by Susan Flantzer © Unofficial Royalty 2019
Prince Vincent and his twin sister Princess Josephine; Photo: Dennis Stenild, Kongehuset © 2024
Prince Vincent of Denmark was born on January 8, 2011, at the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is the third of the four children and the younger of the two sons of King Frederik X of Denmark and his Australian-born wife Queen Mary of Denmark, born Mary Elizabeth Donaldson. Vincent was born 26 minutes before his twin sister Josephine making him third in the line of succession to the Danish throne after his father and his elder brother at the time of his birth. However, Denmark changed its succession law in 2008 to absolute primogeniture where the succession passes to the eldest child of the sovereign regardless of gender. Males and females have equal succession rights. This means that King Frederik X’s second-born child Isabella is ahead of her younger brother Vincent in the line of succession to the Danish throne. With the abdication of his grandmother Queen Martgrethe II and the accession of his father as King Frederik X on January 14, 2024, Vincent is third in the line of succession after his elder brother Crown Prince Christian and his elder sister Princess Isabella.
Prince Vincent’s family: Princess Josephine, Crown Prince Frederik, Princess Isabella, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Vincent, Prince Christian (Change photo after January 14)
Prince Vincent has an elder brother, an elder sister, and a twin sister:
- Crown Prince Christian of Denmark (born 2005)
- Princess Isabella of Denmark (born 2007)
- Princess Josephine of Denmark (born 2011)
Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine with their parents; Credit – The Danish Monarchy, photographer Steen Brogaard
Prince Vincent was christened along with his twin sister Princess Josephine on April 14, 2011, at Holmens Kirke in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was given the names Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander. Minik is a Greenlandic name given in honor of Denmark’s autonomous territory Greenland
Prince Vincent with his parents and godparents; Credit – The Danish Monarchy, photographer Steen Brogaard
His godparents were:
- John Stuart Donaldson, his maternal uncle
- King Felipe VI of Spain, then the Prince of Asturias, could not attend the christening
- Gustav, 7th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, his father’s first cousin
- Count Michael Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille, his father’s friend
- Baroness Helle Reedtz-Thott, his parents’ friend
- Caroline Heering, his mother’s lady-in-waiting
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Vincent with his twin sister Josephine and their parents on the twins’ first day of school
On August 15, 2017, Prince Vincent started attending the same public school his elder siblings attended, Tranegårdskolen (link in Danish) in Hellerup, Gentofte Municipality, a Copenhagen suburban municipality.
Left to right: Princess Isabella, Crown Prince Christian, King Frederik X, Queen Mary, Princess Josephine, and Prince Vincent on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace after the proclamation of King Frederik X as King of Denmark.
On January 14, 2024, the day of his father’s accession to the Danish throne Prince Vincent and his siblings Princess Isabella and Princess Josephine were created Knights of the Order of the Elephant. It is likely that the three new Knights of the Order of the Elephant will be presented with the Order of the Elephant’s insignias on their 18th birthdays. Vincent’s oldest brother, Crown Prince Christian was created a Knight of the Order of the Elephant on October 15, 2023, his 18th birthday.
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