Saturday, September 11, 2010

Prince Gustav of Denmark (1887-1944)

1887, April 19[1]

H.R.H. Prince Gustav of Denmark

Parents: T.R.H. the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark

Place: Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen

Names: Christian Frederik Wilhelm Valdemar Gustav

Godparents:[2]

H.M. The King of Denmark

H.M. The Queen of Denmark

H.M. The King of the Hellenes

H.R.H. the Crown Prince of Sweden & Norway (not present)

H.R.H. the Crown Princess of Sweden & Norway

H.R.H. Prince Waldemar of Denmark

H.R.H. Princess Marie of Denmark

H.H. Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel (Baroness Blixen)

H.H. Prince William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

H.H. Princess Louisa of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

H.H. the Prince of Neuweid



[1] Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender 1887

[2] FO 22/482 (PRO Kew)


At the ceremony the the Prince's grandmother, the Queen of Denmark, held him at the font, while his sister, Princess Luise, held the baby's cap

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