Princess Josephine
Countess of Monpezat
Josephine in 2023
Born (2011-01-08) 8 January 2011 (age 13)
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Names
Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda
FatherFrederik X
MotherMary Donaldson

Princess Josephine of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat,[1] RE (Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda; born 8 January 2011) is a member of the Danish royal family. She is the fourth and youngest child of King Frederik X and Queen Mary, and the seventh grandchild of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik. She is the twin sister of Prince Vincent. Josephine is fourth in line to the Danish throne, after her older siblings, Crown Prince Christian and Princess Isabella, and her elder twin brother, Prince Vincent.

Birth and christening

21-gun salute from Kronborg Castle at the occasion of the birth of Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine on 8 January 2011

Josephine was born on 8 January 2011 at Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital, in Copenhagen, at 10:56 am local time, 26 minutes after her twin brother.[2][3] At noon on 8 January, a 21-gun salute was fired from the Sixtus Battery at Holmen Naval Base in the Port of Copenhagen and from Kronborg Castle in Elsinore in North Zealand to mark the arrival of the two royal children.[4]

Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine in January 2012

Josephine and Vincent were baptized on 14 April 2011 at the Church of Holmen in central Copenhagen by the royal confessor, the Bishop of Copenhagen Erik Norman Svendsen.[5] The twins were baptised at the royal baptismal font which has been used for the baptism of royal children in Denmark since 1671.[6] Princess Josephine wore a christening gown found among her great-grandmother Queen Ingrid's belongings, making her the first child of a future Danish monarch not to wear the Danish royal family's traditional christening gown (which was worn by her twin brother) since it was taken into use in 1870.[7] The Princess's name was announced as Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda. Her third name, Ivalo, is Greenlandic. It stems from the Qaanaaq region where her father patrolled with the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol and means "sinew".[8] Her godparents are her paternal aunt, Princess Marie of Denmark; her maternal aunt, Patricia Bailey; as well as her parents' friends Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro, Count Bendt Wedell, Birgitte Handwerk and Josephine Rechner.[9]

Public appearances and education

On 3 August 2014, during the family's official visit to Greenland, Josephine, her parents and siblings, took part in a tree planting in Qaqortoq's new poplar grove, Ivalos og Miniks Poppellund, named after Josephine and her brother who are known by their Greenlandic middle names in Greenland.[10][11]

On 15 August 2017, Josephine and her twin brother started school at Tranegårdsskolen in Gentofte – the same public school as her older siblings. In August 2023, the Royal House announced that Josephine would be starting at Kildegård Privatskole in Hellerup in September 2023.[12] The school was founded by Countess Thusnelda Moltke in 1870.[13]

Titles, styles, and honours

Royal Monogram of Princess Josephine of Denmark

Josephine is styled as Her Royal Highness Princess Josephine of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat.[14]

Honours

See also: List of honours of the Danish Royal Family by country

National honours

Orders and appointments
Medals and decorations

References

  1. ^ Kongehuset – Aktuelt – Nyheder Archived 19 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Kongehuset.dk (21 May 2010). Retrieved on 15 April 2011.
  2. ^ TRH The Crown Prince Couple – A Prince and a Princess are born Archived 11 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Kronprinsparret.dk (8 January 2011). Retrieved on 15 April 2011.
  3. ^ TV 2 Nyhederne – Live Archived 17 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Nyhederne.tv2.dk. Retrieved on 15 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Royale tvillinger får kort kanonsalut" [Royal twins receive short cannon salute] (in Danish). Netavisen Artilleriet.dk. 30 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Barnedåb i Holmens Kirke den 14. april 2011" [Baptism in the Church of Holmen on 14 April 2011] (in Danish). Monarchy of Denmark. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  6. ^ Hindø, Lone; Boelskifte, Else (2007). Kongelig Dåb. Fjorten generationer ved Rosenborg-døbefonten [Royal Baptisms. Fourteen generations at the Rosenborg baptismal font] (in Danish). Forlaget Hovedland. p. 13. ISBN 978-87-7070-014-6.
  7. ^ "Dåbskjolerne". Danish royal family. 14 April 2011. Archived from the original on 3 June 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Hvad betyder Minik og Ivalo?". Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Godfathers and Godmothers to the Prince and Princess". Kronprinsparret.dk. 14 April 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  10. ^ "TRÆPLANTNING I QAQORTOQ". Kongehuset.dk. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Billedgalleri fra Qaqortoq: Kronprinsfamilien fik træer". sermitsiaq.ag. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  12. ^ "HRH Princess Josephine begins at new school". Danish Royal House. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Historie". Kildegaard Privatskole. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Her Royal Highness Princess Josephine". Danish Royal Court. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  15. ^ "The King and Queen's three youngest children become Knights of the Order of the Elephant". kongehuset.dk. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Mindemedaille for Prins Henrik" [Prince Henrik's Memorial Medal]. Kongehuset.dk (in Danish). 11 June 2018. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023. Hendes Majestæt Dronningen har i dag den 11. juni 2018 tildelt en mindemedaille for Prins Henrik til den kongelige familie, hoffets medarbejdere og personer, der har bistået på særlig vis ved Prinsens sygdom, død og bisættelse. [Her Majesty the Queen has today, 11 June 2018, awarded Prince Henrik's Memorial Medal to the royal family, court employees and persons who have assisted in a special way during the Prince's illness, death and funeral.]
  17. ^ "Commemorative medal in connection with the 50th anniversary of HM The Queen's accession to the throne". Kongehuset.dk. 14 January 2022. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023. ... the Royal Family, the Court's employees and other individuals have received the Commemorative Medal in connection with the 50th anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen's accession to the throne.

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Princess Josephine of Denmark Born: 8 January 2011 Lines of succession Preceded byPrince Vincent of Denmark Succession to the Danish throne 4th position Succeeded byPrince Joachim of Denmark
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