Estelle from Sweden
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Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Östergötland (born February 23, 2012 in Solna ) is the daughter of Victoria and Daniel of Sweden .
According to the Swedish Succession Act, she is second behind her mother and before her brother Oscar in the Swedish line of succession .
Life
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Princess Estelle was born on February 23, 2012 in Karolinska Hospital in Solna near Stockholm . On February 24th, King Carl XVI. Gustaf the Konselj one to the birth and the name to officially announce. At the same time he announced that he had made her Duchess of Östergötland .
The first name "Estelle" was given after the wife of Folke Bernadotte , Estelle Romaine Manville (1904-1984), while "Ewa" and " Silvia " were named after the grandmothers of the princess and "Mary" were named after her godmother, the Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is. The first names, especially the first name Estelle, sparked a discussion in the media. The historian Herman Lindqvist , who is close to the royal family, assessed the name as "totally unexpected and inappropriate".
Estelle was baptized on May 22, 2012 in the Castle Church of Stockholm Castle . The Swedish constitution stipulates that legitimate heirs to the throne must follow the Evangelical Lutheran doctrine according to the Augsburg Confession . Godparents are Prince Daniel's sister Anna Westling Söderström, Crown Princess Victoria's brother Carl Philip , the Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon , the Dutch King Willem-Alexander (still Crown Prince at the time of the baptism) and the Danish Crown Princess Mary. The princess has been the bearer of the Royal Order of the Seraphine since her baptism .
Princess Estelle grows up in Haga Castle in Solna. From August 2014 she went to a preschool in Djursholm . Since August 2018 Estelle has been attending the “Campus Manilla” elementary school in the Stockholm district of Djurgården.
Titles, coats of arms, medals and honors
Title and predicate
- Her Royal Highness Estelle, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Östergötland
- ( Swedish : Hennes Kungliga Höghet Estelle, Prinsessa av Sverige, Hertiginna av Östergötland)
coat of arms
The coat of arms is quartered by a narrow golden paw cross and has a heart shield .
The heart shield is split. Right in blue and red, divided diagonally to the right by a silver sloping bar with a golden wasa streak . At the top left in blue a golden eagle soaring to the right , above which the constellation “Big Dipper” with seven golden stars hovers. Below is a roof-shaped silver bridge with two tinned towers, which stands on a middle, large and two smaller passages, above a silver field cut with silver waves.
In the first and fourth fields in blue three (2: 1) set golden crowns (for the small imperial coat of arms of Sweden ). In the second field is in blue, on three silver obliquely left wave beams a golden rotgezungter and -bewehrter winning gold, Leo ( Folkunger Coat of Arms). In the third field a golden, blue-tongued and armored griffin on a red background, surrounded by four silver roses in the corners (coat of arms of Östergötland).
On the shield rests a golden, five-pointed prince's crown with lace pearls and a blue cap with gold crowns. Between the tips there are black wasagarrows placed vertically.
Orders and honors
| year | Country | Orders / decorations |
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| May 22, 2012 |
 Sweden
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Royal Order of Seraphines |
ancestors
| Pedigree of Princess Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary of Sweden | ||||||||
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| Great-great-grandparents |
Anders Andersson (1863–1942) |
Anders Erik Borg |
Johan Gregorius Westring (1879–1959) |
Johan Teodor Hugg (1884–1970) |
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Duke |
Louis Moritz Sommerlath (1860–1930) |
Arthur Floriano de Toledo (1873–1935) |
| Great grandparents |
Anders Westling (1900–1980) |
John Einar Westring (1913–1998) |
Hereditary Prince Gustav Adolf , |
Walther Sommerlath (1901–1990) |
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| Grandparents |
Olle Gunnar Westling (* 1945) |
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| parents |
Olof Daniel Westling (* 1973) |
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Estelle, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Östergötland (* 2012) |
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See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Announcement on the official website of the Swedish royal family (Swedish), accessed on February 24, 2012
- ↑ Namnet cleared (Swedish) Expressen , accessed on 20 October 2014
- ↑ Totalt olämpligt att heta Estelle (Swedish), Aftonbladet , February 24, 2012
- ↑ Sounds like the name of a nightclub queen , Janine Schaller-Bøyum, Focus Online , February 24, 2012
- ↑ Princess Baptism in Sweden Spiegel online, May 22, 2012, accessed October 20, 2014.
- ↑ Aftonbladet, Prinsessan Estelle börjar förskolan , August 25, 2014 (Swedish)
- ↑ Hanau Rohrmüller: Prinsessan Estelle ska gå på Campus Manilla - börjar skolan i Höst. In: nyheter24.se. May 18, 2018, accessed June 8, 2018 (Swedish).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Crown Princess Victoria | Swedish succession to the throne | Prince Oscar |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Estelle from Sweden |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary Princess of Sweden and Duchess of Östergötland |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish nobles, Crown Princess of Sweden |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 2012 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Solna |