Robert Hardy, Cornelius Fudge In 'Harry Potter', Dies at 91 (2024)

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What happened to Cornelius Fudge in Harry Potter? ›

After seeing Voldemort's return in the Ministry, Fudge was forced to accept it all, as well as reinstate Albus' reputation. Following this, Fudge was kicked out of office in disgrace because he refused to take the steps Dumbledore offered him.

Potter films, died yesterday at the age of 91.

Due to the immense fear that Voldemort commanded and the threat he posed against wizarding Britain, Minister Fudge adamantly refused to believe that he had returned and instead deluded himself into believing a more comforting nonsensical scenario, that Dumbledore was trying to usurp his position of Minister for Magic.

Cornelius Fudge was an excellent wizard but certainly not a great wizard. To be a great wizard one must first be a great man. Cornelius Fudge was much too concerned about his reputation and his position to be a great man. But he could not have gotten where he was if he was not an excellent wizard.

Cornelius Fudge for instance was sacked because of his poor performance as Minister for Magic, and that led to his being succeeded by Rufus Scrimgeour.

In spite of all these negative traits, Fudge wasn't seen in a bad sort of light; prior to Lord Voldemort's return and most viewed him as a bumbling, yet well-meaning minister.

Dumbledore told him. After the battle at the Department of Mysteries, Dumbledore and Fudge had a private chat. He told Fudge everything that happened from Voldy coming back and Harry wasn't actually lying and how to take precautions to protect the public and yes, that Sirius was innocent.

Harry describes Umbridge to Sirius Black, saying that she's vile enough to be a Death Eater, despite not being one. Umbridge is also depicted to be a prejudiced person, despising half-breeds and Muggle-born witches and wizards to the point of firing Hagrid due to his half-giant birth status.

Sorted in Slytherin House at Hogwarts, Fudge later married Amaryllis Fudge and pursued a career at the British Ministry of Magic. After working as a Junior Minister in the D.M.A.C., Fudge was (to his own surprise) elected Minister for Magic in 1990.

It is unknown if they were pure-blood, or had both Muggle and magical heritage. However, given that Cornelius Fudge showed sympathies towards those with purely magical heritage (such as the Malfoys), it can be assumed that they were pure-blood, or at least half-bloods who clung onto their magical lineage.

Did Fudge send dementors after Harry? ›

Dolores Umbridge

Indeed, she was the one who sent Dementors to attack Harry in Little Whinging.

Lord Voldemort, wanting the location of Harry Potter, captured and tortured Scrimgeour, and when Scrimgeour still refused to say anything, Voldemort murdered him.

Dolores Umbridge was eventually imprisoned in Azkaban due to her crimes against Muggle-borns during her interrogations, as not everyone she interrogated and tortured survived.

Forced into running away following the fall of the Ministry to Lord Voldemort in 1997, Kingsley continued to oppose the new regime. In 1998, he fought in the Battle of Hogwarts, and was named Acting Minister for Magic in the aftermath.

Harry's torturous detentions from Umbridge served as a symbol of her tyranny and the lengths to which she would go to silence him from telling the truth, though it is never known whether other Ministry employees or even Cornelius Fudge himself were ever aware that she used these disciplinary actions.