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Prince Vincent
Born(2011-01-08)8 January 2011 (13 years)
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Names
Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander
HouseHouse of Monpezat
FatherFrederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
MotherMary, Crown Princess of Denmark

Prince Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander of Denmark[1], Count of Monpezat (born 8 January 2011), is a member of the Danish Royal Family. He is the third child and youngest son of Crown Prince Frederik and his wife, the Australian-born Crown Princess Mary. He is also the sixth grandchild and youngest grandson of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her husband, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark. He is the fraternal twin of Princess Josephine of Denmark.

The Prince is fourth in line to the Danish throne, after his father, older brother Prince Christian and older sister, Princess Isabella.

Birth

The Prince was born at Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital, in Copenhagen, at 10:30 am local time, 26 minutes before his twin sister. At birth, he weighed 2.67 kg (5.8 lb) and measured 47 cm (18.5 ins)[2][3] He was healthy with an apgar score of 10 (out of 10) after 1 minute.[4] Shortly after the birth, while speaking to the press, the Crown Prince joked about calling his newborn son Elvis, as the twins share a birthday with the "King of Rock and Roll"[5]

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.

In 2009, the Danish constitution was altered, granting absolute primogeniture to the Danish throne, meaning that the eldest child, regardless of gender, takes precedence in the line of succession. Under the old system of male-preference primogeniture, Vincent would have displaced his elder sister Isabella in the line of succession; with the new law, he comes directly after her instead. As a descendant of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, the Prince is also in the line of succession to the throne of each of the sixteen Commonwealth Realm, where he does take precedence over Isabella, because those Realms follow the custom of male-preference primogeniture.

Christening

Vincent and his sister were christened on 14 April 2011, at the chapel of the Church of Holmen. His name was announced as Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander. His godparents are his maternal uncle, John Stuart Donaldson, Felipe, Prince of Asturias, Gustav, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Count Michael Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille, Baroness Helle Reedtz-Thott and Caroline Heering.[6]

He was named:

  • Vincent, a popular French name in acknowledgement of his grandfather's French roots, meaning "conquering"[7]
  • Frederik, after his father and following the custom that Danish princes tend to have either Frederik or Christian among their given names
  • Minik, a popular Greenlandic name in use for both genders meaning "viscid train oil which is being used as sealing for skin boats."[8]
  • Alexander, a popular name in Denmark, originally a Latin name derived from the Greek Alexandros, meaning "defender of men"[9] It is also a popular name among the crown princess' family.
Styles of
Prince Vincent of Denmark
Reference styleHis Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness
Alternative styleSir

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Title

  • 8 January 2011 – present: His Royal Highness Prince Vincent of Denmark, Count of Monpezat[10]

His official title in Danish is Hans Kongelige Højhed Prins Vincent til Danmark, Greve af Monpezat

Ancestry

Family of Prince Vincent of Denmark
32. Aristide de Laborde de Monpezat
16. Henri de Laborde de Monpezat
33. Jeanne-Emilie Borde
8. André de Laborde de Monpezat
34. Eugene Hallberg
17. Henriette Hallberg
35. Clara Vernhes
4. Henri de Laborde de Monpezat
36. Jean-Alfred Doursenot
18. Maurice Doursenot
37. Marie-Louise Barriere
9. Renée Yvonne Doursenot
38. Leonard Gay
19. Marthe Gay
39. Marguerite Laforest
2. Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
40. Frederick VIII of Denmark
20. Christian X of Denmark
41. Princess Lovisa of Sweden
10. Frederick IX of Denmark
42. Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
21. Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
43. Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
5. Margrethe II of Denmark
44. Gustaf V of Sweden
22. Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
45. Princess Victoria of Baden
11. Princess Ingrid of Sweden
46. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
23. Princess Margaret of Connaught
47. Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia
1. Prince Vincent of Denmark
48. Peter Donaldson
24. Alexander Donaldson
49. Annie Horn
12. Peter Donaldson
50. John Stevenson
25. Jean Stevenson
51. Roy Ritchie
6. John Dalgleish Donaldson
52. Charles Dalgleish
26. John Dalgleish
53. Jane Hay
13. Mary Dalgleish
54. Andrew Baisley
27. Barbara McDonald Baisley
55. Jessie Sutherland
3. Mary Elizabeth Donaldson
56. Archibald Horne
28. John Thomas Tait Horne
57. Mary Anna Tait
14. Archibald Horne
58. Henry Clark
29. Henrietta Clark
59. Helen Currie
7. Henrietta Clark Horne
60. Thomas Melrose
30. William Melrose
61. Janet Dickson
15. Elizabeth Gibson Melrose
62. Robert Smith
31. Catherine Smith
63. Elizabeth Gibson

References

  1. ^ http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?id=28791
  2. ^ "A Prince and a Princess are born".
  3. ^ Kronprinsesse Mary har født
  4. ^ "Royale tvillinger ramt af gulsot".
  5. ^ The Royal Twins of Denmark Make Public Debut. SugarSlam.com, January 14, 2011. Retrieved 14 Feb 2011.]
  6. ^ "Godfathers and Godmothers to the Prince and Princess". Kronprinsparret.dk. 14-04-2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ Online Etymology Dictionary - Vincent
  8. ^ http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Minik
  9. ^ Online Etymology Dictionary - Vincent
  10. ^ Template:Da iconKongehuset - Aktuelt - Nyheder
Prince Vincent of Denmark
Born: 8 January 2011
Danish royalty
Preceded by Line of succession to the Danish throne
4th position 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Line of succession to the British throne Succeeded by

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