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Countess Athena of Monpezat

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Princess Athena
Countess of Monpezat
Born (2012-01-24) 24 January 2012 (age 12)
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Names
Athena Marguerite Françoise Marie
FatherPrince Joachim of Denmark
MotherPrincess Marie of Denmark
ReligionChurch of Denmark

Princess Athena of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat[1] (Athena Marguerite Françoise Marie; born 24 January 2012), is the youngest child and only daughter of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark.

As of November 2024, Athena is tenth in the line of succession to the Danish throne.

Biography

Athena's parents chatting with the press

Princess Athena was born at Rigshospitalet (Copenhagen University Hospital).[2] When her father met the press following her birth, he joked that her name could become anything between Jo and Scheherazade.[3]

The princess has two older half-brothers from her father's first marriage, Prince Nikolai and Prince Felix, and an older brother, Prince Henrik.

As with her older brothers and cousins, her names were not revealed until her christening, which took place on 20 May 2012 at the Møgeltønder Church, where her older brothers Felix and Henrik were also christened.[4] At her christening, she was named Athena Marguerite Françoise Marie, after her grandmothers and mother.

Her godparents are her maternal uncles Gregory Grandet and Edouard Cavallier; Carina Axelsson, the long-term girlfriend of Joachim's cousin Prince Gustav; and friends of her parents: Julie Mirabaud, Diego de Lavandeyra and Henriette Steenstrup.

Titles and styles

Athena is styled as Her Highness Princess Athena of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat.[5]

Honours and decorations

Medals
  • Denmark 16 April 2015: Commemorative 75th Birthday Medal of Her Majesty The Queen

Ancestry

Family of Countess Athena of Monpezat
16. Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat
8. Count André de Laborde de Monpezat
17. Henriette Hallberg
4. Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat
18. Maurice Doursenot
9. Renée Yvonne Doursenot
19. Marguerite Gay
2. Prince Joachim of Denmark
20. Christian X of Denmark
10. Frederick IX of Denmark
21. Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
5. Margrethe II of Denmark
22. Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
11. Ingrid of Sweden
23. Princess Margaret of Connaught
1. Princess Athena of Denmark
12. Claude Cavallier
6. Alain Cavallier
13. Odile Labesse
3. Marie Cavallier
7. Françoise Moreau

References

  1. ^ Hendes Højhed Princesse Athena - Kongehuset
  2. ^ The Danish Monarchy -- A Princess Is Born
  3. ^ Alt mellem Jo og Scheherazade
  4. ^ Date set for christening of Danish prince
  5. ^ "Her Highness Princess Athena". Danish Royal Court. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
Countess Athena of Monpezat
Born: 24 January 2012
Lines of succession
Preceded by Line of succession to the Danish throne
10th position
Succeeded by
Line of succession to the British throne
descended from Arthur, son of Victoria