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two children. 12 March 1325. aged 34-35. Regency of Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1325-1326) Under regency of their uncle, divided their inheritance. In 1326, Valdemar became king of Denmark, while his regent maed himself the Duke of Schleswig. In 1330 Valdemar returned to his position as Duke. In 1340 Haelwig married the King of ...
- The Duchies
- Medieval Development
- Danish-German Conflict
- King Frederick
- Duke of Augustemburg
- Treaty of Londion
- Augusta Victoria
- King Christian IX
- War with Prussia and Austria
- Consequences
The duchies of Schleswig-Holstein were located within the Holy Roman Empire south of Denmark between the North Sea and the Baltic. By the 19h centurty the soutern border was with Orussia. The principalities were an issue between the Danish Crown and various German monarchs for centuries. The population of the duchies fluctuated over time as to the ...
After the fall of Rome and the Germanic and Slavic migrations Holstein was a border area located between Nordalbingia (a region of part of Old Saxony) along the North Seaand the Slavic Wagrians belonging to the Obotrites to the east along the coast of the Baltic Sea. To the north was the Jutland peninsula and Schleswig controlled by the Danes who w...
Despite their limited importance, the two duchies were a continuing bone of contention between Danes and Germans. The Danes regarded Schleswig as Danish and the majority of the population until recently was Danish. Holstein was well before the conflict between Danes and Germans began almost completely Germanized. The Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein i...
King Frederik VII as soon as he ascended to the throne tried to incorporate Schleswig to the Danish territory. The duchies rebelled against Denmark and together withHolstein, established a provisional government in Kiel, naming Duke Christian Karl of Augustemburg as its heritary ruler. The Duke proceeded to ask for Prussian support. Prussia recogni...
A great deal was at stake for Denmark. The Prussians were greatly superior in numbers and military power. If the Prussians won, the Duke of Augustemburg could actually claim the Danish crown. He was, as Christian, a direct descendant from Christian III. Unfortunately for the enterprising Augustemburg, the Great Powers (England, Russia, France, and ...
The Great Powers in 1852 signed the Treaty of London which guaranteed the integrity of Denmark. It also recognized Prince Christian as heir to the throne. Schleswig and Holstein were still being property of the Danish King but Denmark was to respect their autonomy by agreeing to make no further efforts to alter the constitution and unite them with ...
The Duke of Augustemburg who sought to break Schleswig-Holstein away from Denmark was disposseded after the Prussians withdrew support. His son Frederick attempted to play a similar role in 1864, but the outcome was that Chacellor Bismarck engineered the eventual annexation of both provinces by Prussia. Crown Prince Frederich and his wife Victoria ...
King Frederik died On November 15, 1863. Prince Christian acceeded to the throne as Christian IX. King Christian only 3 days after becoming king signed a new constitution ratified by the Danish Parliament. The constitution had many democratic provisions, but many in Denmark wanted Schleswig Holstein to become part of the Kingdom. The new Constituti...
The Prussians were not motivated primarily by Schleswig-Holstein itself. These largely agricultural duchies were of only minor significance. More importantly, Prince Otto von Bismarck and King Wilhelm I saw an opportunity to expand Prussia's influence within the German Confederation. By the 1860s, it was clear that Germany would be unified, but the...
The consequences for Prussia and Germany of the short war with Denmark were incalcuable far beyond the minor significance of the two duchies involoved.
Located on the Jutland Peninsula in northern Europe, the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein had been ruled separately by Danish kings since the 15th century but had been united at various points in their history (notably from 1386 to 1460).
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Schleswig shlĕsˈvĭkh [key], Dan. Slesvig, former duchy, N Germany and S Denmark, occupying the southern part of Jutland. The Eider River separates it from Holstein.
After World War II, the British and Soviets offered Denmark South Schleswig. Denmark's then Prime Minister, the Liberal Party's Knud Kristensen, accepted the offer. A survey showed that 75% of the Danish population supported the incorporation, 500,000 signatures had been collected in support of it and The Danish South Schleswig Association had ...
- 15,763.17 km² (6,086.19 sq mi)
- Kiel
- Germany
- Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
A cease-fire, during which the German troops occupied Jutland, was broken by Denmark, and at the end of July the German troops took Als. The war had been irretrievably lost. At the Peace of Vienna ...
Europe. Schleswig and Holstein were two largely German duchies which had long been ruled by Denmark. In 1863 the Danes revised their constitution to tie Schleswig more closely to Denmark - outraging German nationalists across Europe, who wanted the two duchies free from foreign rule.
