Children
On 10 November 2008, the Danish Royal Court announced that Princess Marie expected the couple's first child, due in May 2009. Marie gave birth to a son at the Rigshospitalet on 4 May 2009 at 4.57am. The baby's names, Prince Henrik Carl Joachim Alain, were revealed at his christening, which took place on 26 July 2009 at the Møgeltønder Church.
On 24 August 2011, the Royal Court announced that Princess Marie expected the couple's second child, due in January 2012. On 24 January 2012, Princess Marie gave birth to a daughter. The princess was named at the christening as Athena Marguerite Françoise Marie.
Princess Marie is also godmother to Crown Prince Frederik's and Crown Princess Mary's younger daughter, Princess Josephine. She is also a godmother to Magali Siesbye, the daughter of Oscar and Britt Davidsen Siesbye, Agathe Anna Steenstrup, daughter of Peter and Henriette Steenstrup, whose son was in turn page boy at Prince Joachim and Marie's wedding, and most recently, Nicholas Bendtner, son of Caroline Fleming and Danish footballer Nicklas Bendtner.
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