Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway

Infobox Norwegian Royalty|princess
name = Princess Ingrid Alexandra
title = Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
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titles = "HRH" Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
royal house = House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
date of birth = birth date and age|2004|1|21
place of birth = Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
father = Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
mother = Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
date of christening = 27 April, 2004
place of christening = Royal Palace, Oslo|

Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway was born 21 January, 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 Crown Prince Haakon and second to wife Crown Princess Mette-Marit, formerly Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby. She is a granddaughter of King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway and is second in the line of succession to the Norwegian throne after her father. She is styled and titled as "Her Royal Highness the Princess Ingrid Alexandra" and she has two siblings, an older half-brother, Marius and a younger brother, His Highness 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. Ingrid Alexandra is expected to become modern Norway's first Queen regnant.

Through her father she is a direct descendant of Edward VII, and under the Act of Settlement 1701 is also in the line of succession to the throne of each of the sixteen Commonwealth Realms. The princess, whose name is pronounced "ING-ree" in Norway, was named in part after her great-grandfather, Olav V of Norway, (who was born Alexander Edward Christian Frederick).

Ingrid was christened on 17 April, 2004. Bishop Gunnar Stålsett officiated in a ceremony in the chapel of the Royal Palace in Oslo. The princess' godparents include her paternal grandfather, King Harald V of Norway; Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark; Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden; Prince Felipe, Prince of Asturias; her aunt, Princess Märtha Louise; and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Marit Tjessem. She is a fourth cousin to Prince William, second in line for the British throne.

On December 3, 2005, Ingrid Alexandra 's mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit gave birth to the princess' baby brother, Prince Sverre Magnus. Both Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus are in the line of succession to the British Throne; however, in that context Prince Sverre Magnus takes precedence over his older sister.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*21 January 2004 – present: "Her Royal Highness" Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway

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royal name=Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway


dipstyle=Her Royal Highness
offstyle=Your Royal Highness
altstyle=Ma'am|

Ancestry

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1= 1. Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
2= 2. Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
3= 3. Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby
4= 4. Harald V of Norway
5= 5. Sonja Haraldsen
6= 6. Sven Olaf Høiby
7= 7. Marit Tjessem
8= 8. Olav V of Norway
9= 9. Princess Märtha of Sweden
10= 10. Karl August Haraldsen
11= 11. Dagny Ulrichsen
12= 12. Bjarne Høiby
13= 13. Ingrid Tvedt
14= 14. Sverre Tjessem
15= 15. Brita Fosso

External links

* [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/norway.html Royal House of Norway]
* [http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/36115 Video from NRK of the baptism of the Princess] (NRK), 17 April 2004 no icon
* [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article713922.ece A princess is born!] (Aftenposten, 21 January 2004) en icon
* [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article775222.ece Joy and wails mark royal christening] (Aftenposten, 17 April 2004) en icon