John I (Prince of Caledon)
| John I | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office -168 | |
| Preceded by | Stuart II |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | Colin II |
| Born | -200 |
| Died | -156 |
Born John Harris Douglass in -200, son of Martin and Margaret Douglass, Duke and Duchess of Hamblenshire.
John I, already a successful naval officer, became the successor to the throne after Stuart II's death, via a carefully-planned patronage marriage to Ann Marie McTaggart, the 39 year old Duchess of Staffordshire as well as taking on Campbell's brother, General Perry Campbell, as his regent.
Campbell was unable to produce an heir, so John undertook affairs with an array of mistresses - very unbeknownst to the public - finally having a son in -162 with a Cynthia MacArthur, the daughter of a moderately-successful merchant and one of the first licensed female barristers in Caledon. John christened the boy "Colin", after his younger brother. and raised as his own son in exchange for creating MacArthur a place in the peerage and a sizeable land grant and cash reward; Cynthia MacArthur became Cynthia, Viscountess of Inverloch, on Dunbarton - making her the matriarch of a clan that would one day hold the monarchy itself.
John ruled through 12 uneventful and prosperous years, leaving the throne in -156, leaving the throne to his brother Colin, serving as Colin's assistant regent and grooming his son Colin for the throne.