James Potter

**"Point me!"**

This article is about **the father of Harry Potter**. You may be looking for **Harry's son, or somebody else named *James* or *Potter***.

## Biographical information

### Died

31 October 1981 (aged 21)Godric's Hollow, West Country, England, Great Britain

### Title(s)

* Chaser
* Head Boy

## Relationship information

### Relatives

* †Fleamont Potter (father)
* †Euphemia Potter (mother)
* †Lily Potter (née Evans) (wife)
* Harry Potter (son)
* Ginny Potter (née Weasley) (daughter-in-law)
* James Sirius Potter (grandson)
* Albus Severus Potter (grandson)
* Lily Luna Potter (granddaughter)
* †Unnamed father-in-law
* †Unnamed mother-in-law
* †Petunia Dursley (née Evans) (sister-in-law)
* Vernon Dursley (brother-in-law)
* Dudley Dursley (nephew)
* Unnamed niece-in-law
* †Henry Potter (paternal grandfather)

### (non-canonical)

***passim**** †Charlus Potter (father)
* †Dorea Potter, née Black (mother)
* †Cygnus Black II (maternal grandfather)
* †Violetta Black, née Bulstrode (maternal grandmother)
* †Pollux Black (maternal uncle)
* †Cassiopeia Black (maternal aunt)
* †Marius Black (maternal uncle)
* †Irma Black (née Crabbe) (maternal aunt by marriage)
* †Walburga Black (maternal first cousin)
* †Alphard Black (maternal first cousin)
* †Cygnus Black III (maternal first cousin)
* †Regulus Black (maternal first cousin once removed)
* †Sirius Black (maternal first cousin once removed)
* †Bellatrix Lestrange, née Black (maternal first cousin once removed)
* Andromeda Tonks, née Black (maternal first cousin once removed)
* Narcissa Malfoy, née Black (maternal first cousin once removed)

***A Godfather's Promise***

* Richard Potter (paternal grandfather)
* Victoire Potter, née Vigouroux (paternal grandmother)

### (non-canonical)

†Helena Greengrass (betrothed) (*Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*)

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* Gryffindor Quidditch team
* Marauders
* Order of the Phoenix

**James Potter**, also known as **Prongs**, is a canonical historical pure-blood wizard, a member of the Marauders and the father of Harry Potter. He should not be confused with his grandson, James Sirius Potter.

## Canonical information

Main article: **James Potter I** at *The Harry Potter Wiki*
James' parents are Fleamont and Euphemia Potter. However, for a long time this was not known and many assumed they were instead Charlus Potter and Dorea Black, who were known to have had a son. Stories built on this premise can be found in Category:Grandson of Charlus.

He played chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team from at least his fifth year.

## Non-canonical information

### *A Godfather's Promise*

In this story, which has James the son of Charlus and Dorea, Charlus' parents are said to have been Richard Potter and his wife Victoire Vigouroux.

### *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*

In this story, the Houses of Potter and Greengrass were political allies, and James was betrothed to marry a sister of Castor Greengrass, beside Lily Evans. (Polygamy is allowed, and even expected for those who are heirs to more than one House, and James was heir to both the Potter and the Peverell lordships.) However, during the summer of 1978 she was murdered, so only one marriage took place, and the betrothal contract was eventually inherited by Daphne Greengrass. In his short time as Lord Potter (he died less than two years after his father, and only fifteen months after Harry's birth) he penned two further contracts for his son, with Pacha Patil for his daughter Padma and with Pierre Delacour for his daughter Gabrielle (who is of age with Harry).

James' full name is said to be James Charlus Potter, after his father. Among the various businesses he owned in both Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley and Hogsmeade can be noted a forty-five-percent share of the Daily Prophet, and their side-businesses Witch Weekly and Teen Witch Weekly, as well as a twenty-five-percent share of The Quibbler.

## References

1. ↑ *A Godfather's Promise*, Chapter 2
2. ↑ *A Godfather's Promise*, Chapter 5
3. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 8
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 11
5. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 16