County of Rantzau (Denmark)

This article is about the specific polity County of Rantzau (Denmark) 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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In 1726 Rantzau was annexed by Denmark.

Establishment

April 1726: Rantzau was acquired by Denmark 9 April 1726.

Chronology

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1. 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).

1.1.Second Schleswig War

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.

1.1.1.Treaty of Vienna (1864)

In the Treaty of Vienna, 30 October 1864, Denmark ceded Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg to Prussia and Austria. Denmark was also forced to surrender the enclaves in western Schleswig that were legally part of Denmark proper and not part of Schleswig.

October 1864: The Peace of Vienna in 1864 ended the Second Schleswig War between Denmark and the German states of Austria and Prussia. The treaty resulted in the territory of Schleswig being placed under a condominium of Austria and Prussia.