Benedicts to Denmark
Benedikt Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg , (born April 29, 1944 at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen ) is a Danish princess. She is the younger sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark .
Life
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Childhood and youth
Princess Benedelte was born on April 29, 1944 at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen . She is the second daughter of the Danish King Frederik IX. (1899–1972) and his wife Princess Ingrid (1910–2000), the only daughter of King Gustav VI. Adolf of Sweden and the British Princess Margaret of Connaught . Her parents' marriage resulted in two more daughters: Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid (* 1940), the current Queen of Denmark, and Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid (* 1946), the last Queen of Greece.
The princess was born during the German occupation of Denmark . One day after she was born, members of the Danish resistance group Holger Danske fired 21 gun salutes in the public park Ørstedsparken in Copenhagen, as a reference to the traditional gun salute of the Danish army and navy, which was at the time on the Eastern Front.
She was baptized on May 24, 1944 at Holmens Kirke in Copenhagen. Her godparents were King Christian X , Prince Gustav and King Gustav VI. Adolf, Count Sigvard Bernadotte , Sir Alexander Ramsay , Queen Alexandrine , Queen Elizabeth, later Queen Mum , Princess Caroline-Mathilde , Princess Margaretha and Princess Ingeborg .
After her grandfather's death on April 20, 1947, her father was named King Frederik IX. proclaimed. At first her uncle Knut of Denmark was the Danish heir to the throne, as the constitution provided for a male heir to the throne and Frederik IX. had no son. In 1953 the constitution was changed so that it now also made it possible for women to succeed to the throne. Benediktes older sister Margrethe became heir to the throne while she took second place. In May 1968 she fell back for the first time with the birth of her nephew Frederik .
Princess Benedelte and her sisters grew up in apartments in Amalienborg Palace and Fredensborg Palace on the island of Zealand . She spent the summer holidays with the royal family in her parents' summer residence, Gråsten Castle in Gråsten . In her childhood she was considered reserved and shy, but showed great interest in horse riding and, encouraged by her mother, became a member of the boy scouts.
She attended the N. Zahles Skole private school in Copenhagen, a boarding school in Great Britain and a girls' boarding school in Switzerland. In 1965 she took fashion and design courses at the Scandinavian Academy of Fashion Design.
In 1961 she was one of the bridesmaids at the wedding of her cousin Princess Birgitta of Sweden and in 1962 together with her sister Anne-Marie at the wedding of Princess Sophia of Greece and Infante Juan Carlos of Spain .
marriage
At the wedding of the then Crown Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and the German diplomat Claus von Amsberg , Benedict met her future husband. On February 3, 1968, she married Richard zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934-2017), the eldest son of Gustav Albrecht Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and his wife, the Swedish Countess Margareta Fouché d'Otrante, at Fredensborg Palace . The marriage had three children:
- Gustav Frederik Philip Richard (born January 12, 1969 in Frankfurt)
- Alexandra Rosemarie Ingrid Benedigte (born November 20, 1970 in Copenhagen)
- ⚭ 1998 Jefferson-Friedrich Volker Benjamin Graf von Pfeil and Klein-Ellguth (* 1967)
- Nathalie Xenia Margareta Benedigte (born May 2, 1975 in Copenhagen)
- ⚭ 2010 Alexander Johannsmann (* 1977)
- Benedikt and her husband Richard have four grandchildren. Since her wedding, Princess Benedigte has lived alternately in Bad Berleburg and Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen. Her husband died in 2017 after 49 years of marriage.
tasks
Benedikte represents how her nephew Joachim Denmark , as Regent Queen Margrethe II. As head of state when she and the Crown Prince are out of the country.
Benedkte holds numerous honorary positions, including in organizations in the fields of education, upbringing, health care, women and equestrian sports. One focus is the commitment to the scout movement since she was a scout herself in her youth. She is chairman of the Danish Council of Girl Scouts and patroness of two Danish scout organizations ( Det danske Spejderkorps , De grønne pigespejdere ); internationally she is the patron of the Olave Baden-Powell Society, which financially supports the work of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts .
title
- 1944–1953: Her Royal Highness Princess Benedigte of Denmark
- 1953–1968: Her Royal Highness Princess Benedigte of Denmark
- 1968 – today: Her Royal Highness Princess Benedigte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Others
On May 7, 1997, the ferry Prinsesse Benedektiven was christened in Frederikshavn and operates between Puttgarden (D) and Rødbyhavn (DK).
ancestors
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King Charles XV (Sweden) |
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King Oskar II (Sweden) |
Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden |
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King Gustav VI. Adolf (Sweden) (1882–1973) |
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Benedict Denmark |
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literature
- Johannes Burkardt and Ulf Lückel: The Princely House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. Börde-Verlag, Werl 2005, ISBN 3-9810315-0-4
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Who is Princess Benedigte of Denmark? - Royal Central. Retrieved October 21, 2018 (UK English).
- ↑ a b Stilfuld stilfrdighed . In: Kristeligt Dagblad . April 28, 2004 ( kristeligt-dagblad.dk [accessed October 21, 2018]).
- ↑ Annual report: The Royal House of Denmark 2005. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 11, 2006 ; accessed on September 4, 2008 (p. 3). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hendes Kongelige Højhed Prinsesse Benedigte. Retrieved November 13, 2013 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Princess Athena | Danish succession to the throne | End of the line of succession |
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| SURNAME | Benedicts to Denmark |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Benedicts of Denmark; Benedicts von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg; Benedikt Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid of Denmark |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish nobles from the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amalienborg Palace , Copenhagen |