Mary of Denmark

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Mary Elizabeth (2011)

Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth of Denmark , Countess of Monpezat (born February 5, 1972 in Hobart , Tasmania , Australia ; born Mary Elizabeth Donaldson ) is the wife of the Danish heir to the throne, Crown Prince Frederik .

Life

origin

Danish royal family
Royal coat of arms of Denmark.svg

IM Queen Margrethe II

HRH Princess Benedicts

IM Queen Anne-Marie of Greece

Her parents are the Scottish couple John Dalgleish Donaldson (born September 5, 1941) and Henrietta Clark Donaldson (born May 12, 1942; † November 20, 1997). Mary has three siblings: Jane Alison Stephens (born December 26, 1965), Patricia Anne Woods (born March 16, 1968), and John Stuart Donaldson (born July 9, 1970). John Dalgleish and Henrietta Clark Donaldson emigrated to Australia shortly after their marriage on August 31, 1963 in Edinburgh . Twelve years later, they received Australian citizenship. John Donaldson is a professor of applied mathematics and Henrietta Donaldson worked as an assistant to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Tasmania . After the mother's death, the father married Susan Elizabeth Horwood in 2001.

Education and professional activity

From 1974 to 1989 Mary Donaldson attended various schools, first in Houston , Texas for a year and then in Hobart. From 1989 Mary attended the University of Tasmania in Hobart , which she left in 1994 with a Bachelor of Commerce and Law (BCom.LLB). From 1994 to 1996 she did additional training in marketing . From 1995 to 2002 she worked for various companies with marketing and advertising, DDB Needham, Young & Rubicam , Microsoft Business Solutions and others. In 1998 she went on a one-year trip around the world, mainly to Europe and the USA, and worked in Edinburgh. From 2002 until she got married, she worked in France and Denmark.

In addition to her native English, she is fluent in Danish. She studied French and lived in Paris for five months.

Postage stamp on the occasion of the wedding of Frederik and Mary
Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik (2010)

Marriage and children

Princess Mary met Frederik during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney at the Slip Inn. The couple married on May 14, 2004 in Copenhagen.

Princess Mary has given up her British and Australian citizenship . The Folketing has granted her Danish citizenship through a special law .

On April 30, 2008 the Danish royal family announced that the descendants and their spouses of the royal couple would receive the title "Count / Countess of Monpezat".

The Crown Prince couple has four children:

  1. Prince Christian Valdemar Henri John of Denmark , Count of Monpezat (born October 15, 2005 in Copenhagen)
  2. Princess Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe of Denmark , Countess of Monpezat (born April 21, 2007 in Copenhagen)
  3. Prince Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander of Denmark , Count of Monpezat (born January 8, 2011 in Copenhagen)
  4. Princess Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda of Denmark , Countess of Monpezat (born January 8, 2011 in Copenhagen). Vincent and Josephine are twins (she is 26 minutes younger than her brother).

Public duties and interests

Since her wedding in 2004, the Crown Princess has been involved in various projects in the fields of art, culture, social affairs and research. For example, she is active for the World Health Organization and has sponsored the children's choir at the Børnekor Music Conservatory, in the field of refugee aid and various other social projects.

On September 11, 2007, Princess Mary announced the establishment of her own foundation. The aim of the Mary Fonden is to protect socially disadvantaged people from social exclusion. The foundation capital of 1.1 million Danish kroner comes from money that the Crown Prince couple received from donors in Denmark and Greenland on the occasion of their wedding.

Princess Mary of Denmark is the godmother of her nephew, Prince Henrik of Denmark and Princess Estelle of Sweden.

In 2014, Princess Mary received the Bambi in the Charity category .

literature

  • Karin Palshøj, Gitte Redder: Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark . Allen & Unwin Inc., Australia 2005, ISBN 1-74114-749-2 .

Web links

Commons : Crown Princess Mary  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
 Wikinews: Crown Princess Mary  - on the news

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from January 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ TRH The Crown Prince Couple - Statement of support by HRH Crown Princess Mary . Kronprinsparret.dk. February 20, 2007. Archived from the original on September 16, 2010. Retrieved on December 31, 2010.
  3. ^ Homepage of the Børnekor Music Conservatory . Boernekor.dk. December 23, 2000. Archived from the original on May 7, 2005. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
  4. ↑ Homepage of the Danish Refugee Council . DRC.dk. 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
  5. ↑ HKH KRONPRINSESSEN PROTEKTOR FOR HEALTHCARE DENMARK . kongehuset.dk. September 11, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  6. ↑ Hjerneskadeforeningen . Hjerneskadeforeningen.dk. Archived from the original on January 23, 2009. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
  7. ↑ Foundation Hopage . Retrieved March 1, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Mary of Denmark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Donaldson, Mary Elizabeth (maiden name); Denmark, Mary Elizabeth of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish nobles, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Hobart , Tasmania , Australia