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Leah Isadora Behn
Born (2005-04-08) 8 April 2005 (age 19)
Fredrikstad, Norway
FatherAri Behn
MotherPrincess Märtha Louise of Norway

Leah Isadora Behn (born 8 April 2005) is the second daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and husband Ari Behn, and a grandchild of King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway. She is the 6th in succession to the Norwegian throne, after her sister Maud Angelica.[1]

Birth and baptism

Norwegian royal family
* Member of the Norwegian Royal House

Leah Isadora was born on 8 April 2005 at the princess's summer residence "Bloksbjerg" at Hankø island, in the municipality of Fredrikstad, Norway.

In the week of her baptism on 17 June 2005, she made headlines around the world when it was revealed that her name Leah was inspired in part by the Star Wars character, Princess Leia. Her mother, Princess Märtha Louise said in an interview with Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, "I must admit that I have always been a big 'Star Wars' fan, and Princess Leia has always been the most beautiful in the whole world".[2] Her middle name is said to come from father Ari Behn, who has a fascination with American dancer Isadora Duncan. He has also travelled several times to the Middle East where the name Leah originates.

On 17 June 2005, Leah Isadora's christening took place at the palace chapel.[3][4] Her godparents were Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, her mother's friends Gry Brusletto and Katharina Salbu, her father's brother Espen Bjørshol, her father's friend Jon Andreas Håtun, and Didrik Vigsnæs, the husband of Princess Märtha Louise's bridesmaid and second cousin Marianne Ulrichsen. Leah's grandmother, Queen Sonja, carried her to the baptisimal font.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ "Order of succession". The Royal House of Norway. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  2. ^ Template:No icon"Jeg er Leah". Aftenposten. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Christening of Leah Isadora". The pink royals. 16 June 2005. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Norwegian royals christen little Leah Isadora". Hello!. 16 June 2005. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
Leah Isadora Behn
Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg
Born: 8 April 2005
Lines of succession
Preceded by Line of succession to the Norwegian throne
6th position 		Succeeded by
Line of succession to the British throne
descended from Maud, daughter of Edward VII

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