Condominium of Austria and Prussia

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Was the joint-rule of Austria and Prussia over the militarly occupied Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg after the Second War of Schleswig.

Establishment

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.

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.

1.1.2.Gastein Convention

Was an agreement between Prussia and Austria over the occupied duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Saxe-Lauenburg. .

August 1865: A subsequent treaty between Austria and Prussia on August 14, 1865 known as the Gastein Convention provided that Prussia would administer Schleswig Austria also sold its rights to Lauenburg to Prussia.

August 1865: Austria would govern Holstein.