Princess Josephine of Denmark

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Princess Josephine
Count of Monpezat
File:Vincent and Josephine.jpg
Vincent and Josephine in January 2012
Born (2011-01-08) 8 January 2011 (age 13)
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Full name
Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda
House House of Monpezat
Father Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
Mother Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
Religion Church of Denmark

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

Birth and early life

Gun salute being fired from Kronborg Castle to mark the birth of Josephine.

Josephine was born 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 Copenhagen and from Kronborg Castle in North Zealand to mark the arrival of a royal child.

Josephine and Vincent were christened on 14 April 2011, at the chapel of the Church of Holmen. The Princess's name was announced as Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda. Her godparents are Princess Marie of Denmark (paternal aunt), Patricia Bailey (maternal aunt), Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro, Count Bendt Wedell, Birgitte Handwerk, and Crown Princess Mary's Australian friend, Josephine Rechner.[4]

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.[5][6]

Titles and styles

Josephine is styled as Her Royal Highness Princess Josephine of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat.[7]

Honours and decorations

Medals
  • Denmark 14 January 2012: Commemorative Ruby Jubilee Medal of Her Majesty The Queen
  • Denmark 16 April 2015: Commemorative 75th Birthday Medal of Her Majesty The Queen

Ancestry

Family of Princess Josephine of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 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. Marthe Gay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Christian X of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Frederick IX of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Margrethe II of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Princess Ingrid of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Princess Margaret of Connaught
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Princess Josephine of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Alexander Donaldson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Peter Donaldson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Jean Stevenson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. John Dalgleish Donaldson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. John Dalgleish
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Mary Dalgleish
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Barbara McDonald Baisley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Mary Elizabeth Donaldson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. John Thomas Tait Horne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Archibald Horne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Henrietta Clark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Henrietta Clark Horne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. William Melrose
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Elizabeth Gibson Melrose
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Catherine Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ Kongehuset – Aktuelt – Nyheder. Kongehuset.dk (21 May 2010). Retrieved on 15 April 2011.
  2. ↑ TRH The Crown Prince Couple – A Prince and a Princess are born. Kronprinsparret.dk (8 January 2011). Retrieved on 15 April 2011.
  3. ↑ TV 2 Nyhederne – Live. Nyhederne.tv2.dk. Retrieved on 15 April 2011.
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External links

Princess Josephine of Denmark
Born: 8 January 2011
Lines of succession
Preceded by Line of succession to the Danish throne
5th position		 Succeeded by
Prince Joachim of Denmark
Preceded by Line of succession to the British throne
descended from Arthur, son of Victoria
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