Fleamont Potter

Fleamont Potter
Biographical information
Died	Between June 1978 and 31 July, 1980
Blood status	Pure-blood
Marital status	Married
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Family information
Family members	Ignotus Peverell (ancestor) † Linfred of Stinchcombe (ancestor) † Mrs Potter née Fleamont (grandmother) Henry Potter (father) † Euphemia Potter (wife) † James Potter (son) † Lily Potter (née Evans) (daughter-in-law) † Harry Potter (grandson) Charlus Potter (possible relation) † Dorea Black (possible relation) † Tom Riddle (distant cousin) †
Affiliation
House	Gryffindor
Loyalty	Potter family Peverell family Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Gryffindor

Fleamont Potter (died c. 1979) was a pure-blood wizard and Gryffindor student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He was the son of Henry Potter, the father of James Potter, and the paternal grandfather of Harry Potter. He was also the great-grandfather of James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna Potter.

Biography

Childhood

Fleamont was born into the wealthy pure-blooded family, to Henry Potter, a prominent Wizengamot member. He was named after his paternal grandmother's maiden name, as it was her dying wish that he perpetuate her maiden name, which would otherwise die out.

He started at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the age of eleven and was Sorted into Gryffindor House. Due to the teasing he got for his first name, he often got into fights over it, which he would later attribute his dexerity at duelling to. At some point and per the family tradition, he inherited the Cloak of Invisibility from his father Henry Potter, who was a distant descendant of Ignotus Peverell.

After his graduation, Fleamont developed the Sleekeazy's Hair Potion, sales of which quadrupled the family gold. Upon retirement, he sold the company at a vast profit.

Marriage and family

Fleamont married Euphemia Potter, and although the family prospered, they had difficulty in bearing children. They had given up hope of having a son or daughter when, later on in their life, to their shock and surprise, Euphemia became pregnant. Their son, James, was born on 27 March, 1960. The Potters had James later in their lives; he was their only child, and was pampered and cherished accordingly.

Around 1976, Fleamont and his wife took in their son's best friend, Sirius Black, who had run away from home at age 16, because his family hated him. They treated Sirius like a second son. Though Sirius stayed in the Potter home for only a year, eventually using money inherited from his uncle, Alphard Black, to buy his own flat, Mr and Mrs Potter always welcomed him over for Sunday dinner thereafter.

Death and post-mortem

Fleamont's son James married Muggle-born Lily Evans in around 1978-1979. The Potters were now advanced in age, and shortly after their son's wedding both succumbed to dragon pox, having died within days of each other. They did not live to meet their grandson, Harry, who would be born on 31 July, 1980.

Fleamont left his son

Harry Potter seeing his mother, father, and other relatives in the Mirror of Erised.

an invisibility cloak which had been passed down through the Potter family for many generations. James was also the sole heir of the family's considerable amount of gold, and, as such, was able to lead a comfortable but all too brief life with his own family.

Since Harry was, himself, orphaned at a very young age, it soon became his heart's desire to meet his family. When, in 1991, he glimpsed into the Mirror of Erised, Harry saw his grandparents, on both his father's and his mother's side, among a number of other relatives he had never met.

Physical appearance

When Fleamont's grandson Harry looked into the Mirror of Erised and saw his family, he noted several individuals who had "green eyes like his, other noses like his, [and] even a little old man who looked as though he had Harry's knobbly knees." While it is almost certain that Fleamont Potter could not have had green eyes, which Harry inherited from his mother, Lily Evans, he may have been one of the other individuals who shared traits with his descendants. Fleamont Potter did not wear glasses.

Behind the scenes

• It was once presumed that Charlus Potter and Dorea Black, who appeared on the Black family tree, might have been James's parents (since it was known that Charlus and Dorea also had one son). However, J. K. Rowling revealed via Pottermore that that is not the case. It is still more than likely, however, that Charlus Potter is some sort of relative of Fleamont's.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Appears in flashback(s))
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned in flashback(s))
• Pottermore (First identified as Fleamont Potter)