First-born Child - How Long After The Wedding?

[Josefine]

How long after the wedding did the first child arrive in the royal familes?

 

[Josefine]

The Netherlands

Beatrix & Claus
wedding; March 10, 1966
First child; April 27, 1967
about 1 year and 1 month

William Alexander & Maxima
wedding; February 2, 2002
first child; December 7, 2003
about 1 year and 9 months

Constantijn & Laurentien
wedding; May 19, 2001
first child; June 8, 2002
about 1 year and 1 month

Juliana & Bernhard
wedding; January 7, 1937
first child; January 31, 1938
about 1 year and 1 month

Margriet & Pieter
wedding; January 10, 1967
first child; April 17, 1968
abou 1 year and 3 months

 

[Josefine]

Denmark

Margrethe & Henrik
wedding; june 10, 1967
first child; may 26, 1968
about 11 months

Joachim & Alexandra
wedding; November 18, 1995
first child; august 28, 1999
about 3 years and 9 months

Benedikte & Richard
wedding; February 3, 1968
first child; January 12, 2969
about 11 months

Anne-Marie & Konstantin
wedding; september 18, 1964
first child; July 10, 1965
about 10 months

frederik & Ingrid
wedding, may 24, 1935
first child; april 16, 1940
about 4 years and 11 months

 

[nouwrein]

Wow, that's a long wait for Joachim and Alexandra.

Is it the trend that Crown Princely couples (those who need to have heirs) have their first child sooner (like the very next year), because Charles and Diana and the other couples listed above did not wait as long as Joachim & Alex and Edward & Sophie?

 

[xicamaluca]

Spain

Juan Carlos and Sofia
Wedding: May 14, 1962
first child: December 20, 1963
About 1 year and 7 months

Elena and Jaime
Wedding: March 18, 1995
First child: July 17, 1998
About 3 years and 4 months

Cristina and Iñaki
Wedding: October 24, 1997
First child: September 29, 1999
About 1 year and 11 months

 

[Josefine]

Norway

Harald & Sonja
wedding; august 29, 1968
first child; juli 20, 1973
about; 4 years and 11 months

Haakon & Mette-Marit
wedding; august 25, 2001
first child; January 21, 2004
about 2 years and 5 months

Märtha Louise & Ari
wedding; may 24, 2002
first child; april 29, 2003
about 11 months

 

[Josefine]

thank you xicamaluca for helping out

 

[Duchess Sophie]

GB

Charles and Diana
wedding: 29 July 1981
first child 22 June 1982

11 months

 

[Josefine]

royal_sophietje could you do the whole list for GB?

 

[Jelka]

Belgium
Albert II and Paola:
married: 02/07/1959
First child: 15/04/1960
9 months and 13 days

Philippe and Mathilde:
married: 04/12/1999
first child: 25/10/2001
1 year, 10 months and 21 days

Astrid and Lorenz:
married: 22/09/1984
first child: 21/02/1986
1 year, 4 months and 29 days

Laurent and Claire:
married: 12/04/2003
first child: 06/02/2004
10 months and 24 days

 

[nouwrein]

Oops, I guess its not the trend for Norwegian royals

 

[Duchess Sophie]

GB

George and the Queen Mum
Wedding 26 april 1923
First child: 21 april 1926

Almost 3 years


Queen elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburg
wedding: 20 november 1947
first child: 14 november 1948

Almost a year

The princess royal and Mark Philips
wedding: 14 november 1973
first child: 15 november 1977

A year later

Andrew and Fergie
Wedding: 23 july 1986
first child: 8 august 1988

2 years and a half month

 

[Duchess Sophie]

Originally posted by Jelka@Jun 2nd, 2004 - 10:47 am
Laurent and Claire:
married: 12/04/2003
first child: 06/02/2004
7 months and 24 days

Already pregnant when they wed??


No it is ten months. a mathematics-mistake

 

[Josefine]

Is there someone who can do the list for Jordan and Morocco
and we got sweden, Japan luxenbourg Monaco what more?

 

[sara1981]

what about Earl and Countess of Wessex?

Edward and Sophie
married on June 19,1999
first child on Nov 2003

Sara Boyce

 

[tiaraprin]

Queen Victoria of England and Prince Albert:

Married February 10, 1840
First Child: Novemeber 1840

that was quick wasn't it??

 

[CathyEarnshaw]

Victoria liked sex, and birth control was largely unknown

 

[Duchess Sophie]

Originally posted by Marlene@Jun 4th, 2004 - 6:51 pm
Victoria liked sex

Now that is an statement :woot:

 

[USCtrojan]

Luxembourg

HRH Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parme
Married: November 6th, 1919
First Child: HRH Prince Jean
Born: January 5, 1921

Time Incrument: 1 yr. 1 mo. 30 days!


HRH Hereditary Grand Duke Jean and Princess Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium
Married: April 9th, 1953
First Child: HRH Princess Marie-Astrid
Born: February 17th, 1954

Time Incrument: 10 mo. 8 days


HRH Hereditary Grand Duke Henri and Maria Teresa Mastre y Batista
Married: February 14, 1981
First Child: HRH Prince Guillaume Jean Joseph Marie
Born: November 11, 1981

Time Incrument: 8 mo. 27 days

HRH Prince Guillaume and Sybilla Sandra Willer
Married: September 8th (civil) and September 24th (religious) 1994
First Child: HRH Prince Paul-Louis
Born: March 4th 1998

Time Incrument: 3 yrs. 5 mo. 10 days



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Hope that this helps

 

[USCtrojan]

I know that when it comes to Monaco :

HSH Prince Ranier III and Grace Patricia Kelly
Married: April 1957
First Child: HSH Princess Caroline
Born: exactly 9 months almost to the day her parents were married....

Chanel

 

[tiaraprin]

Originally posted by Marlene@Jun 4th, 2004 - 12:51 pm
Victoria liked sex, and birth control was largely unknown

that is true--after she delivered Princess Beatrice, her doctor advised her to have no more children. Her often quoted response was: "Can I no longer have fun in bed??"

So much for Queen Victoria being a prude!! I think Albert was the prude!

 

[tiaraprin]

Here are some British Royals from the past:

King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra:

Married March 10, 1863
Prince Albert Victor born January 1864(future Duke of Clarence and Avondale, dying in 1892, making way for George V)

10 months

King George V and Queen Mary:

Married July 6, 1893
Prince Edward born June 23 1894(future Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor)

11 1/2 months

King George IV and Caroline of Brunswick:

Married April 1795
Princess Charlotte born January 7, 1796(heir until dying in childbirth)

9 months

King George III and Queen Charlotte:
Married September 1761
Prince George born August 1762 (future George IV)

11 months

Prince Frederick of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha(parents of George III)

Married April 27, 1736
Princess Augusta born July 1737(future Princess of Brunswick and mother of Caroline of Brunswick)

15 months

 

[tiaraprin]

Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra:

Married: November 14, 1894
Grand Duchess Olga born November 15, 1894

1 year and 1 day

 

[loving silvia and carl gustaf]

what about the Swedish royals...by the way...seems that the danish royals holds the recordS...or what?

 

[liv]

It was mentioned that Harald and Sonja´s first child was born on 20th july,1973. That´s the birthday of Haakon, but he´s not the first child of them.


Marriage29.aug.1968

Märtha Louise born 22 sep.1971

Haakon 20.july 1973

 

[Josefine]

Originally posted by liv@Jun 5th, 2004 - 8:03 pm
It was mentioned that Harald and Sonja´s first child was born on 20th july,1973. That´s the birthday of Haakon, but he´s not the first child of them.


Marriage29.aug.1968

Märtha Louise born 22 sep.1971

Haakon 20.july 1973

yes you are right how could i forget, thank you so much

 

[Lena]

Sweden:
Prince Gustav Adolf & princess Sybilla:
Married: 20th of October 1932
First child Margaretha: 31st of October 1934
(2 years and 11 days)

Note: It went 14 (!) years by until a male successor of the throne was born

King Carl Gustaf & Queen Silvia
Married: 19th of June 1976
First child Victoria: 14th of July 1976
(1 year and 25 days)

 

[Lena]

My guess is that most of these couples, who got their children 3 or 4 years after the wedding had fertility problems or miscarriages. I might be wrong here, but hadn´t crown princess Sonja a miscarriage before she got Märtha-Louise?

 

[tiaraprin]

Originally posted by Lena@Jun 5th, 2004 - 1:27 pm
My guess is that most of these couples, who got their children 3 or 4 years after the wedding had fertility problems or miscarriages. I might be wrong here, but hadn´t crown princess Sonja a miscarriage before she got Märtha-Louise?

Some royal couples have just waited. Princess Anne of Great Britain did not want to have a child until after she competed in the 1976 Olympic games as an Equestrienne--so she put her plans on hold for 3 years to train and compete. In 1977, she had her first child Peter. Zara followed in 1981.

The Duke and Duchess of York waited--when was the Duke ever home to conceive a kid??

 

[Queen Astrid]

what???
only 8 months for Guillaume????