London Protocol (1852)
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On 8 May 1852, after the
The Protocol affirmed the integrity of the Danish federation as a "European necessity and standing principle". Accordingly, the
In 1851, the Russian emperor Nicholas I had recommended that Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 1818) should be advanced in the Danish succession, and this proposal was confirmed by the London Protocol on 8 May 1852, when Prince Christian was chosen to follow Frederick VII's aging uncle Ferdinand in the line of succession. A justification for this choice was Christian’s marriage in 1842 to Louise of Hesse-Kassel, who was a daughter of the closest female relative of Frederick VII. Louise's mother and elder siblings renounced their rights in favor of Louise and her husband.
The decision of the London Protocol was implemented by the Danish Law of Succession of 31 July 1853 entitled Royal Ordinance settling the Succession to the Crown on Prince Christian of Glücksburg. This designated him as second-in-line to the
The major powers primarily wanted to ensure, by guaranteeing Denmark's territorial integrity, that the strategically significant port of
References
- ^ Royal Ordinance settling the Succession to the Crown on Prince Christian of Glücksburg. from Hoelseth's Royal Corner. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ Hjelholt, Holger (1971). Great Britain, the Danish–German conflict and the Danish succession 1850–1852: From the London Protocol to the Treaty of London (the 2nd of August 1850 and the 8th of May 1852). Copenhagen, Denmark: Munksgaard. p. 38.
- ^ Holt & Chilton 1917, pp. 75–76.
Works cited
- Holt, Lucius Hudson; Chilton, Alexander Wheeler (1917). The History of Europe from 1862 to 1914: From the Accession of Bismarck to the Outbreak of the Great War. Macmillan – via Google Books.