Percival Ignatius "Percy" Weasley (born 22 August 1976) was a pure-blood wizard of the Weasley family; the third son of the late Arthur Weasley and his wife, Molly Weasley (née Prewett). He was the younger brother of Bill and Charlie and the older brother of George, Fred, Ron and Ginny Weasley. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry; Sorted into Gryffindor house in 1987. In school he was Prefect as well as Head Boy, and took rules very seriously; always at odds with Fred and George for their pranking and general mischief.