Editing Princess Benedikte of Denmark (section)

===Birth and family===
[[File:Amalienborg cph.jpg|thumb|left|Princess Benedikte's birthplace: [[Frederik VIII's Palace]] at [[Amalienborg]]]]
Princess Benedikte was born on 29 April 1944 at [[Frederik VIII's Palace]], her parents' residence at the [[Amalienborg|Amalienborg palace complex]], the principal residence of the [[Danish royal family]] in the district of [[Frederiksstaden]] in central [[Copenhagen]]. She was the second child and daughter of [[Frederik IX|Crown Prince Frederik]] and Crown Princess [[Ingrid of Sweden|Ingrid of Denmark]]. Her father was the eldest son of King [[Christian X]] and Queen [[Alexandrine of Denmark]], and her mother was the only daughter of Crown Prince [[Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden|Gustav Adolf of Sweden]] and his first wife, [[Princess Margaret of Connaught]].

Her birth took place during [[Nazi Germany]]'s [[Occupation of Denmark]]. The day after the birth of the princess, members of the [[Danish resistance movement|Danish resistance group]] [[Holger Danske (resistance group)|Holger Danske]] performed a [[salute]] of 21 [[bomb]]s in the [[Ørstedsparken]] [[public park]] in central [[Copenhagen]] as a reference to the traditional [[21-gun salute]] performed by the [[Danish Army]] and [[Danish Navy|Navy]] at the occasion of royal births.<ref>Peter Øvig Knudsen: ''Efter drabet'' (s. 191), forlaget Press, Oslo 2003, {{ISBN|82-7547-119-2}}</ref>

She was [[baptism|baptised]] on 24 May 1944, her parents' 9th wedding anniversary, in the [[Holmen Church]] in [[Copenhagen]]. Her godparents were King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine of Denmark (her paternal grandparents); [[Prince Gustav of Denmark]] (paternal grand-uncle); King [[Gustaf V]] of Sweden (maternal great-grandfather), [[Sigvard Bernadotte]] (maternal uncle); [[Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark]] (paternal aunt by marriage); [[Princess Ingeborg of Denmark]] (paternal grand-aunt); [[Princess Margaretha of Sweden]] (her father's first cousin); Sir [[Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer)|Alexander Ramsay]] (maternal grand-uncle by marriage) and [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom]].<ref>[http://www.sa.dk/composite-2686.htm Prinsesse Benediktes fødsel og dåb] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203085229/http://www.sa.dk/composite-2686.htm |date=3 February 2012 }} – Website of the [[Danish National Archives]].</ref>

Princess Benedikte has one elder sister, [[Margrethe II|Margrethe]], former Queen of Denmark, and a younger sister, [[Queen Anne-Marie of Greece|Anne Marie]], who was born in 1946 and married [[Constantine II of Greece]].