Schleswig-Holstein Question

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The Schleswig-Holstein Question was a complex 19th-century diplomatic and nationalistic dispute over the sovereignty and succession of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, involving Denmark, the German states, and major European powers.

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instanceOf 19th-century political issue
diplomatic dispute
succession dispute
territorial dispute
causeOf First Schleswig War NERFINISHED
Second Schleswig War NERFINISHED
commonlyAssociatedWith Lord Palmerston NERFINISHED
Otto von Bismarck NERFINISHED
concerns Duchy of Holstein NERFINISHED
Duchy of Schleswig NERFINISHED
sovereignty over Holstein
sovereignty over Schleswig
succession in Holstein
succession in Schleswig
endTime 1860s
followedBy Austro-Prussian War NERFINISHED
hasPart First Schleswig War NERFINISHED
Second Schleswig War NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Schleswig-Holstein NERFINISHED
involves Austria NERFINISHED
Denmark NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
German Confederation NERFINISHED
Prussia NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
legalIssue application of Salic law in succession
status of Holstein as a member of the German Confederation
status of Schleswig as a fief of Denmark
locatedIn Northern Europe
border region between Denmark and Germany
notableFor complex legal and dynastic issues
difficulty of understanding even by contemporaries
involvement of major European powers
peakPeriod 1848–1864
precededBy Danish attempt to integrate Schleswig more closely
relatedTo Danish nationalism
German unification
nationalism
personal union of Danish king and duchies
resultedIn Convention of Gastein (1865) NERFINISHED
Prussian-Austrian administration of Schleswig and Holstein NERFINISHED
Treaty of Vienna (1864) NERFINISHED
annexation of Holstein by Prussia
annexation of Schleswig by Prussia
strengthening of Prussia in Germany
weakening of Denmark
startTime 1840s

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Second Schleswig War conflictIn Schleswig-Holstein Question
Duchy of Holstein involvedIn Schleswig-Holstein Question
First Schleswig War partOf Schleswig-Holstein Question
this entity surface form: Schleswig–Holstein Question