Royal godparents

[Principessa]

King Willem-Alexander is the godfather of:

- Princess Estelle of Sweden, Duchess of Östergötland (Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary)(23 February 2012) (oldest child and only daughter of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her husband Daniel)

- Prince Carlos Enrique Leonard of Bourbon-Parma, Prince of Piacenza (24 April 2016) (son of his 1st cousin Prince Carlos de Bourbon Parma, Duke of Parma and his wife Annemarie).

[Principessa]

Princess / Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is godmother of:

- Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (14 July 1977)(oldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden).

- Princess Cecilia Maria Johanna Beatrix de Bourbon de Parme (2014) (second child and daughter of her nephew Prince Carlos of Bourbon Parma, Duke of Parma - who is a son of her sister Princess Irene)

- Sybilla Ambler (1965) (oldest child and only daughter of Princess Margaretha of Sweden and John Ambler)

- Princess Margarita Maria Beatriz of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Colorno (13 October 1972) (niece; oldest daughter of Princess Irene)

-  ?

[Principessa]

King Philippe of Belgium:

Prince Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este (1986) (nephew; oldest child and son of Princess Astrid of Belgium & Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este).

King Albert II

Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium, Lady Moncada (1956) (his paternal half sister)


Queen Paola

Prince Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este (1986) (her grandson)


Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este

Prince Sébastien  of Luxembourg (1992) (youngest son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and his wife Maria Teresa)


Princess Claire:

Princess Eléonore of Belgium (2008) (niece; youngest child and daughter of her brother in law King Philippe and his wife Mathilde)


Prince Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este

Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant (2001) (his 1st cousin; oldest child and daughter of King Philippe and his wife Mathilde)


Prince Joachim, Archduke of Austria-Este

Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (2003) (his youngest sister)


Prince Laurent

Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Siclies (2003) (Daughter and Heir apparent of Carlo, Duke of Castro.)

[Principessa]

Queen Alexandrine

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946); her granddaughter


King Christian X

Queen Margarethe II (1940); his granddaughter
Princess Benedikte of Denmark (1944) ; his granddaughter
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece ; his granddaughter


Queen Ingrid

King Harald V (1937);  third child and only son of King Olav V and Princess Märtha of Sweden

[Principessa]

Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro

Princess Joesphine of Denmark (2011); youngest daughter and child of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and his wife Mary


King Constantine II

Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969); youngest son and child of Princess / Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and her husband Claus
Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge (1982); oldest child of Charles, Prince of Wales and his 1st wife Diana


Queen Anne Marie

Crown Prince Fredrik of Denmark (1968); nephew, oldest son of her oldest sister Princess / Queen Margrethe II of Denmark


Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece

Prince Christian of Denmark (2005); oldest son of his maternal cousin Crown Prince Frederik and his wife Mary
Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (2005); son of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and his wife Mette Marit.



Princess Alexia

Don Pablo Nicolás Sebastián de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (2000); son of her 1st (paternal) cousin Infanta Cristina of Spain and her husband Inaki.)
Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003); daughter of 1st (maternal) cousin Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and her 1st husband Jefferson)
Princess Isabella of Denmark (2007); 2nd child and eldest daughter of her 1st (maternal) cousin  Crown Prince Frederik and his wife Mary
Miss Emma Tallulah Behn (2008); daughter of Princess Martha Louise of Norway and her former husband Ari


Prince Nikolaos

Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson  von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1999) (son of 1st (maternal) cousin Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and her 1st husband Jefferson)

[CyrilSebastian]

Louis, Dauphin of France (1661-1711) was the eldest son of King Louis XIV of France. He was baptized on March 24, 1662. His godparents were Pope Clement IX and Queen Henrietta Maria of England.

[CyrilSebastian]

The godmothers of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria were The dowager empresses, her aunt Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Luneburg and her grandmother Eleonore Magdalene of Neuberg.

[CyrilSebastian]

The godparents of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia were his grandfather Tsar Alexander II, his grandmother Queen Louise of Denmark, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia.

[bumbershoot]

It seems so add to me to select people of grandparent age, royal or not, as godparents. The idea of godparents, as I was taught, is that they are adults mature in their faith who will help guide the child on the right path throughout his childhood and adolescence. So ideally, godparents should be of the same generation as the child's parents.

[CyrilSebastian]

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, the son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of England was born on May 1, 1850.   
His godmother was Princess Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Originally she was Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen and sister of Queen Adelaide, the wife of King William IV of England.