Edessa Sakndenberg

Edessa Skanderberg
Biographical information
Born	15th century (possibly)
Died	1503
Title(s)	Professor Headmistress
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Blue
Skin color	White
Affiliation
Occupation	Social historian specialising in Muggles Headmistress of Hogwarts (formerly)
Loyalty	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Professor Edessa Skanderberg (or possibly Skandenberg) (d. 1503) was a Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the early sixteenth century.

Biography

Lifetime

Professor Skanderberg lived in the fifteenth century. In her lifetime, she was a social historian, specialising in Muggle society. She was appointed Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She died in 1503.

Post-mortem

After her death, her portrait was hung in the Headmaster's office, so that she could advise the current Headmaster. She had more portraits around the castle: in the East Wing, Grand Staircase and other halls such as the Glanmore Peakes' Corridor

Etymology

• "Edessa" (probably originally from a Phrygian or Illyrian word meaning ‘tower in the water’) is the name of a Greek city and, in Ancient Greece, also a province.
• Her surname may be the Albanian name Skanderbeg influenced by German names ending in -en-berg.

Behind the scenes

• Edessa Skanderberg's portrait was based on a 1706 portrait of the Henwife of Castle Grant by Richard Waitt.
• The phrase on Skandenberg's portrait (mirabile visu) is a Latin expression, meaning "wonderful to behold."
• On a wood panel in the Divination Classroom of Hogwarts, her last name seems to be Skanderberg.
• On the cover of the Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles prop that was featured on the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Edessa Skanderberg is credited to have authored the book. This is canonically wrong, as we know the book was written by Wilhelm Wigworthy in 1987, but nevertheless we can conclude from the text of the back cover blurb that Edessa was a "social historian and Muggle specialist".

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (video game) (Appears in portrait(s))
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Appears in portrait(s))
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Appears in portrait(s))
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Appears in portrait(s))
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (Appears in portrait(s))
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Appears in portrait(s))
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Appears in portrait(s))
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (Appears in portrait(s))

Notes and references

Hogwarts Faculty