Where is our Prince? (was Re: My very own personal HBP theory)

[meidbh]

No: HPFGUIDX 111572

Ffred writes: 
"My surmise is that the fall of the Roman Empire actually had little 
effect on the WW: some wizarding families may well have moved out 
into the countryside and taken over estates out there (suitably 
enchanted so that when the barbarians came by looting and pillaging, 
they'd just have gone straight past) 
...
"But that the WW was dominated by its ancient families, whose 
stability and lineage had also given them the opportunity to become
sufficiently wealthy to be independent.
... 
"So that the Founders (and indeed the other wizarding aristocrats) 
would have regarded titles from nasty little Muggle barbarian 
monarchs as very much beneath their contempt: they just didn't need 
them."


Meidbh now:
Our prince is a Halfblood so his title could come from either the WW 
or Muggleworld. As I said in my previous post, I'm really not 
convinced that JKR would bring RW royalty into her world (though 
ancient royalty in the form of King Arthur does get a mention). So 
far she has been careful to keep references to the Muggle world very 
general.

And as far as we know none of the old families, the purebloods, 
appear to be titled. Now. In fact other than our self proclaimed 
Lord VM there we've seen no contemporary titled WWfolk at all.

So where is our prince? 

Well, there appear to have been stronger links and similarities 
between Muggle society and the WW in the past, at least before the 
International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy of 1692. And we do have 
evidence of titled magical folk in the past. We have Sir Cadogan, a 
portrait knight in armour and the ghost Sir Patrick Delaney-Podmore 
of the Headless Hunt. Morgana le Fey, King Arthurs sorceress half 
sister, was Queen of Avalon. And of course, my personal favourite 
(<g>), Queen Maeve was a mediaeval Irish witch (ref: JKRs chocolate 
frog cards). 

So our Prince may well be a blast from the WW past.

Meidbh :-)