Louis of Cambridge

HRH Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge (born April 23, 2018 in London ) is the third child of Prince William and Duchess Catherine . He is fifth in line to the British throne . His older siblings are Prince George of Cambridge and Princess Charlotte of Cambridge . As the great-grandson of Queen Elisabeth II and Prince Philip , he belongs to the House of Windsor and the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg .

Life

British royal family
HM The Queen HRH The Duke of Edinburgh HRH The Prince of Wales HRH The Duchess of Cornwall HRH The Duke of Cambridge HRH The Duchess of Cambridge HRH Prince George of Cambridge HRH Princess Charlotte of Cambridge HRH Prince Louis of Cambridge HRH The Duke of Sussex HRH The Duchess of Sussex HRH The Duke of York HRH Princess Beatrice of York HRH Princess Eugenie, Mrs. Brooksbank HRH The Earl of Wessex HRH The Countess of Wessex HRH The Princess Royal HRH The Duke of Gloucester HRH The Duchess of Gloucester HRH The Duke of Kent HRH The Duchess of Kent HRH Prince Michael of Kent HRH Princess Michael of Kent HRH Princess Alexandra, Lady Ogilvy

Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge was born on April 23, 2018 at 11:01 am local time in the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital , London . On July 9, 2018, he was baptized with water from the Jordan by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in the chapel of St James's Palace . His godparents are his mother's cousins, Lucy Middleton, Nicholas van Cutsem, Guy Pelly, Harry Aubrey-Fletcher, Lady Laura Meade and Hannah Carter.

Title and line of succession

On December 31, 2012, Queen Elizabeth II had ordered through letters patent that all future children of Prince William should receive the title and salutation of Royal Highness , not just the eldest son, as was customary until then.

Louis is fifth in the British line of succession . Standing in front of the prince are his grandfather Charles, his father William and his older siblings George and Charlotte .

In March 2015, the equal succession of female descendants to the throne came into force for all children born after October 28, 2011. By this law, Louis remains in line of succession to his sister.

ancestors

Pedigree of Prince Louis of Cambridge
Great-great-grandparents	Prince Andreas of Greece (1882–1944) ⚭ 1903 Princess Alice von Battenberg (1885–1969)	King George VI. (1895–1952) ⚭ 1923 Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900–2002)	Albert Spencer, 7th  Earl Spencer (1892–1975) ⚭ 1919 Lady Cynthia Hamilton (1897–1972)	Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy (1885–1955) ⚭ 1931 Ruth Gill (1908–1993)	Richard Noel Middleton (1878–1951) ⚭ 1914 Olive Lupton (1881–1936)	Frederick Glassborow (1898–1954) ⚭ 1920 Constance Robinson (1888–1977)	Stephen Goldsmith (1886–1938) ⚭ 1909 Edith Chandler (1889–1971)	Thomas Harrison (1904–1976) ⚭ 1934 Elizabeth Temple (1903–1991)
Great grandparents	Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark (* 1921) ⚭ 1947 Queen Elizabeth II (* 1926)		John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924–1992) ⚭ 1954–1969 The Honorable Frances Roche (1936–2004)		Peter Middleton (1920–2010) ⚭ 1946 Valerie Glassborow (1924–2006)		Ronald Goldsmith (1931–2003) ⚭ 1953 Dorothy Harrison (1935–2006)
Grandparents	Charles, Prince of Wales (* 1948) ⚭ 1981–1996 Lady Diana Spencer (1961–1997)				Michael Middleton (* 1949) ⚭ 1980 Carole Goldsmith (* 1955)
parents	Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (* 1982) ⚭ 2011 Catherine Middleton (* 1982)
Prince Louis of Cambridge (* 2018)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Son of Kate and William. A prince named Louis. In: tagesschau.de . April 27, 2018.
2. ^ Royal baby: Duke and duchess show off new son. bbc.com, April 23, 2018, accessed April 23, 2018 . 
3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 60384, HMSO, London, 8 January 2013, p. 213 ( PDF , English).
4. ↑ Royal baby girl 'would be princess' , BBC News. January 9, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013. 

predecessor		successor
Princess Charlotte	British Succession No. 5	Prince Harry