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Name: Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen

Type: Polity

Start: 1697 AD

End: 1871 AD

Nation: schwarzburg-sonderhausen

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Was a county, and later a principality, of the Holy Roman Empire located in Thuringia. It emerged from the Division of the the County of Schwarzburg.

Establishment


  • September 1697: Schwarzburg-Sondershausen is elevated to principality.
  • Chronology


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    1. German Unification Wars


    Were a series of wars that resulted in the creation of the German Empire under Prussian leadership in 1871.

    1.1.Franco-Prussian War

    Was a war that saw the Second French Empire fight against an alliance of German states led by the Kingdom of Prussia. The war was caused by the struggle over dominance in continental Europe between Prussia and France. The German states were victorious and in 1871 merged to form the German Empire. France was occupied and forced to cede Alsace-Lorraine to Germany.

    1.1.1.Unification of Germany (1871)

    Was the unification of 25 German states into the German Empire under the leadership of the Kingdom of Prussia, officially proclaimed on 18 January 1871, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France.

  • January 1871: From January 18, 1871, the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen belonged to the German Reich.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1871: From January 18, 1871, the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen belonged to the German Reich.
  • Selected Sources


  • Köbler, G. (2014) Historische Enzyklopädie der Länder der Deutschen, C.H. Beck München, pp. 28-31
  • O'Mahony, C. I. (2013). War within the Walls: Conflict and Citizenship in the Murals of the Hôtel de Ville, Paris. Journal of War & Culture Studies, 6(1), 6-23.
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