The Swedish Royal Courts: Hello Hello to HRH Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil, Duke of Södermanland
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It's a dad with stars who address the press on April 19th at 21: 30 pm in the lobby of the Danderyd Hospital, situated on the outskirts of Stockholm. Prince Carl Philip came clarify the birth of his first child, which was announced by the Royal House at 19 h 44 with a signed statement from the Grand Marshal of the Court. It just showed that the new mom Princess Sofia had given birth at 18 h 25 to "a healthy and prosperous child" and that the mother and child were doing well. But everyone still knew the sex of the newborn.
Full of emotion, the son of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, revealed that the welcome a little boy. Mimicking the size of their newborn Prince said he weighed 3.595 kg and 49 cm.
"For me and my wife, it's the greatest thing that ever happened, the feelings can not be put into words, love is the only thing I think now we are a family," said Carl Philip, according to comments reported by the Swedish tabloid "Expressen" which described the young father as being in tears. "It's a gift to be a parent. I am full of admiration for my wife and all the women who have the strength to carry and give life, "he added.
The middle brother of Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Madeleine stressed that neither he nor Sofia knew the sex of the child before birth. "We chose not to know. We wanted it to be a surprise, "he told Carl Philip. As to whether the infant was more like his mother or his father, he replied: "I think it will be a very good mix of both of us." The young dad soon 37, who himself cut the umbilical cord, revealed that he and Sofia had cried when they saw their son. "It was inevitable," he admitted.
"Expressen" states that the Court will hold a Council cabinet meeting at the Royal Palace on Thursday with a happy grand dad King Carl XVI Gustaf communicating the name of his new grandson name and title. A Te Deum in honor of the new Royal Baby will be celebrated on Friday at noon. This allows time to Queen Silvia returned from New York where she learned the birth of her fifth grandchild, as she gave a speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations.
The King and Queen of Sweden are already grandparents of two children of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel Princess Estelle, 4, and Prince Oscar, 1 month and half and two children Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill -the Princess Leonore, 2 years, and Prince Nicolas, 10 months.
Photo Credit: Kungahuset
The little one first name was revealed two day after the birth, Thursday April 21st, by his grandfather King Carl XVI Gustaf at a special Concil meeting at the Royal Palace in Stockholm broadcast live on public radio SR: "On the call Alexander. " His full name Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil, the child will also take the title of Duke of Sodermanland, sometimes referred to under its Latin form Sudermannia or Sudermania, is a historical province or landskap on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Östergötland, Närke, Västmanland and Uppland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. In Swedish, the province name is frequently shortened to Sörmland.
Södermanland means "Southern man land". It was used as a directional reference to lake Mälaren, compared to Uppland (north) and Västmanland (west)
Photo Credits: Wikipedia
The Royal Palace released at the same time, a first picture taken at the maternity ward at Danderyd Hospital in Stockholm: it shows Princess Sofia, and Prince Carl Philip holding the basket in which find the little boy. We do not distinguish the face of the newborn, who has already returned home with his parents.
The boy is fifth in line of succession to the throne of the Kingdom of Sweden - after his aunt Crown Princess, elder cousin Estelle, cousin Prince Oscar, and dad Prince Carl-Philip. The little prince will not pass before his cousin and aunt under the 1980 law on succession that allowed to keep Victoria, as eldest daughter, as heir instead.
The first pregnancy Sofia was announced on social networks, on October 15th 2015. The Princess, which works more with her husband and her foundations, continued to assume her royal responsibilities until last March. Princess Sofia paid her last outing on April 14th for the Prince Couple foundations
The year 2015 was full of happy events for King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia: the marriage of their son Prince Carl Philip with Sofia Hellqvist, 13 June 2015; and the birth of the second child of their daughter Princess Madeleine, Prince Nicolas, two days later, on June 15 The year 2016 should be as well: after the birth of the boy of their eldest daughter Victoria on Wednesday, the King and Queen will soon become grandparents for the fifth time, with the birth of the first child of Carl Philip and Sofia, who arrived in April.
Always connected, Princess Madeleine was the first to broadcast a message on her Facebook page, from New York where she was with mom Queen Silvia attending important events at the United Nations and Childhood USA, she has reported seen the young one through facetime: "We are so happy for Sofia and Carl Philip and for our new family member! Leonore and Nicolas are thrilled to have a third cousin and we can't wait to see him!! "
Full of emotion, the son of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, revealed that the welcome a little boy. Mimicking the size of their newborn Prince said he weighed 3.595 kg and 49 cm.
"For me and my wife, it's the greatest thing that ever happened, the feelings can not be put into words, love is the only thing I think now we are a family," said Carl Philip, according to comments reported by the Swedish tabloid "Expressen" which described the young father as being in tears. "It's a gift to be a parent. I am full of admiration for my wife and all the women who have the strength to carry and give life, "he added.
The middle brother of Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Madeleine stressed that neither he nor Sofia knew the sex of the child before birth. "We chose not to know. We wanted it to be a surprise, "he told Carl Philip. As to whether the infant was more like his mother or his father, he replied: "I think it will be a very good mix of both of us." The young dad soon 37, who himself cut the umbilical cord, revealed that he and Sofia had cried when they saw their son. "It was inevitable," he admitted.
"Expressen" states that the Court will hold a Council cabinet meeting at the Royal Palace on Thursday with a happy grand dad King Carl XVI Gustaf communicating the name of his new grandson name and title. A Te Deum in honor of the new Royal Baby will be celebrated on Friday at noon. This allows time to Queen Silvia returned from New York where she learned the birth of her fifth grandchild, as she gave a speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations.
The King and Queen of Sweden are already grandparents of two children of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel Princess Estelle, 4, and Prince Oscar, 1 month and half and two children Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill -the Princess Leonore, 2 years, and Prince Nicolas, 10 months.
Photo Credit: Kungahuset
The little one first name was revealed two day after the birth, Thursday April 21st, by his grandfather King Carl XVI Gustaf at a special Concil meeting at the Royal Palace in Stockholm broadcast live on public radio SR: "On the call Alexander. " His full name Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil, the child will also take the title of Duke of Sodermanland, sometimes referred to under its Latin form Sudermannia or Sudermania, is a historical province or landskap on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Östergötland, Närke, Västmanland and Uppland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. In Swedish, the province name is frequently shortened to Sörmland.
Södermanland means "Southern man land". It was used as a directional reference to lake Mälaren, compared to Uppland (north) and Västmanland (west)
Photo Credits: Wikipedia
The Royal Palace released at the same time, a first picture taken at the maternity ward at Danderyd Hospital in Stockholm: it shows Princess Sofia, and Prince Carl Philip holding the basket in which find the little boy. We do not distinguish the face of the newborn, who has already returned home with his parents.
The boy is fifth in line of succession to the throne of the Kingdom of Sweden - after his aunt Crown Princess, elder cousin Estelle, cousin Prince Oscar, and dad Prince Carl-Philip. The little prince will not pass before his cousin and aunt under the 1980 law on succession that allowed to keep Victoria, as eldest daughter, as heir instead.
The first pregnancy Sofia was announced on social networks, on October 15th 2015. The Princess, which works more with her husband and her foundations, continued to assume her royal responsibilities until last March. Princess Sofia paid her last outing on April 14th for the Prince Couple foundations
The year 2015 was full of happy events for King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia: the marriage of their son Prince Carl Philip with Sofia Hellqvist, 13 June 2015; and the birth of the second child of their daughter Princess Madeleine, Prince Nicolas, two days later, on June 15 The year 2016 should be as well: after the birth of the boy of their eldest daughter Victoria on Wednesday, the King and Queen will soon become grandparents for the fifth time, with the birth of the first child of Carl Philip and Sofia, who arrived in April.
Always connected, Princess Madeleine was the first to broadcast a message on her Facebook page, from New York where she was with mom Queen Silvia attending important events at the United Nations and Childhood USA, she has reported seen the young one through facetime: "We are so happy for Sofia and Carl Philip and for our new family member! Leonore and Nicolas are thrilled to have a third cousin and we can't wait to see him!! "
Messages of congratulations from the family to Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia.
Message of congratulations from The King and Queen to The Prince Couple
“We are extremely happy for Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia, and are delighted to have become grandparents again. We hope the new parents enjoy a time of peace and quiet together with their son.”
Message of congratulations from The Crown Princess Couple
“We hope Carl Philip and Sofia enjoy these wonderful first few days with their new-born son, and we share the new parents’ joy.”
Princess Madeleine and Mr Christopher O'Neill
“We are delighted to welcome a new member of the family, and we congratulate Carl Philip and Sofia on becoming parents.”
Message of congratulations from Marie and Erik Hellqvist
“We are so pleased that Prince Carl Philip and our daughter Sofia have had their first child. We have longed for a grandchild for a long time, and we are both extremely proud and happy. We wish them great happiness together with the new member of the family, and we will provide help and support as grandparents.”
Lina Hellqvist and Sara Hellqvist, Princess Sofia's sisters
“We welcome this tiny new member of the family with great joy and love. We have been looking forward to becoming aunts, and we will enjoy getting to know our nephew. We wish the new family the very best of luck!”
On the occasion of his birth, a cabinet meeting was held at the Royal Palace on April 21st with his grandfather King Cal XVI Gustaf as head who stated that the name given to the Prince is Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil, and informed the cabinet that the Prince has been appointed as the Duke of Sodermanland. A proud aunt and new mother Crown Princess Victoria attended the Cabinet meeting. During the meeting His Majesty was heard to have said that he is the last family member to have met the prince as he has a cold and joke about meeting him from a distance. The Last Duke of Sodermanland was the little Prince Alexander's great great grand uncle Prince Wilhelm of Sweden and Norway.Here are all the Dukes of Södermanland all time!
Magnus 1266-1275
Erik 1302-1318
Karl 1560-1611
Gustav Adolf 1604-1607
Charles Philip 1607-1618
Karl 1772-1809
Oskar 1810-1844
Karl Oscar 1852-1854
Wilhelm 1884-1965
Alexander 2016-
Earlier in the day was a witness acknowledgment, at Drottningholm Palace, which traditionally takes place at a royal birth. Speaker Urban Ahlin, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, Marshal of the Realm Svante Lindqvist, statsfru Anna Hamilton, Chief Sophia Brismar Wendel and midwife Anna Ståhl were witnesses Photo: Kungahuset.se
Alexander: Alexander has royal ancestry in Europe - the name means "ruler of the world" and has already been the more czars in Russia led to the name.
In the Serbian royal family, it is a common name - Crown Prince Alexander is perhaps not entirely unfamiliar? Additionally named crown prince's son, Prince Alexander of Serbia. Both of Queen Margrethe's grandsons both eldest and young, Prince Nikolai of Denmark, and Prince Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander have Alexander in their names. We also have a King Willem Alexander in the Netherlands.
Erik: The name Erik is also a further back in the Bernadotte Family. Just like him, the Second Duke of Sodermanland was a heir to the throne of Sweden. He was the father of King Magnus who became king of both Norway and Sweden.. The name also pays tribute to his maternal grand father Erik Hellqvist
Hubertus: The name also pays tribute to his grand father King Carl XVI Gustaf
Bertil: Tribute to his dad Prince Carl Philip and Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (paternal great great-uncle),
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