13 Facts About The Royal And Model

Four years after the youngest son of Queen Margrethe II, Prince Joachim, married the Hong Kong-born Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg, they welcomed their first son in August 1999. Although he would eventually experience a shift in royal titles, Count Nikolai of Monpezat was born as Prince Nikolai of Denmark. The young prince was Queen Margrethe II’s first grandchild and took his place as third-in-line to the Danish throne behind his father and his uncle, Crown Prince Frederik.

However, Count Nikolai’s rank started to diminish when Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary began having children of their own. Still, Count Nikolai grew up with the grand legacy of his grandmother and the longest-reigning monarch in Danish history, Queen Margrethe II, as an example. Not long after Queen Margrethe II took over the throne from her father, Frederick IX, in 1972, Queen Margrethe II quickly established herself as a royal who was and continues to be fearless in pushing boundaries and redefining what a royal should and shouldn’t do. This strong-willed, chain-smoking Queen of Denmark undoubtedly taught her grandchildren, including seventh-in-line Count Nikolai, to confidently make their own choices in life — regardless of what the press or public might say.