Who is Count Nikolai of Denmark?

COUNT Nikolai will be swapping Denmark for Australia as he sets to move down under with his girlfriend.

The move comes after the handsome aristocrat was stripped of his royal titles by his grandmother Queen Margrethe.

Who is Count Nikolai of Denmark?

Count Nikolai was born Prince of Denmark on August 28, 1999.

He is the eldest son of Prince Joachim and his first wife, Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg.

Prince Joachim is the second son of Queen Margrethe II, and sixth in line to the Danish throne.

Count Nikolai is the seventh in line.

He followed his father and uncle, Crown Prince Frederick, in attending Krebs School in Copenhagen and later Herlufsholm School in Næstved.

Count Nikolai then went on to military school at the Royal Danish Army’s Sergeant School in Varde but dropped out two months later.

He studied Business Administration and Service Management at Copenhagen Business School and also signed as a fashion model with Scoop Models.

Count Nikolai made his runway debut at Burberry’s show at London Fashion Week in 2018 and proved a hit.

He later signed as a model for Elite Model World and Sight Management Studio under the name Count Nikolai of Monpezat.

He has one younger brother, Count Felix of Monpezat, born on July 22, 2002, and two half siblings from his father's second marriage to Marie Cavallier. 

Half-brother Count Henrik was born on May 4, 2009, with half-sister Countess Athena arriving on January 24, 2012

Does Count Nikolai have a royal title?

Count Nikolai was stripped of his royal title by his grandmother Queen Margrethe alongside his other siblings.

He said that he was both “shocked and confused” at his grandmother’s decision to strip him of his princely title.

Speaking at the time of her decision, Queen Margrethe admitted that it was “a consideration I have had for a quite a long time".

She added that the decision would be “good for them in their future”.

Nikolai’s official title as of January 1, 2023, is His Excellency Count Nikolai of Monpezat.

Despite his royal title being stripped away, Count Nikolai’s place in the order of succession remains the same.

Who is Count Nikolai’s girlfriend?

Count Nikolai’s girlfriend is Benedikte Thoustrup.

She was born on February 22, 1999, in Randers, Denmark, to parents Anders and Anette Thoustrop and has a younger sister.

Count Nikolai and Benedikte met while attending Herlufsholm school.

The loved-up couple both attended Copenhagen Business School together and will once again be studying alongside each other when they embark to Sydney, Australia.

Nikolai and Benedikte will study at UTS in Sydney from August 1 to November 30, 2023.

Does Count Nikolai have Instagram?

The former prince set up his Instagram account in February 2023 to help bolster his modelling career.