"Napoleon III and the War of the Duchies (1864)" Topic
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| Tango01 | 15 Nov 2019 9:42 p.m. PST |
"In 1864, a conflict set Prussia and Austria against Denmark. This conflict concerned three territories, Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, and their significant German-speaking populations, which the kingdom of Denmark attempted to "degermanise" and to integrate more closely with the rest of the kingdom. This conflict was not new: its roots lay in the 1814 treaty of Kiel, an agreement which ‘punished' Denmark for having supported France during the war and which gave significant advantages to Sweden and also Britain. Denmark therefore decided to reassert its power in the three duchies which, although Schleswig and Holstein may have shared the same sovereign since the 18th century, were otherwise not politically united with the country. Over the course of the first half of the 19th century, the "Germanic Party" became a rallying point for ever-growing numbers of German-speakers from the three territories under Danish rule. These German-speakers, for the most part of high social rank, wished to create an independent state comprised of the three duchies set at the heart of the German Confederation, the German federative body which had succeeded the Confederation of the Rhine created by Napoleon…"
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| Tom D1 | 18 Nov 2019 12:09 p.m. PST |
"The Schleswig-Holstein question is so complicated,only three men in Europe have ever understood it.One was Prince Albert, who is dead. The second was a German professor who became mad. I am the third and I have forgotten all about it".
-Lord Palmerston |
| Tom D1 | 18 Nov 2019 12:09 p.m. PST |
"The Schleswig-Holstein question is so complicated,only three men in Europe have ever understood it.One was Prince Albert, who is dead. The second was a German professor who became mad. I am the third and I have forgotten all about it".
-Lord Palmerston |
| Tango01 | 18 Nov 2019 5:04 p.m. PST |
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