The Kingdom of Gotzborg was proclaimed in 1706 of a union between the Archduchy of Reichlau, the Grand Duchies of Kerinberg, Salm, Markham, Alhemia, Lonenberg and the Duchy of Montin.  The Archduke, as the senior noble of the Union of Seven Nations was proclaimed King of Gotzborg in Dundam.  In commemoration of the new Kingdom, the capital of the Archduchy was changed from Dundam to Reichstadt.  

The Union of the Seven Nations arose from the predations and incursions by the larger nations surrounding them.  In the 100 years prior to 1706, the seven nations had suffered through over thirty-two different conflicts.  Tired of being a battleground, the leaders of the seven nations met in Dundam in 1657 to form what became known as the Union of Seven Nations.  While the efforts were admirable, the pride and conflicting agendas of each of the Duchies limited the union to a trade cooperative instead of a unified military and diplomatic effort.

In 1664, the Seven Nations became once again the battleground in a war between 3 of their surrounding nations.  In the ensuing 30 years of war, battles raged back and forth, with the larger nations provisioning their armies with resources and manpower against the wishes of the Duchies.  The ongoing depletion of the resources of the duchies began to provide for dissent within the nobility and population.  Grand Dukes and other nobles allied themselves at one point or another with the larger nations and in turn were deposed, replaced or switched allegiances numerous times, some doing so to try and establish a higher status level within the seven nations, others still to try and force the great powers out, and others still only for a desire to conquer and gain a little more land.

By 1700 the ongoing wars which had plagued the seven nations slowly died out.  It was with a welcome sign that peace slowly regained its foothold and nobles and citizens alike solidified the desire to not again be the playground of the great powers.  The Heads of State of the Union met again in Dundam in 1703 where it was decided that the seven nations would not again be the chessboard on which the great powers played.  The result was the Dundam Agreement which outlined a unified military and domestic agenda.  War and its deprivations is soon forgotten with any lasting peace and like the original union, personal agendas and power plays once again began to crack the union from the inside as well as drawing the interests and intentions of the great powers again.  It looked like the events of the late 1600's were coming again.

War began in earnest between the four great nations and again the lands of the seven nations became their focal point.  Alhemia and Montin soon degraded into complete revolt and disarray, the causes lost to history but most likely due to subversion and general discontent with the inability of the Dukes to keep them from war.  Grand Duke Lucas IV of Salm was the first of the seven to begin actively fighting against the agression of the great nations.  The Grand Ducal Army won small engagements but this lasted only until the attention of the great nations began to focus upon Salm, defeat soon became the word of the day.  As the Salmese army collapsed, Lonenberg and Markham joined their besieged bretheren and quickly the tides were turned again.  This however only served to attract the attention of the other great powers who didn't want to see their playground overrrun by upstart little nations.  Lucas sent a request to Archduke Charles to honor the Dundam Agreement and fight together.  Charles committed Reichlau and was soon followed by Kerinberg.  The first order of business was putting down the rebellion in Alhemia and Montin.  While both revolting nations were not able to provide a coherent field army their regiments joined with the Reichlau Army to fight the great powers.

By 1705 the Seven Nations were all fielding a seasoned field force against the great powers but were slowly suffering from the attrition and slow girnding that no army could afford.  It was in the fields outside of the City of Juin in Markham that the Union Army of the Seven Nations was finally brought together and faced the Grand Imperial Army.  Both armies suffered horrendous losses, but the Union Army of the Seven was successful in finally driving the Grand Army off on day 3.  June 15th, 1705 was a day bathed in blood and won by the courage and perseverance of men who all realized that something common had been formed beyond the borders of their small nations.  A nation of power and strength existed if personal agendas and petty squabbling was put aside.

While the battle was won, the war spent another year dying out as the great powers realized they had lost their chessboard.  The old balance had changed, and it was not in their favour.  On July 24th, 1706 at Lonenberg Palace in the Grand Duchy of Lonenberg, Archduke Charles of Reichlau was crowned King Charles I of Gotzborg.