Bellatrix's age (Was: Narcissa Malfoy )

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 121927


> Keth wrote:
>   As poorly as I tend to think of Lucius, he doesn't really strike 
> me as the  child bride type so it's hard for me to imagine more than 
> a couple of years seperate him and Narcissa.  

> Potioncat responded:
> But we're talking less than 10 years difference.  Certainly at one 
> time, that was the more frequently seen span between  husband and 
> wife.  And I would think there would be 7 or less years difference.
> (Of course, I'm right up there with JKR at math.)

Carol notes:
As I've already indicated in several posts, I think Narcissa is
Lucius's age and the oldest of the three. An additional reason, which
I forgot to mention, is that our pragmatic Lucius would certainly have
married the oldest sister as the one who would inherit her family's
estate if it wasn't divided equally. And Lucius must surely have met
Narcissa in school, which seems to be the case with all the WW
marriages we've seen so far. Note that the marriage partners are also
usually close in age, often in the same year.

Just a thought, as Steve always says.

Carol, wondering where either of you arrived at a ten years'
difference between Lucius and Narcissa from the original argument that
Bellatrix is two years younger than Lucius