Description: 1851 Schleswig-Holstein German STATES 1 Sechsling Copper Coin KM# 162 Condition XF The Schleswig-Holstein Question (German: Schleswig-Holsteinische Frage; Danish: Spørgsmålet om Sønderjylland og Holsten) was a complex set of diplomatic and other issues arising in the 19th century from the relations of two duchies, Schleswig (Danish: Sønderjylland/Slesvig) and Holstein (Danish: Holsten), to the Danish crown, to the German Confederation, and to each other. The British statesman Lord Palmerston.Schleswig was a part of Denmark during the Viking Age, and became a Danish duchy in the 12th century. Denmark repeatedly tried to reintegrate the Duchy of Schleswig into the Danish kingdom. Holstein, just on the other side of the Danish border from Schleswig, was in medieval times a fief of the Holy Roman Empire. From 1460 on, the two had been ruled together by a common Duke -- who was also the King of Denmark. The Treaty of Ribe, agreed to by the Danish King in order to gain control of the both states, seemed to indicate that Schleswig and Holstein were to remain united, though that interpretation was later challenged. The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved in 1806, but the German Confederation formed in 1815 also included Holstein. By the early 19th century, Holstein's population was almost entirely ethnically German, along with much of Schleswig's.Both Schleswig and Holstein had been ruled through institutions separate from the rest of the Danish Kingdom. On March 27, 1848, Frederick VII of Denmark announced to the people of Schleswig the promulgation of a liberal constitution under which the duchy, while preserving its local autonomy, would become an integral part of Denmark. This led to an open uprising by Schleswig-Holstein's large German majority in support of independence from Denmark and of close association with the German Confederation. The military intervention of the Kingdom of Prussia supported the uprising: the Prussian army drove Denmark's troops from Schleswig and Holstein, beginning the First Schleswig War (1848–51), which ended in a Danish victory at Idstedt; with the London Protocol, the international community agreed on the Duchies' status.
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Denomination: Sechsling
Historical Period: German States (up to 1871)
Composition: Copper
Year: 1851
Grade: Ungraded
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
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