Princess Athena of Denmark
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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 April 2015, Athena is tenth in the line of succession to the Danish throne.
Biography
Princess Athena was born at Rigshospitalet (Copenhagen University Hospital) weighing 3032 grams and was 49 cm long.[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; long-term girlfriend of Joachim's cousin Prince Gustav, Carina Axelsson; 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
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16 April 2015: Commemorative 75th Birthday Medal of Her Majesty The Queen
Ancestry
| 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
- ↑ Hendes Højhed Princesse Athena - Kongehuset
- ↑ The Danish Monarchy -- A Princess Is Born
- ↑ Alt mellem Jo og Scheherazade
- ↑ Date set for christening of Danish prince
- ↑ "Her Highness Princess Athena". Danish Royal Court. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
External links
| Princess Athena of Denmark Born: 24 January 2012 | ||
| Lines of succession | ||
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| Preceded by Prince Henrik of Denmark |
Line of succession to the Danish throne 10th position |
Succeeded by The Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg |
| Line of succession to the British throne descended from Arthur, son of Victoria | ||