Prince Nikolai of Denmark
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Prince Nikolai William Alexander Frederik of Denmark, Count of Monpezat (born 28 August 1999), is a member of the Danish Royal Family
Danish Royal Family
The Danish Royal Family includes the Queen of Denmark and her family. All members except the Queen hold the title of Prince/Princess of Denmark with the style of His/Her Royal Highness or His/Her Highness. The Queen is styled Her Majesty. The Queen and her siblings belong to the House of...
. He is the elder son of Prince Joachim
Prince Joachim of Denmark
Prince Joachim of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, , is a member of the Danish Royal Family. He is the younger son of Queen Margrethe II and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark....
and his former wife, Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg. He has a younger brother, Prince Felix
Prince Felix of Denmark
Prince Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian of Denmark, Count of Monpezat , is a member of the Danish Royal Family. He is the younger son of Prince Joachim and his former wife, Alexandra Christina, Countess of Frederiksborg...
, and a younger half-brother, Prince Henrik
Prince Henrik of Denmark
Prince Henrik of Denmark, Count of Monpezat is a Danish prince and a member of the Danish Royal Family.-Danish prince:Prince Henrik is the third and youngest son of Prince Joachim. The prince is Joachim's first child with his second wife, Princess Marie of Denmark...
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Danish prince
Prince Nikolai was born at RigshospitaletRigshospitalet
Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital, or simply Riget, is the national hospital of Denmark, located in the capital city of Copenhagen, between the streets of Blegdamsvej, Tagensvej and Nørre Allé...
(Copenhagen University Hospital). Prince Nikolai is the oldest grandchild of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her husband, Prince Henrik.
After their divorce, Prince Joachim and Alexandra have joint custody of Prince Nikolai and Prince Felix. Nikolai attends Krebs School in Copenhagen, following in the footsteps of his father and uncle.
As of , Prince Nikolai is seventh in the line of succession to the Danish throne
Line of succession to the Danish Throne
Denmark used a system of male-preference primogeniture until 2009. The male preference cognatic primogeniture was changed in favour of an absolute primogeniture...
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Name and christening
Prince Nikolai was christened in chapel of Fredensborg PalaceFredensborg Palace
Fredensborg Palace, , is a palace located on the eastern shore of Lake Esrum in Fredensborg on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It is the Danish Royal Family’s spring and autumn residence, and is often the site of important state visits and events in the Royal Family...
on 6 November 1999 by the royal vicar Christian Thodberg. At the christening the musical work Lys på din vej composed by Frederik Magle
Frederik Magle
Frederik Magle is a Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist. He studied composition and music theory with Leif Thybo and attended the Royal Danish Academy of Music where he studied composition and organ...
, dedicated to Prince Nikolai, was given its first performance.
His godparents are his paternal uncle, The Crown Prince of Denmark
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, is the heir apparent to the throne of Denmark. Frederik is the elder son of Queen Margrethe II and Henrik, the Prince Consort.-Name and christening:...
; The Earl of Wessex
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex KG GCVO is the third son and fourth child of Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh...
, Peter Steentrup, his maternal aunt, Nicola Baird; and Camilla Flint.
- Nikolai: is after his maternal aunt and one of his godmothers, Nicola Baird.
- William: is after his maternal great-grandfather, William Manley.
- Alexander: is after his mother, Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg.
- Frederik: is a common name for Danish Kings, and is also the name of his uncle and one of his godfathers, Crown Prince Frederik.
Titles, styles and arms
Honours and decorations
- Commemorative 70th Birthday Medal of Her Majesty The Queen (Em.16.apr.2010.)
Title
- 28 August 1999 – 29 April 2008: His Highness Prince Nikolai of Denmark
- 29 April 2008 – present: His Highness Prince Nikolai of Denmark, Count of Monpezat
His official title in Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
is Hans Højhed Prins Nikolai til Danmark, Greve af Monpezat
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