Prince Vincent
Count of Monpezat
Vincent and his twin sister in 2023
Born (2011-01-08) 8 January 2011
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Names
Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander
House
FatherFrederik X
MotherMary Donaldson

Prince Vincent of Denmark, Count of Monpezat,[2] 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.

Vincent is third in line to the Danish throne, after his older brother, Crown Prince Christian, and older sister, Princess Isabella.

Birth and early life

Vincent and Josephine in January 2012

Prince Vincent was born on 8 January 2011 at Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital, in Copenhagen, at 10:30 am local time, 26 minutes before his twin sister.[3][4] Shortly after the birth, while speaking to the press, the Crown Prince joked about calling his newborn son Elvis,[5] as the twins share a birthday with Elvis Presley. At noon on 8 January, a 21-gun salute was fired from the Sixtus Battery at Holmen Naval Base in Copenhagen and from Kronborg Castle in North Zealand to mark the arrival of a royal child.

Vincent and his sister were baptized on 14 April 2011, at the chapel of the Church of Holmen. His name was announced as Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander. His third name, Minik, is Greenlandic and means "earwax".[6] His godparents are his maternal uncle, John Stuart Donaldson; his father's first cousin, the Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (then the Hereditary Prince); his mother's lady-in-waiting, Caroline Heering; and friends of his parents, the King of Spain (then the Prince of Asturias), Count Michael Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille and Baroness Helle Reedtz-Thott.[7]

In 2009, the Danish constitution was altered, granting absolute primogeniture to the Danish throne, meaning that the eldest child, regardless of gender, takes precedence in the line of succession. Under the old system of male-preference primogeniture, Vincent would have displaced his elder sister Isabella in the line of succession; with the new law, he comes directly after her instead.

On 15 August 2017, Vincent and his younger twin sister started school at Tranegårdsskolen in Gentofte – the same public school as their elder siblings.

Titles, styles, and honours

Royal Monogram of Prince Vincent of Denmark

Vincent is styled as His Royal Highness Prince Vincent of Denmark, Count of Monpezat.[8]

Honours

National honours

Orders and appointments
Medals and decorations
  • 14 January 2012: Queen Margrethe II's Ruby Jubilee Medal[10]
  • 16 April 2015: Queen Margrethe II's 75th Birthday Medal[10]
  • 10 June 2017: Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik's Golden Wedding Anniversary Medal[10]
  • 11 June 2018: Prince Henrik's Memorial Medal[11]
  • 16 April 2020: Queen Margrethe II's 80th Birthday Medal[10]
  • 14 January 2022: Queen Margrethe II's Golden Jubilee Medal[12]

References

  1. ↑ "The Danish Monarchy". Archived from the original on 14 February 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Tvillingernes navne". Kongehuset. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "A Prince and a Princess are born". Archived from the original on 11 January 2011.
  4. ↑ Kronprinsesse Mary har født Archived 17 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Kronprinsen: Vi kan kalde ham Elvis". Berlingske (in Danish). Ritzau. 8 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Hvad betyder Minik og Ivalo?". Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Barnedåb i Holmens Kirke den 14. april 2011" (in Danish). Kongehuset. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "His Royal Highness Prince Vincent". Danish Royal Court. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "The King and Queen's three youngest children become Knights of the Order of the Elephant". kongehuset.dk. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
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  11. ↑ "Mindemedaille for Prins Henrik" [Prince Henrik's Memorial Medal]. Kongehuset.dk (in Danish). 11 June 2018. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023. Hendes Majestæt Dronningen har i dag den 11. juni 2018 tildelt en mindemedaille for Prins Henrik til den kongelige familie, hoffets medarbejdere og personer, der har bistået på særlig vis ved Prinsens sygdom, død og bisættelse. [Her Majesty the Queen has today, 11 June 2018, awarded Prince Henrik's Memorial Medal to the royal family, court employees and persons who have assisted in a special way during the Prince's illness, death and funeral.]
  12. ↑ "Commemorative medal in connection with the 50th anniversary of HM The Queen's accession to the throne". Kongehuset.dk. 14 January 2022. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023. ... the Royal Family, the Court's employees and other individuals have received the Commemorative Medal in connection with the 50th anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen's accession to the throne.
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