Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
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Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (born Frederik André Henrik Christian on 26 May 1968 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is the eldest son of Queen Margrethe II and her husband, Prince Consort Henrik. Frederik is the heir apparent to the Danish throne. His godparents include Prince Georg of Denmark, Baron de Watteville-Berckheim, Count Etienne de Laborde de Monpezat, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg, and Birgitta Juel Hillingsø. If Crown Prince Frederik becomes king as expected, he will be known as King Frederik X of Denmark.
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[edit] Education and military service
The Crown Prince attended Krebs' Skole during the years 1974-1981, from 1974-1976 as a private pupil at Amalienborg Palace, and from the third form at Krebs' Skole. In the period 1982-1983, the Crown Prince was a boarder at École des Roches in Normandy, France. In 1986, Crown Prince Frederik graduated from the upper secondary school of Øregaard Gymnasium.
He studied at Harvard University from 1992-1993 under the name of Frederik Henriksen,studying political science. He then took up a position for three months with the Danish UN mission in New York in 1994. He received an MSc in Political Science from the University of Aarhus, which he completed in February 1995. HRH was posted as First Secretary to the Danish Embassy in Paris from October 1998-October 1999.
He has completed extensive military studies and training in all three services, notably completing education as a frogman (Danish Frømand) in the naval special forces Danish Frogman Corps.
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
In the period 2001 and 2002, the Crown Prince completed further training for leaders at the Royal Danish Defence College. Crown Prince Frederik remains active in the defence, and in the period 2002-2003 served as a staff officer at Defence Command Denmark, and from 2003 as a senior lecturer with the Institute of Strategy at the Royal Danish Defence College. In April 2004, the Crown Prince was appointed commander, senior grade in the navy, lieutenant colonel in the army and lieutenant colonel in the air force.
[edit] Marriage and children
In the Council of State on 8 October 2003, Queen Margrethe gave her consent to the marriage of Crown Prince Frederik to Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, an Australian marketing consultant whom the prince met when he was attending the Sydney Olympics in 2000. The wedding took place on 14 May 2004 at Copenhagen Cathedral, Copenhagen.
On 25 April 2005 the Danish royal court announced that Crown Princess Mary was pregnant with the couple's first child, and on 15 October 2005 she gave birth to a Prince. As it is a tradition in the Royal House that kings are named either Frederik or Christian, the baby was baptised Prince Christian Valdemar Henri John on the 21 January 2006.
On 26 October 2006, the Danish court announced that Crown Princess Mary is pregnant with her second child, due to be born at Copenhagen University Hospital in early May, 2007. [1]
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The Crown Prince couple currently resides in a side building at Fredensborg Palace, called The Chancellery House. They are expected to move to Amalienborg sometime in the future.
The Crown Prince receives a government allowance or appanage of approximately DKK 14,500,000 or about €1,950,000, of which the Crown Princess is entitled to 10%.
As a descendant of Queen Victoria through her granddaughter, Princess Margaret of Connaught, daughter of her 3rd son, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, Prince Frederik is on the Line of succession to the British Throne as well, currently number 214, right after the Swedish Royal Family.
He has a number of decorations most notable of which are:
- Knight of the Order of the Elephant
- Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
- The Silver Jubilee Medal of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (accession to the Danish throne)
Foreign Decorations:
- Grand Cross of the Order of Honourable Service, Italy (It.F.1.),
- The Order of the Seraphim, Sweden (S.Sph.),
- The Order of Saint Olav, Grand Cross, Norway (N.St.0.1.),
- The Order of the White Rose, Grand Cross, Finland (Fi.H.R.1.),
- The Order of Leopold, Grand Cross, Belgium (B.L.1.),
- The Order of the Chrysanthemum, Japan (J.Krys),
- The Order of the Southern Cross, Grand Cross, Brazil (Br.S.K.1.),
- The Order of the Rio Branco, Grand Cross, Brazil (Br.R.B.1.),
- The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Grand Cross (Ty.F.R.F.1).
He also has had many years in the Danish Armed Forces and in April 2004, the Crown Prince was appointed commander, senior grade in the navy, lieutenant colonel in the army and lieutenant colonel in the air force.
| Preceded by Queen Margethe II |
Line of succession to the Danish Throne | Succeeded by Prince Christian of Denmark |
| Line of succession to the British Throne |
