House of Prince


 * "Us Prince's don't care about Blood Status or were your born or whether your Magic or Muggle. We care about Knowledge, Skill and Power. We're an ambitious and intelligent lot, that's probably why most us are in Slytherin"
 * - Roderick Prince telling his grandson, Severus Snape about the Prince Family values.

The Noblest and Intellectual House of Prince, or more commonly The House of Prince or the Prince Family was a British, mainly Pure-Blood Wizarding family that originated in Brittany, France before settling in Wales in 1485. The Prince Family do not have any prejudice against Muggle's or Muggle-Born's but kept their views skilfully hidden due to their keeping company with notable Pure-Blood Families.

The House of Prince died out in the male line when Eileen Prince, only daughter and child of Roderick and Maeve Prince married the Muggle, Tobias Snape. Their son, Severus inherited the Prince estate and fortune upon his grandfather's death. The Prince's, currently Snape's, ancestral home is Cartref House in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

History

 * "The Prince's do not have a set House. They could be a Snake, a Badger, a Claw or even, Salazar forbid, a Lion but due to my ancestor's skills in so many fields, we have mainly been Slytherins and Ravenclaws"
 * - Severus Snape telling his Godson, Daniel Potter about his family's sorting at Hogwarts.

Many members of the Prince Family claimed a French Wizard named Charles de Prince was their ancestor. Charles married a Irish Witch named Siofra Gorgon, who was some sort of descendent of Salazar Slytherin, possibly making the Prince's the Heirs of Slytherin. Most of the Wizarding world, especially Wizarding Historian and Genealogist, Cantankerous Nott, disclaim this theory.

The House of Prince was properly founded in 1485, Brittany, France by Louis Prince. Louis was a close friend of Henry Tudor and accompanied his friend over to Wales before fighting in the Battle of Bosworth, watching as Tudor was crowned Henry VII. Along with Henry's uncle, Jasper Tudor, Louis was given land in Wales for his loyalty to the new King. Louis' land would become present day Pembrokeshire.

A couple of generations later, Cornaith Prince had Cartref House built in his family's lands in Pembrokeshire. The lavish mansion had everything a young Nobleman like Cornaith could need. Cornaith was a good friend of Henry VIII's and a member of the Muggle political group, the Boleyn Faction. Using his Magic, Cornaith placed doubt in the King's mind regarding his top advisor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, which led to the latter's execution and the formation of the Church of England. Less significantly, Cornaith was a member of the Wizard Council.

In the 18th Century, Severus Prince converted the massive basement pantry of Cartref into a vast Potions Lab with everything a Potions Master could dream of. As well as this, Severus played a part in the formation of the Ministry of Magic, secretly conspiring with the Collective of Mysteries to have the Ministry's headquarters built under London and helping his friend, Ulick Gamp get elected the first Minister for Magic. Ironically, most of Severus' descendants would dismiss the Ministry as a job opportunity, instead using their great intelligence in other matters; usually their own.

Severus' granddaughter, Lyra Prince, one of the only Prince's in history to hold Blood purity views, went against her parents wishes and married Julius Malfoy. Her parents, Otto and Marie, wanted to legally disown her but were convinced by Julius' Great-Aunt Clara to quietly cease all contact with their daughter to save both family's a scandal through a hefty payment. Lyra's brother, Oswald Prince, a great lover of Hogwarts, installed a portrait gallery in Cartref which all the members of the family got a Magical portrait placed in the gallery after their deaths.

Oswald's son, Thaddeus Prince, a Potions Master was nicknamed 'The Face Dancer' due to his Metamorphmagus abilities and for creating the first incarnation of Polyjuice Potion before he died. Thaddeus' son, Thaddeus Prince II, moved to the New World and set up an American branch of the family that would eventually, after marrying into the Wizarding Duvall Family, evolve into the prestigious Prince-Duvall Family.

Ignacio Prince was the Professor of Potions at Hogwarts during the 1880s' and 90s', teaching the likes of Albus Dumbledore. Ignacio's son, Kalovan took after his father and was a highly skilled Potions Master who worked at St Mungo's before becoming a mentor to many of the 20th Century's most famous Potions Master. One of his students, Aristotle Fawley went on to teach Kalovan's Great-Grandson, Severus Snape in the art of Potions-making. Less significantly, Kalovan's little brother, Killian Prince tried to run for Minister for Magic in 1919 but lost to then current Minister Archer Evermond.

Kalovan's son, Roderick did not inherit his family's passion for Potions or any other field. Instead, he spent his life as a member or Chairman of various boards and councils, including the Hogwarts Board of Governors, Wizangamot and as a Welsh representative in the International Confederation of Wizards. Roderick married Irish Witch, Maeve McCarthy and had a daughter called Eileen. Maeve died giving birth to their second child, Seamus, who also died, leaving him to raise the already teenage Eileen by himself.

Eileen Prince was a Reserve Chaser for the Holyhead Harpies whose only claim to fame was helping her team win the Quidditch League Cup in 1959. Whilst celebrating with her team, Eileen met and slept with Muggle Tobias Snape, becoming pregnant with his child. Roderick did not like Snape as he saw the man as a brute who would hurt his daughter but Eileen, who was very traditional, rejected her father's pleas to raise her child without Snape and married him anyway, causing Roderick to disown her in anger, an action he would greatly regret. Eileen's son, Severus Snape was born soon after but his childhood would not be happy as Tobias, blaming Eileen and Magic for ruining his life, would beat both his wife and child whilst Eileen fell into a deep depression and losing most her Magic because of it.

Eventually, Eileen killed herself with her husbands revolver and two days after the funeral, Tobias was found dead in a ditch of alcohol poisoning. Severus, barely affected by his parents deaths, went on with his life and eventually became the Professor of Potions and later Headmaster of Hogwarts. Roderick, who was dying, contacted Severus and convinced his grandson to sign documents making Severus the heir to the Prince estate and fortune. Severus agreed and when Roderick died a few weeks later, inherited all the Prince's property. Severus married Josie Rawlinson and had three children with her; Sebastian, Amaryllis and Wisteria.