Why was Albus Dumbledore never married?

Dumbledore was gay. The reason he was so vulnerable to Grindelwald’s nonsense was because he was infatuated with him, Dumbledore turned down the offered post of Minister of Magic several times because he had learned to his dismay that power was one of his weaknesses. Dumbledore’s reaction to failure seems to have been banning temptation. read more

As far as JK Rowling has revealed up until this point, no, Dumbledore has not been married. As we know, Dumbledore was gay and in love with his best friend Gellert Grindelwald, and this love for him could have led to the death of his sister, Ariana. read more

Elphias thought Dumbledore was a very great wizard, and a very great person, and believed that his many early losses endowed him with great humanity and strong sympathy, as he stated in an obituary he wrote for Albus Dumbledore, after his death. read more