Princess Josephine of Denmark

Princess Josephine
Full name
Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda
House House of Monpezat
Father Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
Mother Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
Born 8 January 2011(2011-01-08) (&&&&&&&&&&&&01805 months 29 days)
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish Royal Family
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HM The Queen
HRH The Prince Consort


HRH Princess Benedikte
HM The Queen of the Hellenes


HH Princess Elisabeth


Princess Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat (born 8 January 2011), is a member of the Danish Royal Family. She is the fourth and youngest child of Crown Prince Frederik and his wife, the Australian-born Crown Princess Mary, and the seventh and youngest grandchild of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her husband, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark. She is the fraternal twin of Prince Vincent of Denmark.

The Princess is fifth in line to the Danish throne, after her father and older siblings, Prince Christian, Princess Isabella and her elder twin brother, Prince Vincent.

Birth

The Princess was born at Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital, in Copenhagen, at 10:52 am local time, 26 minutes after her twin brother. At birth, she weighed 2.55 kg (5.6 lb) and measured 46 cm (18.1 ins) She was healthy with an apgar score of 10 (out of 10) after 1 minute.

At noon on 8 January, a 21-gun salute was fired from the Sixtus Battery at Holmen Naval Base in Copenhagen and from Kronborg Castle in North Zealand to mark the arrival of a royal child.

Christening

Josephine and Vincent were christened on 14 April 2011, at the chapel of the Church of Holmen. The Princess' name was announced as Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda. Her godparents are Princess Marie of Denmark, Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro, her maternal aunt, Patricia Bailey, Count Bendt Wedell, Birgitte Handwerk and Crown Princess Mary's Australian friend, Josephine Rechner.

She was named:

Styles of
Princess Josephine of Denmark
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Reference style Her Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Ma'am

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Title

Her official title in Danish is Hendes Kongelige Højhed Prinsesse Josephine til Danmark, Komtesse af Monpezat

Ancestry

Princess Josephine of Denmark
Born: 8 January 2011
Danish royalty
Preceded by
Prince Vincent of Denmark
Line of succession to the Danish throne
5th position
Succeeded by
Prince Joachim of Denmark
Preceded by
Princess Isabella of Denmark
Line of succession to the British throne

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