Prince Vincent of Denmark

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Prince Vincent
Count of Monpezat
Prince Vincent in 2023
Born (2011-01-08) 8 January 2011 (age 13)
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Full name
Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander
HouseGlücksburg (official)
Monpezat (agnatic)
FatherFrederik X
MotherMary Donaldson
ReligionChurch of Denmark

Prince Vincent of Denmark, Count of Monpezat[1] (Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander; born 8 January 2011) is a member of the Danish royal family. He is the third child and younger son of King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark, the sixth grandchild and youngest grandson of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik, and the older twin brother of Princess Josephine.

Vincent is third in line to the Danish throne, after his father, older brother Prince Christian, and older sister Princess Isabella.

Birth and early life[change | change source]

Prince Vincent was born at Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital, in Copenhagen, at 10:30 am local time, 26 minutes before his twin sister.[2][3]

Vincent and Josephine were christened on 14 April 2011, at the chapel of the Church of Holmen. His name was announced as Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander. His godparents are his maternal uncle, John Stuart Donaldson; his father's first cousin, the Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (then the Hereditary Prince); his mother's lady-in-waiting, Caroline Heering; and friends of his parents, the King of Spain (then the Prince of Asturias), Count Michael Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille and Baroness Helle Reedtz-Thott.[4]

Titles and styles and Honor[change | change source]

Royal Monogram of Prince Vincent of Denmark

8 January 2011 His Royal Highness Prince Vincent of Denmark, Count of Monpezat.[5]

National Honor

-Knight of the Order of the Elephant (R.E.) (14 January 2024)

Medals and Decorations

-Queen Margrethe II's Ruby Jubilee Medal (14 January 2012)

-Queen Margrethe II's 75th Birthday Medal (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[change | change source]

  1. "Tvillingernes navne". Kongehuset. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  2. "A Prince and a Princess are born". Archived from the original on 11 January 2011.
  3. Kronprinsesse Mary har født Archived 17 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Barnedåb i Holmens Kirke den 14. april 2011" (in Danish). Kongehuset. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  5. "His Royal Highness Prince Vincent". Danish Royal Court. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

Other websites[change | change source]

Prince Vincent of Denmark
Born: 8 January 2011
Lines of succession
Preceded by
Princess Isabella of Denmark
Line of succession to the Danish throne
4th position
Succeeded by
Princess Josephine of Denmark