Princess Athena of Denmark

by Susan Flantzer

Credit: The Royal Danish House

Princess Athena of Denmark was born at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark on January 24, 2012. She is the only daughter of Prince Joachim of Denmark, the second of the two sons of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, and his second wife Princess Marie, born Marie Cavallier.

Princess Athena has one elder brother:

Princess Athena has two older half-brothers from her father’s first marriage to Alexandra Manley, known as Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg since their divorce:

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Princess Athena’s christening was held on May 20, 2012, at the Møgeltønder Church in Møgeltønder, Denmark, the same church where her brothers Felix and Henrik were christened.

She was given the names:

  • Athena (after the goddess of wisdom in Greek mythology)
  • Marguerite (after her paternal grandmother)
  • Françoise (after her maternal grandmother)
  • Marie (after her mother)

Her godparents were:

  • Gregory Grandet, her maternal uncle
  • Edouard Cavallier, her maternal uncle
  • Carina Axelsson, the long-term partner of her father’s first cousin Gustav, 7th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
  • Julie Mirabaud, a friend of her parents
  • Diego de Lavandeyra, a friend of her parents
  • Henriette Steenstrup, a friend of her parents
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Photo Credit – Danish Monarchy, photographer Steen Brogaard

On August 11, 2017, Princess Athena started school, attending a private Catholic school, St Joseph Søstrenes School in Ordrup, Denmark,

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