Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland

Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Östergötland ( born February 23, 2012 in Solna ) is the daughter of Victoria and Daniel of Sweden.

Her official title is: Her Royal Highness Estelle, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Östergötland. According to the Swedish Act of Succession she stands behind her mother and before her uncle Carl Philip of Sweden at number two on the Swedish throne.

Life

HM Konung Carl XVI. Gustaf HM Drottning Silvia

• HKH Kronprinsessan Victoria HKH Prins Daniel HKH Prinsessan Estelle

• HKH Prinsessan Leonore

HKH Prinsessan Birgitta

Princess Estelle was born on 23 February 2012 at the Karolinska Hospital in Solna near Stockholm. On February 24, King Carl XVI summoned. Gustaf to the Konselj one. During this government meeting its name was officially announced. At the same time he informed to have them appointed Duchess of Östergötland.

The first name " Estelle " was named after the wife of Folke Bernadotte, Estelle Romaine Manville (1904-1984), awarded as " Ewa " and "Silvia" are a Nachbenennung by the grandmothers of the princess and "Mary" a Nachbenennung after her godmother Princess is Mary of Denmark. The first name, especially the first name Estelle, triggers a debate in the media. The King House historian Herman Lindqvist related assessed the name as " totally unexpected and inappropriate ."

The Reichsmarschall Svante Lindqvist established the name Estelle at the announcement of the name to the press with " Estelle is a French girl name, the 'Stern' means and from the Latin word, Stella ' is derived. To date, he is an unusual name in Sweden, but maybe he will be more popular. There are only 1,000 women who currently bear this name in Sweden. It is a name from the family. There was the American wife of Folke Bernadotte, Estelle Manville, after which it is named. [ ... ] Ewa and Silvia are naturally clear. Estelle as a French name better reflects the French roots of the family, and it's just a name from the family after the wife of Folke Bernadotte. "

Estelle was baptized on 22 May 2012 in the Castle Church of the Stockholm Palace. The Swedish Constitution prescribes that legitimate heir to the throne must be followed by the Evangelical Lutheran teaching of the Augsburg Confession. Godparents are Prince Daniel's sister Anna Westling Soderstrom, Crown Princess Victoria's brother Carl Philip, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, the Dutch King Willem- Alexander ( at the time of baptism Crown Prince ) and the Danish Crown Princess Mary. Since her baptism, the Princess was awarded the Royal Seraphinenordens.

Princess Estelle grew up in Solna in Haga Castle.

Title, coat of arms, medals and honors

Title

• Her Royal Highness Estelle, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Östergötland

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is quartered by a golden narrow Tatzenkreuz and wearing a heart-shaped shield.

The central shield is divided. Right in blue and red, right diagonally divided by a silver slant bar with a golden pile asked Wasagarbe. At top left in a blue auffliegender right golden eagle with a hovering the constellation " Big Dipper " with seven golden stars. This includes a roof-shaped silver bridge with two crenellated towers, standing on a medium, large and two smaller passages over a cut with silver waves, silver field.

In the first and fourth field in blue three ( 2:1) Asked golden crowns ( for the small national coat of arms of Sweden ). The second field is in blue, three silver diagonally left wave beams, a golden, langued and reinforced gold crowned lion ( Folkunger - Arms). The third field is a golden, blaugezungter and reinforced griffin on a red background, surrounded by four silver roses in the corners ( Coat of arms of Östergötland).

The escutcheon is placed a golden, five-pointed crown prince with lace pearls and blue cap with gold crowns. Between the peaks black vertically positioned Wasagasse Arben are shown.

Medals and honors

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Anders Andersson (1863-1942) ∞ Brita Westling (1868-1965)

Anders Erik Borg (1879-1937) ∞ Anna Båth (1879-1953)

Johan Gregorius West Ring (1879-1959) ∞ 1905 Anna Samuel yolk (1887-1975)

Johan Teodor Hugg (1884-1970) ∞ 1910 Kristina Jonsdotter (1876-1962)

King Gustav VI. Adolf (1882-1973) ∞ 1905 Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882-1920)

Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha (1884-1954) ∞ 1905 Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Glücksburg (1885-1970)

Louis Moritz Sommerlath (1860-1930) ∞ 1886 Erna Sophie Christine Waldau (1864-1944)

Arthur Floriano de Toledo (1873-1935) ∞ 1900 Elisa Novaes Soares (1881-1928)

Anders Westling (1900-1980) ∞ 1936 Frida Berta Elisabet Borg (1913-1998)

John Einar West Ring (1913-1998) ∞ 1936 Nanny Birgitta Hugg (1913-2000)

Hereditary Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Västerbotten (1906-1947) ∞ 1932 Princess Sibylla of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha (1908-1972)

Walther Sommerlath (1901-1990) ∞ 1925 Alice Soares de Toledo (1906-1997)

Olle Gunnar Westling (* 1945) ∞ Anna Kristina Ewa West Ring (1944 )

King Carl XVI. Gustaf ( b. 1946 ) ∞ 1976 Silvia Renate Sommerlath (* 1943)

Olof Daniel Westling (* 1973) ∞ 2010 Crown Princess Victoria ( b. 1977 )

Estelle, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Östergötland (* 2012)