This English nobleman gained the nickname “Kingmaker” during the Wars of Roses because of his work behind the scenes to seat a king and to be the power behind the throne.
- Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick
- Edmund Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
- Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham
- Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
- John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu