FIrst Headmaster/Headmistress of Hogwarts

[Hagrid]

No: HPFGUIDX 155857

> "Tonks" <tonks_op at ...> wrote:
>
> Have we ever been told who was the first Headmaster/Headmistress 
of 
> Hogwarts?  <SNIP>
> 
> I looked at the Lexicon, but did not see any reference to the 
first 
> Headmaster. I think it might be important.  Does anyone have any 
> ideas??  
> 

aussie:
In answering Hermione's question about the origin of the Chamber of 
Secrets, Prof Binn's (not McG as in the movie) said the 4 founders 
worked together for years until "a serious arguement" (for Prof 
Binn's that may have been a civil war) between Slytherin and 
Gryffindor. That is when Salazar left ... etc, etc and the COS 
became a legend until Slytherin's heir opened the COS.

Now, remember, this is 1000 years ago. Were feudal systems more 
acceptable back then? "Presidents" were as well known as "Coca Cola" 
1000 years ago. (The experience of Emporer Charlomagne and his next 
2 generations of heirs, had a violent end after about 120 years, 
800AD - 919AD)

So to have one supreme ruler, or headmaster, may not have been 
normal nor desirable at the time Hogwarts was founded.

The actual first headmaster may have been decades or centuries after 
the founding of the school.