The Kingdom of Wurttemberg {Part of the War of Austrian Succession}

{Map of War of Austrian Succession by January 1742}

In February 1742, the heir to the Duchy of Wurttemberg, Carl Eugen, vanished. The Wurttemberger people had previously not supported the takeover of the Bavarians, yet the regent of the throne refused to get militarily involved in supporting Empress Theresa. With no rightful heir in sight, there was a power vacuum inside of Wurttemberg. Yet, this power vacuum didn't last for very long. The Self-Proclaimed 'King of Wurttemberg' who had been ignored by authorities and the HRE for being a mad street-rambler, had started gaining support. The Wurttembergers had enough of being treated like ants under the HRE throne and being involved in the senseless drama that they weren't allowed to have a say in no matter how hard they tried.'King' Carl Frederick started trying to legitimize his claim, he would hold street rallies, gaining a good following of his doctrines when he is named king. Eventually, this landed him not on the throne, but in a cell. To Rot. Or so the Regent of the throne presumed. Little did he see that what followed was an armed siege of the jail by Carl's supporters. 

The Regent, Charles Rudolph (who had just barely survived a bout of catarrh a year prior), sought to quell the rising tensions. He did this in a way he had been known for, making an example of one of the participators of this movement. A public execution was held for a supporter he had picked out of the street, the execution had consisted of hanging the supporter from a badly tied rope, so he would suffer instead of dying immediately. This, however, had the polar opposite effect of what the regent had hoped. King Carl Frederick used this to rally a greater percentage of people, citing Charles as a "Bloodthirsty, empire supporting, threat to our people".

{Die Volksflag}

The Wurttemberger Revolution starts on April 21st, 1742. King Frederick had little to no resistance in taking over, with the exception of a few skirmishes, and one siege. The Siege of Ludwigsburg Palace {May 2nd, 1742-June 5th,1742} or "The Duke's Palace". While some might presume this kind of siege would be relatively short, they would be wrong. The defenders, behind Regent Charles Joseph, fought valiantly, and with various pieces of artillery stationed inside the palace, it was almost as if King Frederick were besieging a land-ship. After multiple waves of men trying to break the defenses, he finally managed a week from the start of the siege. From there, harsh interior battling occurred, the Regent not willing to surrender, even used the artillery he had stationed inside the building, to prevent Frederick and his army from moving further. The siege took the lives of many due to rupturing of eardrums, the significant amount of smoke in the air, which caused many to pass out of Nitroglycerin poisoning, and short contained fires which would occasionally occur. The siege ended when the Regent passed due to a large uncontained fire which occurred on June 1st. Following this, as more defenders learned the news, they surrendered to the besieging army. 

The Kingdom of Wurttemberg is born

The King of Wurttemberg declared complete independence from any Imperial claims. He called upon the Swabian people to join his nation - nay - movement. His ultimate goal to unite the Swabian people under one flag, and nothing and no-one was going to stop this from happening.