Princess Isabella of Denmark

Princess Isabella of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat ( _da. Prinsesse Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe til Danmark, komtesse af Monpezat; born 21 April 2007) is a member of the Danish Royal Family. She is the daughter of Crown Prince Frederik and his wife, the Australian-born Crown Princess Mary.

She is the fourth grandchild and only granddaughter of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her husband, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark. She is the first girl born into the Danish Royal House since the birth of Queen Anne-Marie of Greece in 1946.

The infant princess is third in line to the Danish throne, after her father and her older brother, Prince Christian. Until her name was announced at her christening, she was being referred to as "Lillepigen" by her parents and the Danish media. [ [http://www.fyn.dk/article/74311 Fakta om lillepigen] www.fyn.dk citing Fyens Stiftstidende da icon] [ [http://www.berlingske.dk/indland/artikel:aid=887896 Hun hedder "Lillepigen"] Berlingske Tidende da icon] [cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21609475-5005961,00.html|title=Princess Mary shows off daughter|date=2007-04-23|publisher=Herald Sun|accessdate=2007-04-27] an affectionate nickname meaning 'the little girl'.

Birth

The princess was born at Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital, at 4:02pm. She was healthy with an apgar score of 10 (out of 10) after 1 minute. At birth, she weighed 3.35 kg (7.4 lb) and measured 50 cm (19.6 ins). At noon on 22 April, 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.

The infant princess' birth coincided with the 60th anniversary of the ascension to the Danish throne of her great-grandfather, Frederik IX and she shares the same birthday as her cousin, HM Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.

Christening

Isabella's christening took place on 1 July 2007, at the chapel of Fredensborg Palace. She wore the same christening gown her older brother Prince Christian wore at his christening the year before, which Glücksborg princes and princesses in the main line have worn since the christening of Christian X in 1870. Her name was announced as "Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe". Her godparents are Crown Princess Mathilde of Belgium, Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, Nadine Johnston, Christian Buchwald, Peter Heering and Marie Louise Skeel. [cite news|url=http://www.kronprinsparret.dk/4ef0029|title=Godparents to Her Royal Highness the Princess|date=2007-06-01|publisher=Kronprinsparret.dk|accessdate=2007-06-01]

She was named:
* Isabella is the Italian form of the Latinate name which has a biblical etymology, with many variants in different languages. Crown Princess Mary's middle name is Elizabeth after her maternal grandmother, however there is no indication this was a factor in the choice. Frederik and Mary told the media on the day of the christening they had decided on it two weeks beforehand, after looking at historical royal Danish names. They chose the birth name of King Christian II's queen-consort Isabella of Austria, the sister of Emperor Charles V [cite news|url=http://www.denmark.dk/en/servicemenu/news/culturenews/royalsurprise.htm|title=Royal Surprise|date=2007-07-02|publisher=Denmark.dk|accessdate=2007-07-06] . The name is the 21st most popular name among Danish girls [cite news|url=http://goaustralia.about.com/od/knowthepeople/l/blroyalfamily.htm|title=Danish Royal Family|date=2007-07-02|publisher=About.com: Go Australia|accessdate=2007-09-12] .
* Henrietta is for Crown Princess Mary's late mother, Henrietta Donaldson, who died in 1997 from complications following heart surgery.
* Ingrid is for Crown Prince Frederik's late maternal grandmother, Queen Ingrid, who died in November 2000.
* Margrethe is for Princess Isabella's paternal grandmother, Queen Margrethe of Denmark.

The princess accompanied her parents to New York on 17-21 September, 2007 on a visit to promote Denmark's "Creative Nation" initiative, according to court spokeswoman Lis M. Frederiksen, because Crown Princess Mary was still breastfeeding Princess Isabella. [cite news|url=http://www.billed-bladet.dk/default.asp?Action=Details&Item=5914|title=Prins Christian alene hjemme|date=2007-08-23|publisher=Billed-Bladet.dk|accessdate=2007-09-12]

On 20 December 2007, as he had done the previous year for Prince Christian, Per Stig Møller, Denmark's Minister for Foreign Affairs, formally wrote and signed a hand-written document adding Princess Isabella as an official heir to the Danish throne in the line of succession. The princess's full name, dates of birth and christening, and the names of her godparents were recorded as dictated by the Royal Law of 1799. [cite web|url=http://ekstrabladet.dk/flash/dkkendte/danskekongelige/article371214.ece|title=Isabella klar til at regere|accessdate=2007-12-20] [cite web|url=http://members3.boardhost.com/scandinavia/msg/1198139148.html|title=Official registration of Isabelle as Heir to the Danish throne|accessdate=2007-12-20]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Title

* 21 April 2007 – 29 April 2008: "Her Royal Highness" Princess Isabella of Denmark
* 29 April 2008 – present: "Her Royal Highness" Princess Isabella of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat [da icon [http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?id=16821 Kongehuset - Aktuelt - Nyheder] ]

Her official title in Danish is "Hendes Kongelige Højhed Prinsesse Isabella til Danmark, Komtesse af Monpezat"

Ancestry

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1= 1. Princess Isabella of Denmark
2= 2. Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
3= 3. Mary Elizabeth Donaldson
4= 4. Henri de Laborde de Monpezat
Prince Consort of Denmark
5= 5. Margrethe II of Denmark
6= 6. John Dalgleish Donaldson
7= 7. Henrietta Clark Horne
8= 8. André de Laborde de Monpezat
9= 9. Renée Doursenot
10= 10. Frederick IX of Denmark
11= 11. Ingrid of Sweden
12= 12. Peter Donaldson
13= 13. Mary Dalgleish
14= 14. Archibald Horne
15= 15. Elizabeth Gibson Melrose
16= 16. Henri de Laborde de Monpezat
17= 17. Henriette Hallberg
18= 18. Maurice Doursenot
19= 19. Marthe Gay
20= 20. Christian X of Denmark
21= 21. Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
22= 22. Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden
23= 23. Princess Margaret of Connaught
24= 24. Alexander Donaldson
25= 25. Jean Stevenson
26= 26. John Dalgleish
27= 27. Barbara McDonald Baisley
28= 28. John Thomas Tait Horne
29= 29. Henrietta Clark
30= 30. William Melrose
31= 31. Catherine Smith

References

External links

* [http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?id=11615 A Princess is born - official announcement from Amalienborg Palace]
* [http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?id=11617 The birth of a Royal Child - the official order of celebration]
* [http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?id=11725 Official Announcement of Christening]
* [http://www.crownprincecouple.dk/ca000c Official Pictures of Princess Isabella] (Released 8 May 2007)
* [http://www.kongehuset.dk/english/ The Official Danish Monarchy Website] (in English)
* [http://danishroyalwatchers.blogspot.com Danish Royal Watchers] (in English)
* [http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/new-danish-princess-named-isabella/2007/07/01/1183228956229.htmlNew Danish princess named Isabella]
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* [http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?dogtag=k_en_fam_isa Official Page for Princess Isabella]
* [http://www.kronprinsparret.dk/d1000c The Official Christening Pictures of Princess Isabella]

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