Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1474 – 1867

Duchy of Holstein

A state of 1474 – 1867 — 393 years in Europe. It followed Holy Roman Empire. It was replaced by Province of Schleswig-Holstein and followed by Kingdom of Prussia. The atlas records 10 things within it — wars and battles 7 · people 3. Its line of rulers holds 2 people. Its own article says it was dissolved.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
393 years
1474 – 1867
Rulers
2
the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Most ground
20,000 km²
in 1848
Within it
10
recorded rows
Symbols
2
on record, with years
Map: Duchy of Holstein in 1848, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Duchy of Holstein in 1848, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 20,000 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Holy Roman Empire: 962 – 1806Kingdom of Prussia: 1701 – 1918Duchy of Holstein: 1474 – 1867

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

After it

  • Kingdom of Prussia · followed by · 1701 – 1918
  • Province of Schleswig-Holstein · replaced by

How it ended, as its article says

Dissolved, 1866. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

The duchy ceased to exist when the Kingdom of Prussia annexed it in 1866 after the Austro-Prussian War.

One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

Christian I of Denmark · 1474 – 1481 · no death date to read the end againstChristian IX · 1863 – 1864 · no death date to read the end against1500160017001800
ending not on record
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Christian I of Denmark1474 – 14817 yearsending not on record
Christian IX1863 – 18641 yearending not on record

2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1474 – 1864. Median reign 4 years. 0 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

1849

20,000 km² in 1849. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Merchant Ensign of Holstein-Gottorp (Lions sinister)
    flag, undatedMerchant Ensign of Holstein-Gottorp (Lions sinister) · Public domain
  • Holstein Arms
    coat of arms, undatedHolstein Arms · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ipankonin

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1400 – 1499: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14001500 – 1599: 1 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15001600 – 1699: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16001700 – 1799: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other17001800 – 1899: 8 recorded — 6 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other1800

1500 – 15991 row · 1 wars and battles

1600 – 16991 row

1800 – 18998 rows · 6 wars and battles

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood393 years

    stood longer than 80% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held20,000 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 21% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median7 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 26% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record2

    has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 13 causes the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Holy Roman Empire · Linked · 962 – 1806Holy Roman EmpireDuchy of Holstein · 1474 – 1867Duchy of HolsteinProvince of Schleswig-Holstein · Linked · 1867 – 1946Province of Schleswig-HolsteinKingdom of Prussia · Linked · 1701 – 1918Kingdom of Prussia10001200140016001800
linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q704288 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.