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Name: Duchy of Holstein
Type: Polity
Start: 1461 AD
End: 1863 AD
Nation: holstein
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Duchy of Holstein
This article is about the specific polity Duchy of Holstein and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.
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Was the northernmost state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the present German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It originated when King Christian I of Denmark had his County of Holstein-Rendsburg elevated to a duchy by Emperor Frederick III in 1474.
Establishment
Chronology
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1. European wars of religion
Were a series of wars in Europe (and the overseas possessions of European countries) the 16th, 17th and early 18th that started after the Protestant Reformation. Although the immediate causes of the wars were religious, the motives were complex and also included territorial ambitions.
Was a war that took place mainly in central Europe between 1618 and 1648. The war began as a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestant in the Holy Roman Empire but then escalated into a conflict for the hegemony in Europe between Habsburg Spain and Austria, Sweden and France.
Was the second main period of the Thirty Years' War. It started with the intervention of the Kingdom of Denmark.
2. Northern Wars
A series of wars fought in northern and northeastern Europe from the 16th to the 18th century.
Was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
2.1.1.Phase 2: Sweden Defending itself
Was the second phase of the Great Northern War. It consisted in the counterattack of all the countries that Sweden had invaded during the first phase of the war.
2.1.1.1.Swedish Campaign in Holstein
Was a Swedish military campaign in Holstein during the Great Northern War.
3. Schleswig Wars
Were two wars caused by the Schleswig-Holstein question (a series of issues deriving from the status of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein to the Danish Crown and to the German Confederation).
Was a revolt of German nationalists against Danish rule in the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein.
Was a war caused by the status of the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, that were Dnish possession but at the same also part of the German confederation. When the Danish King died without an heir acceptable to the German Confederation, Prussian and Austrian troops invaded and occupied the duchies.
3.2.1.Bundesexekution of Holstein und Lauenburg of 1863
Was a military action by Prussia and Austria to occupy the Danish possessions of Holstein and Lauenburg at the beginning of the Second Schleswig War. It was based on a decision by the German Confederation (the two duchies were fiefs of the Confederation) and is therefore known as "Bundesexekution" (Federal execution).
3.2.1.1.German Confederation occupies Lauenburg and Holstein
Was the military occupation of the Danish possessions of Holstein and Lauenburg by Prussia and Austria at the beginning of the Second Schleswig War.
