Count Henrik of Monpezat

Member of the Danish royal family (born 2009)

Count Henrik of Monpezat

Count Henrik in 2023

Born| Prince Henrik of Denmark
(2009-05-04) 4 May 2009 (age 16)
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
| Names

Henrik Carl Joachim Alain
Father| Prince Joachim of Denmark
Mother| Marie Cavallier
Danish royal family

* The King
The Queen
* The Crown Prince
* Princess Isabella
* Prince Vincent
* Princess Josephine

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Queen Margrethe II

* Prince Joachim
Princess Marie
* Count Nikolai of Monpezat
* Count Felix of Monpezat
* Count Henrik of Monpezat
* Countess Athena of Monpezat

Extended royal family

* The Dowager Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
* Queen Anne-Marie of Greece

* Greek royal family

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Count Henrik of Monpezat (born Prince Henrik of Denmark; 4 May 2009) is a member of the Danish royal family. He is the third and youngest son of Prince Joachim and the only son of his second wife, Princess Marie. He is a grandson of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik and a nephew of King Frederik X. Henrik is eighth in the line of succession to the Danish throne.

## Biography

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Henrik was born a prince of Denmark on 4 May 2009 at Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital in Copenhagen.[1] He has two older half-brothers from his father's first marriage, Nikolai and Felix, and a younger sister, Athena.

As per Danish royal tradition, his names were not revealed until his christening, which took place on 26 July 2009 at Møgeltønder Church, where his older brother Felix had also been christened.[2] At his christening, he received the names Henrik Carl Joachim Alain.[3] His godparents are his paternal aunt, Queen Mary of Denmark; his maternal uncles, Charles Cavallier and Benjamin Grandet; his mother's lady-in-waiting, Britt Davidsen Siesbye; as well as family friend, Christian Scherfig.[4]

On 11 August 2015, he started school at Sct. Joseph Søstrenes Skole – a Catholic private school in Ordrup.[5] In 2019, when he and his family moved to France, he was enrolled at the private school EIB Monceau in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.[6]

On Ascension Day, Thursday 18 May 2023, Count Henrik was confirmed in Frederikskirken – The Danish Church in Paris. The confirmation took place at 11:00, administered by the royal Chaplain-in-Ordinary, bishop Henrik Wigh-Poulsen, with the assistance of Frederikskirken's minister, Malene Bendtsen.[7]

## Titles and styles

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Henrik was styled as "His Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark, Count of Monpezat"[8] until 1 January 2023. Queen Margrethe II removed the princely titles of the descendants of her son Joachim as of that date.[9] He is known as "His Excellency Count Henrik of Monpezat". He and Prince Joachim's other children maintain their places in the order of succession.[10]

## References

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1. ^ "The Danish Monarchy - Current activities - News". Archived from the original on 5 May 2009.
2. ^ "Earth Times | News and Information about Environmental Issues". earthtimes.org.
3. ^ "Farfar og morfar i prinsens navn". DR. 26 July 2009.
4. ^ "Faddere". Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
5. ^ "Lille prins Henrik skal gå i katolsk privatskole". 25 March 2015.
6. ^ "Joachims nye liv i Paris: Prinsesse Marie fulgte børnene i skole". BT. 7 October 2019.
7. ^ "HE Count Henrik's confirmation". Kongehuset. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
8. ^ "His Highness Prince Henrik". Danish Royal Court. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
9. ^ Merlyn Thomas (3 October 2022). "Danish Royal Family: Queen 'sorry' after stripping grandchildren's titles". BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
10. ^ "Changes in titles and forms of address in the Royal Family". www.kongehuset.dk. Retrieved 28 September 2022.

## External links

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* Official website

Count Henrik of Monpezat

Born: 4 May 2009

Lines of succession
Preceded by

Count Felix of Monpezat

|  Succession to the Danish throne
8th position  | Succeeded by

Countess Athena of Monpezat

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Danish princes

The generations are numbered from the implementation of hereditary monarchy by Frederick III in 1660.

1st generation|

* King Christian V1
* Prince George, Duke of Cumberland1

2nd generation|

* King Frederick IV1
* Prince Christian1
* Prince Charles1
* Prince William1
* Prince William, Duke of Gloucester1

3rd generation|

* King Christian VI1

4th generation|

* King Frederick V1

5th generation|

* King Christian VII1
* Hereditary Prince Frederick1

6th generation|

* King Frederick VI1
* King Christian VIII1
* Hereditary Prince Ferdinand1

7th generation|

* King Frederick VII1
* King Christian IX5

8th generation|

* King Frederick VIII5
* King George I of Greece5
* Prince Valdemar3

9th generation|

* King Christian X
* King Haakon VII of Norway
* Prince Harald3
* Prince Gustav3
* King Constantine I of Greece2
* Prince George2
* Prince Nicholas2
* Prince Andrew2
* Prince Christopher2
* Prince Aage
* Prince Axel3
* Prince Erik3
* Prince Viggo3

10th generation|

* King Frederik IX3
* Hereditary Prince Knud3
* King Olav V of Norway1
* Prince Gorm3
* Prince Oluf3
* King George II of Greece2
* King Alexander I of Greece2
* King Paul I of Greece2
* Prince Peter2
* Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh2 4
* Prince Michael2
* Prince Georg3
* Prince Flemming3

11th generation|

* Prince Henrik5
* Prince Ingolf3
* Prince Christian3
* King Constantine II of Greece2

12th generation|

* King Frederik X
* Prince Joachim
* Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece2
* Prince Nikolaos2
* Prince Philippos2

13th generation|

* Crown Prince Christian of Denmark
* Prince Vincent
* Prince Nikolai
* Prince Felix
* Prince Henrik
* Prince Constantine-Alexios2
* Prince Achileas-Andreas2
* Prince Odysseas-Kimon2
* Prince Aristidis-Stavros2

1 Also prince of Norway
2 Also prince of Greece
3 Also prince of Iceland
4 Also prince of the United Kingdom
5 Not Danish prince by birth, but created prince of Denmark
Princes that lost their title are shown in italics
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