Count Nikolai of Monpezat
Count Nikolai of Monpezat (born Prince Nikolai of Denmark; born 28 August 1999) is a member of the Danish royal family.
He is the eldest son of Prince Joachim and his first wife, Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, and eldest grandchild of Queen Margrethe II. He is currently seventh in the line of succession to the Danish throne. At the time of his birth, he was third, after his uncle and father.
Biography
Nikolai was born a prince of Denmark at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen on 28 August 1999. He is the oldest grandchild of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her late husband, Prince Henrik.
He was baptized in the chapel of the Fredensborg Palace on 6 November 1999 by the Danish Chaplain-in-Ordinary, Christian Thodberg. At the christening, the musical work Light on You Way composed by Frederik Magle and dedicated to the prince, was uncle, the Crown Prince of Denmark; his maternal aunt, Nicola Baird. The Duke of Duke of Edinburgh, Peter Steenstrup and Camilla Flint. After their divorce in 2005, Prince Joachim and Alexandra had joint custody of the prince and his brother Count Felix.
Nikolai was confirmed on 18 May 2013 in Fredensborg Palace Church in the presence of his immediate family and all his godparents.
Like his father and uncle, the prince attended Krebs School in Copenhagen. In 2014, he attended 10th grade at Herlufsholm School in Naestved and received his upper secondary education there as well. Upon leaving Herlufsholm School in 2018, he started a two-year military program at the Royal Danish Army's Sergeant School in Varde. However, he dropped out two months later as he felt a career in the military did not suit him. In July 2019, he was admitted to Copenhagen Business School to study Business Administration and Service Management.
As part of that course, in 2023, Nikolai moved to Australia to take a semester at University of Technology Sydney.
Title
28 August 1999-29 April 2008 His Highness Prince Nikolai William Alexander Frederik of Denmark
29 April 2008-1 January 2023 His Highness Prince William Alexander Frederik of Denmark, Count of Monpezat
1 January 2023 His Excellency Count Nikolai Alexander William Alexander Frederik of Monpezat
Honors
-Denmark: Recipient of the 75th Birthday Medal of Henrik, Prince Consort (11 June 2009)
-Denmark: Recipient of the 70th Birthday Medal of Queen Margrethe II (16 April 2010)
-Denmark: Recipient of the Queen Margrethe II Ruby Jubilee Medal (14 January 2012)
-Denmark: Recipient of the 75th Birthday Medal of Queen Margrethe II (16 April 2015)
-Denmark: Recipient of the Queen Margrethe II Golden Jubilee Medal (14 January 2022)
House: Monpezat
Religion: Church of Denmark
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