- Cabinet of Moltke I
The
Cabinet of Moltke I was the government ofDenmark from22 March 1848 to15 November 1848 . It was also referred to as the "March Cabinet".In March 1848, Copenhagen was full of rumours that
Schleswig andHolstein had rebelled against Denmark, and the National Liberals took advantage of the situation by arranging protest demonstrations against King Frederick VII and his politics.Skou. "Dansk politik A-Å", p. 10.] On21 March , King Frederick responded by dismissing his ministers and askingCarl Emil Bardenfleth to form a new government. [cite book|last=Neergaard|first=M.|title=Under junigrundloven - En fremstilling af det danske folks politiske historie fra 1848 til 1866 - første bind|year=1892|publisher=P. G. Philipsens forlag|location=Copenhagen|language=Danish|pages=p. 150] Bardenfleth failed to reach a compromise with the National Liberals, however, and so didPeter Georg Bang whom the king had asked to take his place. On the morning of22 March the king beggedAdam Wilhelm Moltke , the leader of the previous cabinet, to lead a government of responsible ministers, effectively ending theabsolute monarchy . Moltke quickly managed to put a government together, the Cabinet of Moltke I.It was replaced by the
Cabinet of Moltke II on15 November 1848 .List of ministers and portfolios
Some of the terms in the table end after
15 November 1848 because the minister was in the Cabinet of Moltke II as well.ee also
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Revolutions of 1848
*Schleswig-Holstein question References
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