Danish Unitary State
Danish Unitary State | |||||||||||||
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| 1814–1864 | |||||||||||||
Territories that were part of the Kingdom of Denmark from 1814 to 1864 | |||||||||||||
| Status | Personal union between Schleswig, Holstein, Lauenburg and Denmark | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Danish, German, Frisian | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Lutheranism | ||||||||||||
| King of Denmark, Duke of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg | |||||||||||||
• 1808–1839 | Frederik VI | ||||||||||||
• 1839–1848 | Christian VIII | ||||||||||||
• 1848–1863 | Frederik VII | ||||||||||||
• 1863-1906 | Christian IX | ||||||||||||
| Prime ministers (1848–1855) Council Presidents (1855–1864) | |||||||||||||
• 1848–1852 | Adam Wilhelm Moltke | ||||||||||||
• 1852–1853 | Christian Albrecht Bluhme | ||||||||||||
• 1853–1854 | Anders Sandøe Ørsted | ||||||||||||
• 1854–1856 | Peter Georg Bang | ||||||||||||
• 1856–1857 | Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ | ||||||||||||
• 1857–1859 | Carl Christian Hall | ||||||||||||
• 1859–1860 | Carl Edvard Rotwitt | ||||||||||||
• 1863–1864 | Ditlev Gothard Monrad | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Late Modern Period | ||||||||||||
• Established | 1814 | ||||||||||||
| 14 January 1814 | |||||||||||||
| 1848–1851 | |||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1864 | ||||||||||||
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The Danish Unitary State (Danish: Helstaten; German: Gesammtstaat) was a Danish political designation for the monarchical state formation of Denmark, Schleswig, Holstein, and Saxe-Lauenburg, between the two treaties of Vienna in 1815 and 1864. The usage of the term became relevant after the First Schleswig War, when a need for a constitutional framework for the monarchy was present, which ought to follow the premises of the London Protocol, which prohibited a closer connection between two of the monarchy's possessions. The political designation was ultimately eliminated after The Second Schleswig War and was replaced by the national state in 1866.