The TRAGEDY of Frank & Alice Longbottom - Harry Potter Explained

Welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re going to be discussing Frank and Alice Longbottom, otherwise known as the parents of Neville Longbottom. Specifically, we’ll be taking a closer look at their history—who they were, what they were like—and then shifting to what happened to them at the hands of Bellatrix Lestrange and the other Death Eaters.

This is another one of those topics that the movies barely touch on, so if you haven’t read the books, there should be a lot of information for you here.

Topics Discussed:

The tragic history of Frank and Alice Longbottom

What happened to Neville Longbottom’s parents

Why Bellatrix Lestrange tortured the Longbottoms

Why the Death Eaters targeted Frank and Alice Longbottom

Frank and Alice Longbottom’s careers as Aurors

The Longbottoms during the First Wizarding War

Frank and Alice Longbottom in the original Order of the Phoenix

Voldemort’s disappearance after attacking Harry Potter

Bellatrix Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange, Rabastan Lestrange and Barty Crouch Jr.