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After the death of his son, Prince Ulrich, and/or the childless remarriage of Ulrich's father, King Wilhelm II of Württemberg, Queen Victoria floated the idea to Wilhelm (or his gay uncle, King Karl) of de-morganatizing (not sure what the term is) the Teck branch, who were married to her Cambridge cousin, Mary Adelaide "Fat Mary". The king (who's mother apparently once entertained hopes of him marrying Princess Beatrice) politely told Victoria to sod off. Now Victoria wasn't asking out of the milk of human kindness either, she disliked the fact that Fat Mary was more popular than her, and still more that they (the Tecks) couldn't live within their means. Her attempt was thus to kill two birds with one stone: 1) get Mary out of England and 2) ensure that theTecks had a decent income (an heir presumptive would be entitled to a far larger income than a mere morganatic cousin) and thus could afford their lifestyle (doubtful, more money usually means more debt, not less).

So, WI Wilhelm, depressed as he was after his son died, decides "what the Hell", and that if the Tecks can pay the "Nobility Tax" (know this was how it worked in the HRE, not sure about after it's dissolution), he'll insert them into the succession
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