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Alexandra Christina, Countess of Frederiksborg, RE, formerly Princess Alexandra of Denmark (née Manley; born 30 June 1964), is the former wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark, the younger brother of King Frederik X of Denmark. She was born in Hong Kong, and is of mixed Asian and European ancestry. She was introduced to Prince Joachim in 1994.
The couple announced their separation on 16 September 2004; their divorce was final on 8 April 2005. The couple shared custody of their sons until they came of age. Alexandra received the title of Countess of Frederiksborg, and was permitted to retain the courtesy title of princess pending remarriage.
The title is an allusion to Alexandra's marriage to Prince Joachim of Denmark which took place in the Frederiksborg Palace Church. [ 2 ] The title was created by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark on her birthday of 16 April 2005, and was conferred with the accompanying rank of 1st class in the Danish order of precedence , thus entitling Alexandra ...
Alexandra (right) was an enthusiastic amateur photographer. [50] This photograph of her with her daughter Victoria is from Queen Alexandra's Christmas gift book, which was published in 1908 to raise money for charities. Despite being queen, Alexandra's duties changed little, and she kept many of the same retainers.
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Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Countess Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille (Alexandra Rosemarie Ingrid Benedikte; born 20 November 1970), is the first daughter and second of three children of Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Princess Benedikte of Denmark, sister of two Queens, Margrethe II and Anne-Marie of Greece. [3] [4]
Princess Alexandra of Denmark may also refer to: Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870–1891), Danish princess by birth; Alexandra of Yugoslavia (1921–1993), queen consort of Yugoslavia and Danish princess by birth; Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg (born 1964), formerly Princess Alexandra of Denmark by marriage to Prince Joachim ...
Examples are former husbands or wives of a royal prince or princess, including Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, following her divorce from Prince Joachim of Denmark. Likewise, Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg , who lost his succession rights to the Swedish throne and discontinued use of his royal titles in 1946 when he married the ...