Introducing - Princess Isabella of Denmark

Introducing cute as a button Princess Isabella of Denmark

Daughter of Crown Prince Frederik & Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, and little sister to 3 year old Prince Christian

Born April 21, 2007

Christened Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe

Reasons behind the choice of these names:

ISABELLA: King Christian II's queen/consort was named Isabella of Austria and she was also the sister of Emperor Charles V. The Crown Prince and Princess had said they wanted a historical royal Danish name for their princess. Also a variation of the name Elizabeth, Crown Princess Mary's middle name

HENRIETTA: named in honour of the mother of Crown Princess Mary, Henrietta Donaldson, who passed away in 1997
INGRID: named in honour of the maternal grandmother of Crown Prince Frederik, Queen Ingrid, who passed away in 2000

MARGRETHE: named in honour of Princess Isabella's paternal grandmother, the reigning Queen Margrethe of Denmark

Origins & Meanings:

ISABELLA: Italian, variation of Elizabeth meaning "consecrated to God", of the English original name meaning "God is bountiful" or "of God's promise"

HENRIETTA: French, feminine form of Henry, meaning "keeper of the hearth" or "ruler of the home"

INGRID: Scandinavian/Old Norse/Norwegian origin, meaning "hero's daughter" or "Ing's beauty" (Ing was the Norse God of Earth's fertility who rode the land annually preparing it for spring planting)

MARGRETHE: Of Danish origin, and a variant of the Greek Margaret meaning "pearl"

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