Perenelle Flamel
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- For the Harry Potter character based on this real person, see Historical characters in Harry Potter#Perenelle Flamel.
Perenelle Flamel (b.14th or 15th century) was the wife of the famous 15th century alchemist Nicholas Flamel. Perenelle was a widow and married Nicholas Flamel at the age of 40. Together they had no children but used their enormous wealth to care for the sick and poor.
Nicholas Flamel was an alchemist whose central quest was the search for the philosopher's stone, and the elixir of life that would supposedly achieve immortality. However, Perenelle was actually a serious alchemist in her own right, and worked with her husband on the alchemical quest as his partner. It was Perenelle's nephew to whom Nicholas Flamel passed down the knowledge that he had gained from the book of Abraham the Jew. Perenelle is reported to have died before Nicholas, but the legends maintain that both of them still live to this day, through the use of the philosopher's stone.
