Stuart V (Prince of Caledon)
| Stuart V | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 144 | |
| Preceded by | Ian IV |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | John V |
| Born | 100 |
| Died | 178 |
Stuart Roger Macarthur was the fourth child and only son of Prince Stuart IV and Princess Elise (former Duchess of Catterick).
Stuart was ten years into a career as an academic specializing in Caledonian musicology when his various uncles, one by one, left the throne. While he'd known his whole life he was in line for the throne, it had been mostly an intellectual sense rather than a life's mission; his father had died when he was 17, and his academic pursuits drove him thereafter.
Moreover, he was a widower; he'd been married and had two daughters by his first wife, Alice, Baroness of Inverrothsay.
He was an unenthusiastic ruler - but a capable delegator. His Admirals kept the borders secure at a time of small, modest challenges; his nation's traders were prosperous. His "do-nothing" reign served mainly to give his son, John, time to mature into a capable-enough leader before turning over the throne in 151 and going back to the academy.