Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
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Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway was born January 21, 2004 at 9:13am in Rikshospitalet University Hospital in Oslo. She weighed 3686 grams (8.13 lb) and was 51 centimetres (20 inches) long.
She is the first child born to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon and the second for his wife Crown Princess Mette-Marit, formerly Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby. Princess Ingrid Alexandra is second in the line of succession to the Norwegian throne after her father. Princess Ingrid Alexandra has two siblings, an older half-brother, Marius and a younger brother, Prince Sverre Magnus.
In 1990 the Norwegian constitution was altered, granting equal primogeniture to the Norwegian throne, meaning that the eldest child, regardless of gender, takes precedence in the line of succession. Since this was not done retroactively, the first member of the royal family it applies to is Ingrid. This means that she takes precedence over her younger brother, but her father Haakon continues to take precedence over his older sister, Princess Märtha Louise.
Like her father, she is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and is therefore in accordance with the British Law of Settlement also in line of succession to the British throne. The princess, whose name is pronounced Ing-gree throughout Scandinavia, was named in part after her great-grandfather, Olav V of Norway, (who was born Alexander Edward Christian Fredrik). She was christened on Saturday 17 April. Bishop Gunnar Stålsett officiated in a ceremony at the royal palace chapel in Oslo. The princess' godparents include His Majesty King Harald V of Norway, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, His Royal Highness Prince Felipe, Prince of Asturias, her aunt Princess Märtha Louise , and Mrs. Marit Tjessem, the child's maternal grandmother.
On December 3, 2005, Ingrid Alexandra 's mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit gave birth to Ingrid Alexandra's baby brother, Prince Sverre Magnus. As both Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus are descendants of Queen Victoria, they are in the line of succession to the British Throne; however, Prince Sverre Magnus takes precedence over his older sister.
External links
- A princess is born! (Aftenposten, 21 January 2004)
- Joy and wails mark royal christening (Aftenposten, 17 April 2004)
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