James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley

James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley (c. 1394 – 22 October 1463), also known as "James the Just", was an English peer.

James de Berkeley
Arms of James de Berkeley, 1st Baron of Berkeley
Born1394
Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died22 October 1463
Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
Spouse(s)Daughter of St. John
Daughter of Stafford
Isabel de Mowbray
Joan Talbot
IssueElizabeth de Berkeley
Sir William de Berkeley, Earl of Nottingham
James de Berkeley, Esquire
Alice de Berkeley
Sir Maurice de Berkeley VI, Lord Berkeley
Thomas de Berkeley, Esquire
Isabel de Berkeley
FatherSir James de Berkeley
MotherElizabeth Bluet

Berkeley was the son of Sir James de Berkeley (d. 1405) and his wife Elizabeth (née Bluet) and by 1410 accepted as heir male to his uncle Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley. He was involved in a bitter feud with his cousin Elizabeth, daughter of the fifth Baron Berkeley and wife of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick over the inheritance of the Berkeley estate.

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