His closest followers, the death eaters, were. 31 december 1926, wool's orphanage, london, england, great britain | died: 2 may 1998 (aged 71), great hall, hogwarts castle, highlands, scotland, great britain |. Weblord voldemort, born tom marvolo riddle, was the son of merope gaunt (a descendent of salazar slytherin) and tom riddle, a handsome, wealthy muggle from. Tom marvolo riddle was a gifted young wizard born of a witch mother (merope gaunt) and a muggle father (tom riddle, sr. ) on december 31,. Webtom riddle is the birth name of voldemort. Riddle was a prefect and head boy at hogwarts, and when he was sixteen he opened the chamber of secrets. Weblord voldemort was a dark wizard and the prime antagonist of the harry potter series. He was born tom riddle but changed his name to lord voldemort.
