Count Nikolai of Monpezat explained

Full Name:Nikolai William Alexander Frederik
Count Nikolai of Monpezat
Birth Name:Prince Nikolai of Denmark
Birth Date:28 August 1999
Birth Place:Copenhagen, Denmark
Father:Prince Joachim of Denmark
Mother:Alexandra Manley

Count Nikolai of Monpezat (born Prince Nikolai of Denmark; 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, the eldest grandchild of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik, and the eldest nephew of King Frederik X. He is currently sixth in the line of succession to the Danish throne.[1] 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 and her late husband, Prince Henrik.

Nikolai was baptised 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 Lys på din vej, composed by Frederik Magle and dedicated to the prince, was performed for the first time.[2] His godparents are his paternal uncle King Frederik X, his maternal aunt Nicola Baird, Prince Edward, 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 Prince Felix.[3] [4] [5] Nikolai and Felix have two half-siblings, Henrik and Athena, from their father's second marriage to Marie Cavallier.[6] [7]

Nikolai was confirmed on 18 May 2013 in Fredensborg Palace Church in the presence of his immediate family and all his godparents.[8]

Like his father and uncle, Nikolai attended Krebs School in Copenhagen. In 2014, he attended 10th grade at Herlufsholm School in Næstved and received his upper secondary education there as well.[9] Upon leaving Herlufsholm School in August 2018, he started a two-year military program at the Royal Danish Army's in Varde.[10] [11] However, he dropped out two months later as he felt a career in the military did not suit him.[12] In July 2019, he was admitted to Copenhagen Business School to study Business Administration and Service Management.[13] As part of that course, in 2023, Nikolai moved to Australia to take a semester at University of Technology Sydney.[14]

In early 2018, Nikolai signed as a fashion model with the agency Scoop Models.[15] He made his runway debut in February 2018 at Burberry's show at London Fashion Week.[16] [17] He says he sees modeling as a job rather than a career.[18]

In February 2023, Nikolai signed as a model for Elite Model World - Paris under the name of 'Nikolai'.[19] Subsequently, in May he also signed with Barcelona based modeling agency Sight Management Studio as 'Count Nikolai of Monpezat'.[20]

In June 2024, Nikolai graduated from Copenhagen Business School with a Master of Science in Merchandising degree (cand.merc.) [21]

Titles and styles

Originally styled "His Highness Prince Nikolai of Denmark", Nikolai's style was expanded on 29 April 2008 to "His Highness Prince Nikolai of Denmark, Count of Monpezat".[22] In September 2022, Queen Margrethe II decided to strip the children of her son Joachim from the princely status they held since their births. Since 1 January 2023, Count Nikolai is known as "His Excellency Count Nikolai of Monpezat".[23] He has said that he was "shocked and confused" to learn about the decision to strip him and his siblings of their princely title.[24] Even with the change in titles, he and the others affected by the change maintain their places in the order of succession.[23]

Honours

CountryDateAppointmentRibbonPost-nominal lettersNotes
Denmark28 March 2001Queen Ingrid Commemorative MedalDr.I.M.M.[25]
Denmark11 June 2009Prince Henriks 75th Birthday MedalEm.11.juni.2009
Denmark16 April 2010Commemorative Medal on the Occasion of the 70th Birthday of Her Majesty Queen MargretheEM.16.apr.2010
Denmark14 January 2012Commemorative Medal for the Ruby Jubilee of Queen Margarethe of DenmarkR.40.Em.
Denmark16 April 2015Commemorative Medal on the Occasion of the 75th Birthday of Her Majesty Queen MargretheEM.16.apr.2015
Denmark10 Juni 2017Commemorative Medal for the Golden Wedding of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe and His Royal Highness Prince HenrikG.Em.
Denmark11 Juni 2018Prince Henrik's Commemorative MedalPr.H.Mm.
Denmark16 April 2020Commemorative Medal on the Occasion of the 80th Birthday of Her Majesty Queen MargretheEM.16.apr.2020
Denmark14 January 2022Commemorative Medal in connection with the 50th anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen’s accession to the throneR.50.Em.[26]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 28 August 2018. Who is Prince Nikolai of Denmark?. 22 December 2020. Royal Central. en-GB.
  2. Web site: Barnedåb – Prins Nikolai . da . Danmarks Radio, Bonanza . dead . 11 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110424014617/http://www.dr.dk/bonanza/serie/Tema_royalt_bonanza/barnedaab_nikolai.htm . 24 April 2011.
  3. Web site: Børnene bliver hos Alexandra BT Royale – www.bt.dk . 28 May 2018 . https://archive.today/20180528115622/https://www.bt.dk/royale/boernene-bliver-hos-alexandra . 28 May 2018 . 28 May 2018 . live .
  4. Web site: H.H. Prins Nikolai Kongehuset . 28 May 2018 . https://archive.today/20180528120100/http://kongehuset.dk/den-kongelige-familie/prins-joachim-og-prinsesse-marie/hh-prins-nikolai . 28 May 2018 . 28 May 2018 . live .
  5. Web site: Joachim og Alexandra skal skilles Indland DR . 28 May 2018 . https://archive.today/20180528115806/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/joachim-og-alexandra-skal-skilles . 28 May 2018 . 28 May 2018 . live .
  6. Web site: The Danish Monarchy - Current activities - News . https://web.archive.org/web/20090505185234/http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?id=21147 . 5 May 2009 .
  7. Web site: A Princess Is Born . 24 January 2012 . Website of the Danish Royal House.
  8. Web site: H.H. Prins Nikolais konfirmation . 18 May 2013 . Website of the Danish Royal House . da . 22 May 2017 . 4 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180404201327/http://kongehuset.dk/menu/nyheder/hh-prins-nikolais-konfirmation . dead .
  9. News: Prins Nikolai skal på kostskole . 17 June 2014 . TV2.dk . da.
  10. Web site: Brown. Lisa. 21 January 2020. Everything you need to know about Dior model Prince Nikolai of Denmark. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201127221338/https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/royals/prince-nikolai-denmark-model-a3978256.html. 27 November 2020. 23 December 2020. www.standard.co.uk. en.
  11. Web site: 24 April 2018. Prins Nikolai optaget på militæruddannelse – TV 2. 22 December 2020. underholdning.tv2.dk. da-DK.
  12. Web site: 17 October 2018. Prince Nikolai of Denmark drops out of military training. 22 December 2020. Royal Central. en-GB.
  13. Web site: Lykkegaard. Anne M.. 31 July 2019. Prince Nikolai is to study Business Administration and Service Management at CBS. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201124004827/https://cbswire.dk/prince-nikolai-is-to-study-business-administration-and-service-management-at-cbs/. 24 November 2020. 22 December 2020. CBS WIRE. en.
  14. Web site: Count Nikolai of Monpezat, grandson of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, starts new chapter in Australia after royal title drama . Tatler . 4 August 2023.
  15. Web site: Ulriksen. Ulrik. 26 February 2018. Prins Nikolai er ny stjerne hos stort modelbureau. 22 December 2020. BILLED-BLADET. da.
  16. News: Prins Nikolai var model på catwalken under modeuge i London . 19 February 2018 . da.
  17. Web site: 20 February 2018. Prince Nikolai of Denmark: The latest royal taking on the runway. 22 December 2020. HOLA USA. en-US.
  18. Web site: 19 July 2019. Is Prince Nikolai of Denmark giving up modeling for business school?. 22 December 2020. HOLA USA. en-US.
  19. Web site: Elite Paris . 2023-05-14 . elitemodelmanagement.com.
  20. Web site: Sight Management . 2023-05-14 . Sight Management.
  21. nikolaitildanmark . C8ZhbSpt71J . 19 June 2024 . five years at university and I can finally call myself cand.merc . 19 June 2024.
  22. Web site: His Highness Prince Nikolai. Danish Royal Court. 22 December 2013. 5 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151105200111/http://kongehuset.dk/english/the-royal-house/prince-joachim-and-princess-marie/hh-prince-nikolai. dead.
  23. Web site: Changes in titles and forms of address in the Royal Family . 28 September 2022. www.kongehuset.dk.
  24. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-nikolai-title-queen-margrethe-denmark-b2182141.html ‘I am shocked and confused’: Danish Prince Nikolai ‘very sad’ to be stripped of royal title by Queen Margrethe II
  25. Web site: 2022-09-10 . Prince Joachim with his sons Nikolai and Felix, and Princess Marie... . 2024-05-08 . Getty Images . en-us.
  26. Web site: Official photograph on the occasion of the 50 years anniversary of HM The Queen’s accession to the throne . 2024-05-08 . www.kongehuset.dk.

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