Princess Josephine of Denmark, Countess of MonpezatKongehuset – Aktuelt – Nyheder
. Kongehuset.dk (21 May 2010). Retrieved on 15 April 2011. (Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda; born 8 January 2011) is a member of the

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. She is the fourth and youngest child of

Crown Prince Frederik Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, (Frederik André Henrik Christian; born 26 May 1968) is the heir apparent to the Danish throne. He is the elder son of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik. Early life Crown Prince Frede ...

and

Crown Princess Mary Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, (born Mary Elizabeth Donaldson; 5 February 1972) is the wife of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. Frederik is the heir apparent to the throne, which means that should he succeed, Mary w ...

, and the seventh grandchild of Queen

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and the late

Prince Henrik Prince Henrik of Denmark (; born Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat; 11 June 1934 – 13 February 2018) was the husband of Margrethe II of Denmark. He served as her royal consort from Margrethe's accession on 14 January 1972 unt ...

. She is the twin sister of Prince Vincent. Josephine is fifth in line to the

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, after her father and older siblings, Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, and her elder twin brother.

Birth and christening

Josephine was born at

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, the

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, in

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, at 10:56 am local time, 26 minutes after her twin brother. Josephine and Vincent were christened on 14 April 2011, at the chapel of the

Church of Holmen The Holmen Church ( da, Holmens Kirke) is a Parish church in central Copenhagen in Denmark, on the street called Holmens Kanal. First built as an anchor forge in 1563, it was converted into a naval church by Christian IV. It is famous for having ...

. The Princess's name was announced as Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda. Her third name, Ivalo, is Greenlandic. It stems from the

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region where her father patrolled with the

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and means "sinew". Her godparents are her paternal aunt,

Princess Marie of Denmark Princess Marie of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, (''née'' Marie Agathe Odile Cavallier, born 6 February 1976) is a member of the Danish royal family. She is the second wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark, the younger son of Queen Margrethe I ...

; her maternal aunt, Patricia Bailey; as well as her parents' friends

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, Count Bendt Wedell, Birgitte Handwerk and Josephine Rechner. Josephine wore a christening gown found among her great-grandmother

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'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.

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. On 15 August 2017, Josephine and her twin brother started school at Tranegårdsskolen in

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– the same public school as her older siblings.

Titles and styles

Royal Monogram of Princess Josephine of Denmark

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

References

External links

Official website
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