French Diplomacy and the First Schleswig-Holstein Crisis

The course of French diplomatic activity during the Schleswig-Holstein crisis of 1863-64 is well known as a result of articles written some sixty years ago by Edward Driault and Pierre Muret.1 Relatively little, however, is known about France's policy toward the so-called first SchleswigHolstein crisis of 1848-50, a crisis which anticipated and set the stage for the more notable developments of 1863-64. Moreover, there seems to be little consensus among diplomatic historians as to just what r6le French diplomacy played in this complicated mid-nineteenth century diplomatic question, although most historians tend to minimize the French diplomatic effort while emphasizing the influence of England, Russia, and Sweden in bringing about a peaceable settlement.2

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