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Queen Margrethe II removed the princely titles of the descendants of her son Joachim as of that date. [9] He is known as "His Excellency Count Henrik of Monpezat". He and Prince Joachim's other children maintain their places in the order of succession.
Prince Vincent of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, [1] RE (Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander; born 8 January 2011) is a member of the Danish royal family.He is the third child and younger son of King Frederik X and Queen Mary, the sixth grandchild and youngest grandson of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik, and the older twin brother of Princess Josephine.
Margrethe II (Danish: [mɑˈkʁeˀtə]; Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen of Denmark from 14 January 1972 until her abdication on 14 January 2024.
Prince Joachim's children are no longer princes or princesses. On Jan. 1, four of Denmark's Queen Margrethe II's grandchildren were listed as count or countesses on the royal family's website ...
The Danish queen celebrated her golden jubilee this year. Here, take a look back at Queen Margrethe's life—from her childhood in Copenhagen through her annual summer vacation in France.
In 2022, Queen Margrethe II decided to strip the descendants of her son Joachim of their princely styles. From 1 January 2023, Felix is known as "His Excellency Count Felix of Monpezat". He and the rest of his father's children maintain their places in the order of succession.
Queen Margrethe was 31 when she ascended the Danish throne on Jan. 14, 1972, just hours after her father, King Frederik IX, died following complications from a lung infection.
Christian was thus relegated to sixth in the line of succession to the Danish throne, but more importantly, he then ranked behind Margrethe and others who were likely to have dynastic children of their own (as has, in fact, happened). The princess became Queen Margrethe II in 1972 and reigned until her abdication in 2024. Christian's place in ...