Count Henrik of Monpezat
{{Short description|Member of the Danish royal family (born 2009)}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Count Henrik of Monpezat
| full name = Henrik Carl Joachim Alain
| image = The Danish Royal Family at Amalienborg - Count Henrik.jpg
| image_size = 220
| caption = Count Henrik in 2023
| father = Prince Joachim of Denmark
| mother = Marie Cavallier
| birth_name = Prince Henrik of Denmark
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2009|05|04}}
| birth_place = Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
}}
{{Danish Royal Family}}
Count Henrik of Monpezat (born Prince Henrik of Denmark; 4 May 2009) is a member of the Danish royal family. He is the third and youngest son of Prince Joachim and the only son of his second wife, Princess Marie. He is a grandson of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik and a nephew of King Frederik X. Henrik is eighth in the line of succession to the Danish throne.
Biography
Henrik was born a prince of Denmark on 4 May 2009 at Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital in Copenhagen.{{cite web | url=http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?id=21147 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505185234/http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?id=21147 | archive-date=5 May 2009 | title=The Danish Monarchy - Current activities - News }} He has two older half-brothers from his father's first marriage, Nikolai and Felix, and a younger sister, Athena.
As per Danish royal tradition, his names were not revealed until his christening, which took place on 26 July 2009 at Møgeltønder Church, where his older brother Felix had also been christened.{{Cite web|url=https://earthtimes.org/|title=Earth Times | News and Information about Environmental Issues|website=earthtimes.org}} At his christening, he received the names Henrik Carl Joachim Alain.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/farfar-og-morfar-i-prinsens-navn|title=Farfar og morfar i prinsens navn|date=26 July 2009|website=DR}} His godparents are his paternal aunt, Queen Mary of Denmark; his maternal uncles, Charles Cavallier and Benjamin Grandet; his mother's lady-in-waiting, Britt Davidsen Siesbye; as well as a family friend, Christian Scherfig.{{Cite web |url=http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?id=21971 |title=Faddere |access-date=26 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603231141/http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?id=21971 |archive-date=3 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}
On 11 August 2015, he started school at Sct. Joseph Søstrenes Skole – a Catholic private school in Ordrup.{{cite web | url=http://www.information.dk/telegram/528373 | title=Lille prins Henrik skal gå i katolsk privatskole | date=25 March 2015 }} In 2019, when he and his family moved to France, he was enrolled at the private school EIB Monceau in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bt.dk/royale/joachims-nye-liv-i-paris-prinsesse-marie-fulgte-boernene-i-skole |title=Joachims nye liv i Paris: Prinsesse Marie fulgte børnene i skole |publisher= BT |date=7 October 2019}}
On Ascension Day, Thursday 18 May 2023, Count Henrik was confirmed in Frederikskirken – The Danish Church in Paris. The confirmation took place at 11:00, administered by the royal Chaplain-in-Ordinary, bishop Henrik Wigh-Poulsen, with the assistance of Frederikskirken's minister, Malene Bendtsen.{{cite web | title=HE Count Henrik's confirmation | website=Kongehuset | date=13 April 2023| access-date=14 May 2023 | url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/en/news/h-e-count-henrik’s-confirmation}}
Titles and styles
Henrik was styled as "His Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark, Count of Monpezat"{{cite web|url=http://kongehuset.dk/english/the-royal-house/prince-joachim-and-princess-marie/hh-prince-henrik|publisher=Danish Royal Court|title=His Highness Prince Henrik|access-date=22 December 2013|archive-date=25 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125215355/http://kongehuset.dk/english/The-Royal-House/prince-joachim-and-princess-marie/hh-prince-henrik|url-status=dead}} until 1 January 2023. Queen Margrethe II removed the princely titles of the descendants of her son Joachim as of that date.{{cite news|author=Merlyn Thomas|title=Danish Royal Family: Queen 'sorry' after stripping grandchildren's titles|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63120481|access-date=14 May 2023|work=BBC|date=3 October 2022}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Changes in titles and forms of address in the Royal Family|url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/en/news/changes-in-titles-and-forms-of-address-in-the-royal-family|access-date=2022-09-28|website=www.kongehuset.dk}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.kongehuset.dk/en/the-royal-family/he-count-henrik/ Official website]
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{{s-ttl|title=Succession to the Danish throne
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