John V (Prince of Caledon)
| John V | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 151 | |
| Preceded by | Stuart V |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | Colin VIII |
| Born | 120 |
| Died | 207 |
John MacArthur was the only child of Prince Stuart and his wife, Wanda (Baroness of Fife on Wold)
John was 24 years old when his father took the throne. He had been preparing for a career as a lawyer - he had, in fact, read for the bar a year early - but his father's disinterest in the throne bade him to spend the next seven years preparing to take the crown. He ruled for 16 years that, essentially, continued the growth and prosperity of his father's, grandfather's and great-grandfather's reigns.
He married Edna Crough, Countess of Millbrough, in 145, and had five children - all girls:
- . Allison b. 146 - Married to Colin Stuart in 167
- . Eileen b. 147 - Married to Mark Andrews in 170
- . Sarah b. 149 - Married to Steven Stuart - Colin Stuart's cousin - in 169
- . Catharine b. 150 - Married to Johnathan MacDougall in 171
- . Margaret b. 152 - Married to Edward MacIntyre - a commoner, and scion of Clan MacIntyre's immense trade operations - in 174.
The eldest four of these girls were married off in arranged marriages to men of the five most influential clans as a hedge against a constitutional and succession crisis; . These political intermarriages - though horrifying to later, more liberal generations of Caledonian historians, scholars and observers - served to give Clan MacArthur of Inverloch a great deal of power in arranging John's successor, and even keeping him in a position of considerable clout after leaving the throne.
The youngest, Margaret, defied her parents and married a commoner, Edward McIntyre - albeit a phenomenally well-connected one who would eventually become both quite wealthy and be knighted by one of Margaret's nephews-in-law.
John retired from the throne in 167, still a fairly young man. Although he formed a law firm on Caledon (which still exists as one of the most prestigious in the Principality), a good part of his time was spent influencing Princes who were also either his sons-in-law or their close relatives.