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Fred Weasley
GryffindorJoker and shopkeeper

Fred Weasley

Born:
1 April 1978
Died:
2 May 1998

One half of Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes. He and George leave school in a blaze of fireworks. Fred dies laughing in the Battle of Hogwarts, and the family does not recover the joke.

Appears in

  1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

On the timeline

  1. 1978

    The Marauders graduate; James and Lily marry

    James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, and Snape leave school. Snape and Pettigrew are among the Death Eaters. James and Lily marry. Fred and George Weasley are born on April Fools’ Day.
  2. 1989

    Bill leaves; the twins arrive

    Bill becomes a curse-breaker. Fred, George, and their yearmates start in Gryffindor.
  3. 1998-05-02

    The Battle of Hogwarts

    The trio breaks into Gringotts for the cup. At the castle the diadem is destroyed, Neville kills Nagini, and fifty-odd defenders die, among them Fred, Lupin, Tonks, and Colin. Harry walks into the Forest and comes back. Voldemort dies in the Great Hall on 2 May 1998.