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The '''Malfoy family''' is a powerful wizard family in the '']'' series of books by ]. |
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==Fictional Family Background== |
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The Malfoys are one of the last ] and most wealthy wizarding families in the ''Harry Potter'' story. Abraxas Malfoy died before the series begins and was a friend of ]. The name of Abraxas' wife is unknown. Their son Lucius was a ] during the first and the second wizarding wars. His wife Narcissa was born into the ] and was the cousin of ], ] godfather. Narcissa likely married Malfoy because of both his blood and economic status, the same way her sister ] did when she married ]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/7/30/j-k-rowling-web-chat-transcript|title=J.K. Rowling Web Chat Transcript|date=]|accessdate=2007-07-30|publisher=]}}</ref>. Their son Draco was the first member of the family to be introduced in the series, he is Harry's nemesis at ], and was suspected of being a Death Eater too. |
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Lucius, Narcissa, Draco, and later Bellatrix, resided in a ] in the southern ] county of ]. The manor seems quite extravagant, with fountains and "''a pure white peacock strutting majestically''". They were previously served by a ], ], before Lucius was tricked into freeing him by Harry Potter. The Malfoy manor was used as headquarters by series' main antagonist ] at least in '']''. The three Malfoys seemed quite displeased by this use of their manor as Voldemort himself stated, only Bellatrix appeared to be honest enough when she said ''"it is an honor to have you (Voldemort) here, in our family's house"''.<ref name="{{HP7}}ch1">{{HP7}}, chapter 1</ref> A scene featuring Draco and ] talking in the manor's garden was cut from two of the first six books. |
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Lucius Malfoy was respected because of his influence on both Hogwarts and the ] because of his monetary donations to the Ministry and ], until he was first removed from his post of governor of the school at the end of '']'' and later imprisoned after the break in at the ] at the end of '']''. |
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At the end of both wizarding wars, the Malfoys managed to avoid being imprisoned. The first time, Lucius claimed himself being under the ]. After the second and final battle, the three Malfoys were reformed and succeed in getting themselves out of trouble again.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/7/30/j-k-rowling-web-chat-transcript|title=J.K. Rowling Web Chat Transcript|date=]|accessdate=2007-07-30|publisher=The Leaky Cauldron}}</ref> In the epilogue of the final book, it is revealed that Draco has a son named Scorpius; however, his wife is unknown. |
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==Name== |
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"Malfoy" is derived from Old French "mal foi" or "mal foy", meaning "bad faith", or "bad trust". The Old French ''mal foy'' itself is derived from Latin ''mala fide'', which as a judicial term means intentional mischief, ill will or evil intentions. |
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==References== |
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