Rorie I and II

Rorie I & II
Portrait of Rorie, painted by Willem of Herxen, 1704
King of Scovern and Platavia
Reign	November 7, 1696 – August 1, 1714
Coronation	Olafsborg, Lauberg, Mesconia
Predecessor	Olav V
Successor	Carl Frederik I
High King of Caldia
Reign	March 8, 1702 – August 1, 1714
Predecessor	Mary II
Successor	Lauren
Born	(1670-04-12)April 12, 1670 St Ellen's Palace, Spalgleann, Kingdom of Caldia
Died	August 1, 1714(1714-08-01) (aged 44) Sankt-Petersborg, Rimso, Scovern
Burial	Korsvej Cathedral, Rimso, Scovern
Queens consort	Maria Johanna of Cipria (m. 1686, died 1710) Amelda Rowan (m. 1712, died 1714)
Issue	Lauren Carl William Stephen Laoise
House	MacIconnich
Father	John Gustaf, Prince of Nyland
Mother	Mary II of Caldia
Religion	Calidonic Amendist

Rorie I and II (Ruairí Muircheartach Roibeárd MacIconnich, embrianised: Rory Mortimer Robert MacIconnich; April 12, 1670 – August 1, 1714) was King of Scovern as Rorie I from 1696 and High King of Caldia as Rorie II from 1702, ruling both countries until his death in 1714. His reign in Scovern oversaw a number of religious and clerical reforms, including the Renovatio Religiosae, ending Taenarianism in Scovern and re-raising the papacy to supreme religious authority in the country.

Rorie was the first son of John Gustaf, Prince of Nyland, himself brother of Olav V of Scovern and prince consort of Caldia as the husband of Mary II of Caldia. Born in St Ellen's Palace, the traditional Caldish royal residence in Spálgleann, Rorie was raised as a Caledonian and educated by many of Caldia's top academics. When Olav died with no living male heir after the death of his son Frederik in a hunting accident in 1694, salic law put Rorie next in line for the throne, ascending in 1696. He was crowned in an elaborate ceremony at Olafsborg, but his religion immediately conflicted with the Scovernois clergy and nobility. Faced with the threat of significant rebellion in Scovern, Rorie enacted the Renovatio Religiosae, which asserted papal authority over matters of faith, morals and administration in religion, also declaring papal decisions ex cathedra infallible and irreplaceable.

Rorie was elected by the Deísi as the tanist to Mary II, allowing him to become the next High King of Caldia. He inherited the decades-long political strife between Caldia and Gaullica and in 1704 brought both Caldia and Scovern into the Third Gilded War. At the same time, his aunt Elisabeth von Laarup, more commonly known as Madame Larue, became empress consort of Gaullica as the wife of Louis V. Offering military support against insurrections of the Amendist Caldish nobility, religious unrest was staved off for several years. At the end of the Gilded Wars, Caldia lost all of its overseas empire, greatly reducing its prestige and affecting its economy.

Culturally active, he was also known for his love of the arts, including music, architecture, painting and writing. As king, he was well-known for his extensive vanity projects, especially in Scovern, which included monuments and statues, commissioned artwork, as well as Vittenborg Palace, where the Rigsdagen of the Estates convened after 1706. In 1711, he published Vivere est vivere ("to live is to live"), a treatise on royal affairs which defended his exceedingly lavish lifestyle. In 1712 he remarried Amelda Rowan, an Estmerish noble. Upon his death in 1714, Rowan briefly became queen regnant of Scovern to Carl Frederick, born in 1703. His niece, Lauren, succeeded him to the throne of Caldia, ending the personal union between the two countries.