a grand old age of... 97. Old, but just about feasible that he'd be alive and visiting Hogwarts.
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What is Snape's secret?

To readers and fans of the films, Snape's backstory—that he was protecting Harry from Voldemort out of his never-ending love for Harry's mother, Lily—was not known until the seventh book and eighth movie.
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Does Snape love Harry's mother?

As Rowling explained in a series of tweets, Snape loved Harry's mother, Lily, and his unrequited affection drove him to resent Harry's father, James — and by extension, Harry himself.
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Did Snape ask Voldemort spare Lily?

It was Snape that persuaded Voldemort to give Lily a chance to save herself. He also protected Harry during his time at school (however reluctantly).
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Why do Snape and Lily say always?

For the Potter uninitiated, “always” is how Snape explains to Dumbledore in the final book why his Patronus takes the same shape as the one belonging to his long-lost love: Harry Potter's mother, Lily.
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Why did Snape cover his leg?

In the first movie the the scene of the troll you can see that snape has a bleeding leg, why? Snape was bitten by Fluffy the three headed dog. When Troll was released, he went to make sure that no one was after the stone as everyone was distracted by the troll. Read a bit.
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Why does Voldemort's touch hurt Harry?

According to J. K. Rowling during a web chat, the lightning scar no longer burnt or hurt after Voldemort's defeat. J. K. Rowling stated that the pain from Harry's scar on his forehead was caused by the piece of Voldemort's soul trying to leave his body through the wound it entered to rejoin its master's soul.
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Was Bellatrix pregnant with Voldemort?

When was Bellatrix Lestrange pregnant with Voldemort's child? So we all know by now that Delphi Diggory ain't Delphi Diggory. Nope, she's the child of Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange, who was born at Malfoy Manor just before the Battle of Hogwarts.
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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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Who is Bellatrix in love with?

She married Rodolphus Lestrange after leaving Hogwarts "because it was expected of her" to marry a pure-blood. However, Rowling stated in an interview that Bellatrix truly loved Voldemort.
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