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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 618 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HOLSTEIN , formerly a duchy of See also:

Germany . Until about Trio the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Holstein formed See also:

PART

part of the duchy of See also:

Saxony, and it was made a duchy in 1472 . From 146o to 1864 it was ruled by members of the See also:

house of See also:

OLDENBURG

Oldenburg, some of whom were also See also:

KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

Denmark . It is now the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern part of the Prussian See also:

province of See also:

SCHLESWIG (Dan. Slesvig)

Schleswig-Holstein . (See SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, and for See also:

HISTORY

history SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION .

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