Prince Vincent of Denmark
Prince Vincent of Denmark, Count of Monpezat (Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander; born 8 January 2011) is a member of the Danish royal family. He is the third and younger son of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary, the sixth grandchild and youngest grandson of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik, and the older twin brother of Princess Josephine.
Vincent is fourth in line to the Danish throne, after his father, older brother Prince Christian and older sister, Princess Isabella.
Birth and Early Life
Prince Vincent was born at Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital, in Copenhagen at 10:30 am local time, 26 minutes before his twin sister. Shortly after the birth, while speaking to the press, the Crown Prince joked about calling his newborn son Elvis, as the twins share a birthday with the "King of Rock and Roll." At noon on 8 January, 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." 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.
Title
8 January 2011 His Royal Highness Prince Vincent of Denmark, Count of Monpezat
Honours
National Honor
-Knight of the Order of the Elephant (R.E.) (14 January 2024)
Medals and Decorations
-Queen Margrethe II's Ruby Jubilee Medal (14 January 2012)
-Queen Margrethe II's 75th Birthday Medal (16 April 2015)
-Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik's Golden Wedding Anniversary Medal (10 June 2017)
-Prince Henrik's Memorial Medal (11 June 2018)
-Queen Margrethe II's 80th Birthday Medal (16 April 2020)
-Queen Margrethe II's Golden Jubilee Medal (14 January 2022)
House Glucksburg (cognatic) Monpezat (agnatic)
Religion Church of Denmark
