part of a series whose premise is "what if liberal-nationalists took self determination seriously" this one belongs specifically to a 1848 set. in said year the king of denmark - seeing the writing on the wall - announced a new liberal constitution. sounds good right? only there's a problem, the duchy of schleswig was going to be reintegrated into the kingdom of denmark. This incited a rebellion of the german speakers living in the duchies of schleswig/holstein in favour of the territories gaining independence from the danish crown (that held them in personal union) and the development of closer ties with german states. in our timeline after a war between denmark and prussia it was decided that denmark could keep the duchies but could not integrate them. so what if instead of the whole duchy going to either denmark or germany what if the parts that revolted left and the parts that didn't stayed. i've assumed the german speaking parts did and the danish parts didnt. not sure on the frisians so i just kept them. the above map would look like the following if i was remotely talented at drawing.