Princess Isabella of Denmark
Princess Isabella of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat (Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe; born 21 April 2007) is a member of the Danish royal family. She is the second child and elder daughter of King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark.
Princess Isabella | |||||
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Countess of Monpezat | |||||
Born | Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark | 21 April 2007||||
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House | Glücksburg (official) Monpezat (agnatic) | ||||
Father | Frederik X | ||||
Mother | Mary Donaldson | ||||
Religion | Church of Denmark |
She is the fourth grandchild and oldest granddaughter of Queen Margrethe II and the late Prince Henrik. She was the first girl born into the Danish royal family since the birth of her great aunt, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, in 1946. Isabella is third in the line of succession to the Danish throne, after her father and her older brother, Prince Christian.
Biography
Princess Isabella was born at Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital, in Copenhagen, to Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary.[1]
She was christened on 1 July 2007, at the Royal Chapel of Fredensborg Palace as Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe, after the Danish queen consort and ancestress Isabella of Austria, the princess's maternal grandmother, paternal great-grandmother, and paternal grandmother respectively. Her godparents were her father's first cousin, Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark; Queen Mathilde of Belgium (then Duchess of Brabant), Nadine Johnston, Christian Buchwald, Peter Heering and Marie Louise Skeel.[2] Isabella was confirmed in the Lutheran church in the same chapel on 30 April 2022.[3]
Titles and styles and Honor
- 21 April 2007 – 29 April 2008: Her Royal Highness Princess Isabella of Denmark[4]
- 29 April 2008 – Her Royal Highness Princess Isabella of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat
National Honor
-Knight of the Order of the Elephant (R.E.) (14 January 2024)
Medals and Decorations
-Prince Henrik's 75th Birthday Medal (11 June 2009)
-Queen Margrethe II's 70th Birthday Medal (16 April 2010)
-Queen Margrethe II's Ruby Jubilee Medal (14 January 2012)
-Queen Margrethe II's 75th Birthday (16 April 2015)
-Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik's Golden Wedding Anniversary Medal (10 June 2017)
-Prince Henrik's Memorial Medal (11 June 2018)
-Queen Margrethe II's 80th Birthday Medal (16 April 2020)
-Queen Margrethe II's Golden Jubilee Medal (14 January 2022)
References
Other websites
Princess Isabella of Denmark Born: 21 April 2007 | ||
Lines of succession | ||
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Preceded by Prince Christian of Denmark | Line of succession to the Danish throne 3rd position | Succeeded by Prince Vincent of Denmark |