Florence Barcley de Tolly

Florence II was the Grand Duke of Carinthia in the late 14th century and became King of Vichin from 1399 to 1428 after marrying Queen Hedwig of House Martel, virtually ending the Vichin Civil War and ushering in a strong Vichin-Carinthian union.
== Reign ==
From the age of 29, Florence reigned as king, officially representing his wife, but managed in his early reign to forge such strong alliances both through negotiations with the nobility and heavy use of the church's power, that he managed to retain his regency uncontested after the death of Hedwig. 
By assuring the Cister Cartian church constantly increasing privileges and land he secured their support of his claim and with proclamations that limited vassal power without consent of the church, he held Vichin in an iron grip. This is also why the only uprisings in Vichin during his reign were revolts of the people, quickly quelled by his nobility. 
=== The Golden War ===
In 1420, when the Golden Horde stirred once again, Florence established a temporary union between the Orthodox Church of the Menkhu Faith and the Church of Cister Carta and led a military campaign into the west, later known as the Golden War, wherein they finally annihilated the Horde, while also managing to conquer the Westerlands as Vichin protectorates. 
In two years, King Florence had secured Vichin as the largest and most prominent power in Magnia, ruling over Carinthia, Thyssen, and the Westerlands. 
=== The Western War ===
In Florence's late reign, his increasingly excessive use of the church to gain and hold power not only infuriated the nobility and people alike, who felt their rights were being infringed upon, but resulted in the church becoming far more powerful than the Crown. 
When the Western War of 1428 broke out between Corveaux and Vichin, he failed to defend and eventually lost his territories in the West and in the North and was manipulated into letting the church establish the faith militant that arrested and later executed Queen Elyria of Chorene, during a diplomatic visit to Kurnow. Failing to prevent the execution, Florence hid from his rioting population and was besieged in the Bloody Keep by the church. 
The siege lasted months and ended when the Pontiff of the church promised Florence free passage out of the country, but when the king left his keep, he was publicly executed and the pontiff placed his nine-year-old son, Venslav V on the throne.