Princess Isabella of Denmark

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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 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. [1]

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[2]. The name is the 21st most popular name among Danish girls[3].
  • 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.[4]

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.[5][6]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Styles of
Princess Isabella of Denmark
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Reference styleHer Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness
Alternative styleMa'am

Title

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

Ancestry

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

References

  1. ^ "Godparents to Her Royal Highness the Princess". Kronprinsparret.dk. 2007-06-01. Retrieved 2007-06-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Royal Surprise". Denmark.dk. 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2007-07-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Danish Royal Family". About.com: Go Australia. 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2007-09-12. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Prins Christian alene hjemme". Billed-Bladet.dk. 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2007-09-12. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Isabella klar til at regere". Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  6. ^ "Official registration of Isabelle as Heir to the Danish throne". Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  7. ^ Template:Da iconKongehuset - Aktuelt - Nyheder

External links

Princess Isabella of Denmark
House of Laborde-Monpezat
Born: 21 April 2007
Danish royalty
Preceded by Line of succession to the Danish throne
3rd position 		Succeeded by
Line of succession to the British throne
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