Template:HP character Madame Olympe Maxime is a character from the Harry Potter series, created by J. K. Rowling. She is French and is the headmistress of Beauxbatons, the French wizarding school. Maxime's preferred mode of transportation when travelling with her students is a great powder-blue carriage drawn by twelve winged palominos (seven in the film adaptation), Abraxan winged horses, which Madame Maxime breeds. She is described as being elegant and wearing black satin robes in the novel version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. She is also described as having olive skin and handsome features. She is played by Frances de la Tour in the fourth film.

Olympe Maxime first appears in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, when she and some of her students arrive at Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament.

It is revealed that Maxime's huge size is due to her half-giant background. She fiercely denies this, although she is around the same height as fellow half-giant Hagrid.

Upon first sight, Hagrid immediately takes a crush on Madame Maxime, which he shows by attempting to groom himself properly. Given his lack of social graces, however, this isn't so successful. While they comfort each other during the occasion of Dumbledore's funeral, it may have been inspired by the emotion of the moment; it is as yet unknown whether they have intentions of pursuing a romantic relationship.

Besides her appearance in Goblet, in Phoenix Hagrid tells Harry, Ron and Hermione that Madame Maxime and he visited the giants during that summer. Hagrid describes her spellwork as "brilliant." She separtes from Hagrid during the return journey, however, because he would not abandon his half-brother Grawp, who proves to be a highly taxing travelling companion; she returns to Beauxbaton alone.

In Half-Blood Prince, Madame Maxime is among those paying respects at Dumbledore's funeral.

Olympe is the French word for Olympus, the mountain home of the Greek gods. Maxime is French for "principle." It is derived from the Latin "maxima", the feminine form of "maximus," meaning "greatest" or "biggest."

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