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The Duchy of Schleswig (Danish: Hertugdømmet Slesvig; German: Herzogtum Schleswig; Low German: Hartogdom Sleswig; North Frisian: Härtochduum Slaswik) was a duchy in Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland) covering the area between about 60 km (35 miles) north and 70 km (45 mi) south of the current border between Germany and Denmark.
Southern Schleswig (German since 1864; part of the Duchy of Schleswig (a fief of the Danish crown) until 1864; historically an integral part of Southern Jutland) Historical area of Holstein ( Holsten ), sometimes considered part of Jutland Peninsula – south to the Elbe and the Elbe-Lübeck Canal.
The Duchy of Holstein (German: Herzogtum Holstein, Danish: Hertugdømmet Holsten) was the northernmost state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the present German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It originated when King Christian I of Denmark had his County of Holstein-Rendsburg elevated to a duchy by Emperor Frederick III in 1474.
Schleswig became a Danish duchy in the 12th century and remained a fief associated with Denmark until it was forcibly annexed by Austria and Prussia after the German-Danish War (1864). After the Seven Weeks’ War (1866), Schleswig was incorporated with Holstein as a single Prussian province.
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German-Danish War, (1864), the second of two conflicts over the settlement of the Schleswig-Holstein question, a complex of problems arising from the relationship of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein to Denmark, to each other, and to the German Confederation.
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Series: Europe and nations, 1815-1914. An example of an animated map. The Affair of the Duchies. This map is part of a series of 24 animated maps showing the history of Europe and nations, 1815-1914. The three duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg are in personal union with the Danish Crown.
The duchy of Schleswig, created in 1115, was a hereditary fief held from the kings of Denmark. King Waldemar III (who had been duke of Schleswig as Waldemar V) conferred Schleswig on his uncle, Gerhard, and granted a charter forbidding the union of Schleswig and Denmark under a single overlord.
