Count Felix of Monpezat
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| Born | Prince Felix of Denmark 22 July 2002 Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||
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| Father | Prince Joachim of Denmark | ||||
| Mother | Alexandra Manley | ||||
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Count Felix of Monpezat SK (born Prince Felix of Denmark; 22 July 2002) is a member of the Danish royal family. He is the younger son of Prince Joachim and his first wife, Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg. He is a grandson of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik, and a nephew of King Frederik X. Felix is currently seventh in the line of succession to the Danish throne.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Felix was born a Prince of Denmark at Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 22 July 2002. When his father met the press following the birth, he joked that the baby could be named anything from Ib to Nebuchadnezzar.[1]
He was baptised in Møgeltønder Church in Møgeltønder on 4 October 2002 by the Danish Chaplain-in-Ordinary, Christian Thodberg. His names were revealed to be Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian. His godparents are his maternal aunt, Martina Bent; and friends of his parents, Count Christian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig, Oscar Davidsen Siesbye, Damian Sibley and Annick Boel. At the christening, the musical work Dåbens Pagt composed by Frederik Magle, dedicated to Prince Felix, saw its inaugural performance.[2]
After their divorce, Prince Joachim and Countess Alexandra shared joint custody of Felix and his older brother Prince Nikolai.
The prince attended pre-school at the Garnison Church in Copenhagen, and at age six, followed in the footsteps of his father, brother and uncle at Krebs School in Østerbro.[3] In 2018, he began his secondary education at Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium, making him the first member of the Danish royal family to attend a non-private upper secondary school.[4]
In 2021, the Danish court confirmed that he had passed his entry exam to the Royal Danish Military Academy.[5] In October 2021, he left his (2 year long) Army's Lieutenant Training, which he had begun in August, at the Gardehus Barracks in Slagelse, south-west of Copenhagen.[6] He then started modelling with luxury jeweller Georg Jensen.[7]
Titles and styles
[edit | edit source]Originally known as "His Highness Prince Felix of Denmark", Felix assumed the style "His Highness Prince Felix of Denmark, Count of Monpezat" on 29 April 2008.[8] In 2022, Queen Margrethe II decided to strip the descendants of her son Joachim of their princely styles. From 1 January 2023, Felix is known as "His Excellency Count Felix of Monpezat". He and the rest of his father's children maintain their places in the order of succession.[9]
Honours
[edit | edit source]| Styles of Count Felix of Monpezat | |
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| Reference style | His Excellency |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
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- File:Order of the Dannebrog S.K.svg Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (26 May 2025) (S.K.)[10]
- File:DEN Prince Henriks 75th Birthday Medal ribbon.svg Recipient of Prince Henrik’s 75th Birthday Commemorative Medal (11 June 2009)[11]
- File:Order of the Elephant Ribbon bar.svg Recipient of Queen Margrethe II’s 70th Birthday Commemorative Medal (16 April 2010) [11]
- File:DEN Medal for the Ruby Jubilee of Queen Margarethe of Denmark ribbon.svg Recipient of the Queen Margrethe II Ruby Jubilee Medal (14 January 2012)[11]
- File:Order of the Dannebrog R.svg Recipient of Queen Margrethe II’s 75th Birthday Commemorative Medal (16 April 2015)[11]
- File:DEN Golden Wedding Commemorative Medal of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik.png Recipient of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik’s Golden Wedding Anniversary Commemorative Medal (10 June 2017)[11]
- File:Prince Henriks Commemorative Medal.png Recipient of Prince Henrik's Commemorative Medal (11 June 2018)[11]
- File:DEN Medal of Merit ribbon.svg Recipient of Queen Margrethe II’s 80th Birthday Commemorative Medal (16 April 2020)[11]
- File:Order of the Elephant Ribbon bar.svg Recipient of the Queen Margrethe II Golden Jubilee Medal (14 January 2022)[11][12]
References
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External links
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