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Bellatrix Black Lestrange is a fictional character from the Harry Potter books.

Bellatrix Lestrange was born Bellatrix Black, first cousin to Sirius Black, and sister to Narcissa Black and Andromeda Black.

Bellatrix became a Death Eater and married Rodolphus Lestrange, brother of Rabastan Lestrange . By that time, she had become a sadist. One year after Lord Voldemort's defeat, the three of them (and presumably Barty Crouch Jr. as well) tried to disover information about the location of the discorporate spirit of Lord Voldemort, by using the Cruciatus Curse on Frank and Alice Longbottom. Their victims went insane from the torture, and for that crime the four of them were convicted to life imprisonement in AzkabanAzkaban is the wizard prison in the Harry Potter series of books by J. Wizards who violate the laws of the wizardry community are sent here. At the starting of the first book, Azkaban is guarded by the Dementors working under the Ministry of Magic. Genera.

Fourteen years later, the three of them were amongst the imprisoned Death Eaters who broke out and rejoined Lord Voldemort. The Lestranges are considered some of Voldemort's most devoted followers.

Bellatrix Lestrange was in a group of Death Eaters who tried to steal a prophecy belonging to the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic from Harry Potter. She also murdered Sirius Black in a duel at the Ministry. She escaped from the Ministry with Lord Voldemort, and is presumably now with him at the end of Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2003 book, the fifth book in the Harry Potter series of children's books by J. The book was published on 21 June 2003 in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, and several other countries..

To date, she is the only female Death Eater mentioned in the series specifically by name, though Narcissa Malfoy may also be one.