denmark lost schleswig and holstein to prussia in march 1848.
denmark lost schleswig and holstein to prussia in march 1848.
when did denmark lose schleswig and holstein to prussia?
march 1848
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schleswig and holstein have at different times belonged in part or completely to either denmark or germany, or have been virtually independent of both nations. from 1460 until 1864, the king of denmark was both a danish duke of schleswig and a german duke of holstein. after the dissolution of the holy roman empire on 6 august 1806, denmark affirmed its possession of holstein but did not alter its constitution. napoleon did not touch either schleswig or holstein in 1810 when he annexed the rest of northwestern germany including the duchy of lauenburg. at the congress of vienna in 1815, holstein and lauenburg became part of the german confederation, but schleswig did not. although holstein did continue to owe allegiance to the danish king, in his role as a german duke. the first schleswig war (1848–1851) was inconclusive, but after the second schleswig war of 1864, the danish king ceded schleswig to prussia and holstein and lauenburg to austria. in the gastein convention of 14 august 1865, austria sold lauenburg to prussia. austria lost holstein to prussia after the seven weeks' war the following year. lauenburg was an autonomous duchy until 1 july 1876, when it was incorporated into the royal prussian province of schleswig-holstein. denmark only regained northern schleswig after the plebiscite of 1920.
postage stamps and postal history of schleswig-holstein