<P> On July 26, 1854 he published a common Danish constitution for the whole monarchy; it was little more unitary than a veiled absolutism . In 1854 the Lutheran church bodies of Schleswig and Holstein, until then led by general superintendents, until 1640 titled general provosts, were converted into Lutheran dioceses called Stift Schleswig (Danish: Slesvig Stift) and Stift Holstein (Danish: Holsten Stift), each presided by a Lutheran bishop . Ulrich Sechmann Boesen became Bishop for Schleswig (as of 1854), and Wilhelm Heinrich Koopmann was appointed Bishop for Holstein (offic. 1855--1871). </P> <P> On October 2, 1855 the common Danish constitution was superseded by a parliamentary constitution of a modified type . The legality of this constitution was disputed by the two German great powers, on the ground that the estates of the duchies had not been consulted as promised in the royal letter of December 6, 1851 . </P> <P> On February 11, 1858 the federal assembly of the German Confederation refused to admit its validity so far as Holstein and Lauenburg were concerned . </P> <P> In the early 1860s the "Schleswig - Holstein Question" once more became the subject of lively international debate, but with the difference that support for the Danish position was in decline . The Crimean War had crippled the power of Russia, and France was prepared to renounce support for Danish interests in the duchies in exchange for compensations to herself elsewhere . </P>

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