When did Dumbledore and Grindelwald make the blood pact?

Creation of the blood pact
Sometime in mid-1899, Gellert Grindelwald
Gellert Grindelwald
Gellert Grindelwald (c. 1883 – March 1998) was a Dark Wizard who was considered to be amongst one of the most powerful and notorious wizards of all time, his only superiors being Albus Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort.
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and Albus Dumbledore went to a barn one day. They faced each other and layed their hands out, facing each other and with their wands they scored their palms, breathing heavily with pain they interlaced their hands together.
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Why did Dumbledore and Grindelwald blood pact?

During their teenage years, Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald made a blood pact where they swore an oath never to fight each other - presumably as a fail-safe to ensure no rift were to set them apart in their grand endeavour to ignite the revolution between the magical and the non-magical aggregations wherein ...
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Did Dumbledore and Grindelwald have a blood pact?

Dumbledore and Grindelwald took a blood oath to not fight each other. "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald," the second film in the series, reveals that as teenagers Dumbledore and Grindelwald undertook a blood pact that wouldn't allow them to move against each other.
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When was the duel between Dumbledore and Grindelwald?

Part of the global wizarding war

[Source] The duel between Albus Dumbledore and Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald took place in 1945, before Dumbledore's ascension to the position of Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and ended the Global wizarding war.
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Who did Dumbledore make a blood pact with Grindelwald?

Spoiler Alert! In Fantastic Beasts 2, it was revealed Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) and Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) formed a magical blood pact in their youth when they were still in love and united to their cause to bring about a magical revolution.
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HOW Does Dumbledore Break the Blood Pact with Grindelwald? - Harry Potter Theory



Did Voldemort ever meet Grindelwald?

Voldemort's meeting with Grindelwald in the books was slightly different in the films. In the Deathly Hallows book, Harry's mind was still connected to Voldemort, and he was able to see Grindelwald in Nurmengard prison through Voldemort's eyes.
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Is Voldemort a Grindelwald?

For the Greater Good. Gellert Grindelwald's slogan. Gellert Grindelwald (1883-1998) was considered to be one of the most powerful Dark Wizards of all time, second only to Tom Marvolo Riddle, who later became known as Lord Voldemort. He was schooled at Durmstrang Institute until his expulsion.
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How long did Dumbledore and Grindelwald fight?

As mentioned in the Harry Potter films, a famous three-hour duel between Dumbledore and Grindelwald - from which the Hogwarts headsets won the Elder Wand - took place in 1945, which is 19 years after the events of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
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How old was Dumbledore when he beat Grindelwald?

So this means that Dumbledore was around 23 when he defeated Grindelwald, which then means that he was offered the position of Minister for Magic several times before he turned 23 years old.
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How did Dumbledore beat Grindelwald if he had the Elder Wand?

It may have happened that Dumbledore disarmed Grindelwald(or moved his wand against his will) when Aberforth, Dumbledore and Grindelwald were dueling. Then he may have been the owner of the Elder wand since then. Thats how he owned it since the wand won't work properly against its master. The easiest way.
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Why was Tina not in Fantastic Beasts 3?

Per the movie, Tina's just been made head of the American auror office, so she has no time for adventures.
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Why did the blood pact break fantastic beasts?

Seeing as Credence was Aberforth's son, the pact broke when the Dumbledore blasts connected with Grindelwald's blast. As Albus would rationalize later on with Newt, his spell was meant to protect, and it canceled out Grindelwald's, which was meant to kill a Dumbledore.
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How did Grindelwald know Credence is a Dumbledore?

Grindelwald knew Credence was Aurelius Dumbledore from the moment he realized Credence was an Obscurial (much like Ariana Dumbledore), and that he had survived the Obscurus for so long (which meant that he came from a very powerful wizard bloodline).
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What was Dumbledore's dark secret?

In the opening scene of The Secrets of Dumbledore, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) revealed that he was in fact in love with Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) when they were teenagers, and the blood oath was a witness of their love.
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Is Grindelwald in love with Dumbledore?

Speaking on the Distinctly Dumbledore feature on The Crimes of Grindelwald Blu-ray, Rowling confirmed Dumbledore and Grindelwald's relationship was passionate: “Their relationship was incredibly intense. It was passionate, and it was a love relationship.
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Why is Queenie with Grindelwald?

While initially on the same side as her sister Tina and friend, later brother-in-law Newt Scamander, Queenie was ultimately swayed to join Gellert Grindelwald's side with the offer to be free to love and marry her No-Maj boyfriend Jacob Kowalski, as well as the offer to provide his freedom to others.
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What was Grindelwald's famous slogan?

"I wish you were working with me now. Towards a world where we wizards are free to live openly, and to love freely,"
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What house is Grindelwald?

If he had gone to Hogwarts, he would be in Slytherin.
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Can Grindelwald defeat Voldemort?

A Grindelwald at the peak of his power would've destroyed Voldemort, Grindelwald pretty much conquered the entire Europe in his 6 years meanwhile Voldemort took 14 years (11 in the First Wizarding War and 3 in the Second Wizarding War) yet failed to take over even the Wizarding Part of Britain.
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Is Grindelwald in the secrets of Dumbledore?

Mads Mikkelsen is Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, premiering May 30 on HBO Max. Photo: Warner Bros.
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Who is stronger Dumbledore or Grindelwald?

Dumbledore's magical skills were so great he was able to defeat legendary Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald, despite the latter possessing the supposedly unbeatable Elder Wand.
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Is Grindelwald a Slytherin?

Book 1 - The Prince of Slytherin

Grindelwald is mentioned by Ron Weasley, who erroneously states he was sorted into Slytherin House at Hogwarts.
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What is wrong with Grindelwald's eye?

He's twins in one body. So a gamey eye is more like the other side of him. Sort of like a brain for each eye, an albino twin, and he's somewhere in the middle. Per his interview with Entertainment Weekly, it looks like Johnny Depp has taken his role as Grindelwald quite acutely with this character detail.
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Are Grindelwald's followers Death Eaters?

These early followers – for Riddle was their leader, even if he pretended to be their friend – were 'forerunners of the Death Eaters, and indeed some of them became the first Death Eaters after leaving Hogwarts.
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What are Grindelwald's followers called?

Gellert Grindelwald's acolytes were a devoted group of followers comprising the inner-circle members of the army gathered by the Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald.
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