Record

Document Reference	Bu 15/42
Title	Letter from 2nd Baron Bloomfield [J. Bloomfield], Vienna, Austria, to Sir A. Buchanan, Berlin, Prussia; 25 Nov 1863.
Date	25 November 1863
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that events connected with the Danish question are moving with speed; Rechberg has confirmed that governments which normally act with Austria have broken ranks with regard to the [Duke of] Augustenburg [becoming head of Schleswig-Holstein]; comments that Rechberg was unsure how to act with regard to the Prussian line over agreements of 1852; discusses proposals relating to Denmark and the position which will be adopted by England; reports that he has to see Bülow, who knows nothing of any despatch from Copenhagen, but looked abashed when told of Bismarck's remark to Quaade; suggests that Bismarck has attempted to frighten Denmark by threatening to renounce treaty obligations.
Term	military campaigns, Second Schleswig-Holstein War 1863-4

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6565	Friedrich VIII (1829-1880 ); Duke of Schleswig-Holstein; ( Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg)	1829-1880
NA6065	Bülow; Bernard E. von (1815-1879); Herr	1815-1879
NA6566	Quaade; - (fl 1854-1864); -; Danish politician	fl 1854-1864
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA6540	Rechberg; Johann B. (1806-1899); Count; Austrian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister	1806-1899
NA6057	Bloomfield; John A.D. (1802-1879); 2nd Baron Bloomfield; diplomat	1802-1879
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882