Duchy of Schleswig

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The Duchy of Schleswig was a historic territory in southern Jutland, situated between Denmark and the German states, long contested for its mixed Danish and German population and strategic location.

All labels observed (9)

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent state
former duchy
historical territory
borderedBy Baltic Sea
Duchy of Holstein
Denmark
surface form: Kingdom of Denmark

North Sea
hasCapital Schleswig
hasEthnicGroup Scandinavians
surface form: Danes

Frisians
Germans
Germans
surface form: North Schleswig Germans

Schleswig-Holstein
surface form: South Schleswig Danes
hasHistoricalName Duchy of Schleswig self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hertugdømmet Slesvig

Duchy of Schleswig self-linksurface differs
surface form: Herzogtum Schleswig

Schleswig
surface form: Slesvig
hasLanguage Danish
German
Low German
North Frisian
hasMajorTown Flensburg
Husum
Tønder
historicalRegionOf Denmark
Germany
locatedBetween German states
Denmark
surface form: Kingdom of Denmark
locatedIn Jutland Peninsula
Northern Europe
northernPartBecame Schleswig-Holstein
surface form: North Schleswig
northernPartNowIn Denmark
southernPartBecame Schleswig-Holstein
surface form: South Schleswig
southernPartNowIn Germany
todayCorrespondsTo Schleswig-Holstein
surface form: Schleswig-Holstein state

Region of Southern Denmark
surface form: Southern Denmark region
wasAnnexedBy Prussia
wasAnnexedInto Schleswig-Holstein
surface form: Province of Schleswig-Holstein
wasContestedBy Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire

Denmark
Prussia
wasContestedFor mixed Danish and German population
strategic location
wasDividedBy Schleswig plebiscites
wasFiefOf Denmark
surface form: Kingdom of Denmark
wasInPersonalUnionWith Duchy of Holstein
Denmark
surface form: Kingdom of Denmark
wasOccupiedBy Austria
Prussia
wasPartOf Denmark
surface form: Danish Realm

Danish monarchy
wasSubjectOfConflict First Schleswig War
Second Schleswig War

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Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adolf Frederick of Sweden birthPlace Duchy of Schleswig
Diocese of Schleswig historicalRegion Duchy of Schleswig
Treaty of Lübeck (1629) affected Duchy of Schleswig
this entity surface form: Duchies of Schleswig