Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg
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| Countess of Frederiksborg (more) | |||||
Alexandra visiting Aalborg, Denmark in 2004.
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| Born |
30 June 1964  Hong Kong
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| Spouse |
Prince Joachim of Denmark (m. 1995; div. 2005) Martin Jørgensen (m. 2007; div. 2015) |
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| Issue |
Prince Nikolai Prince Felix |
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| Father | Richard Nigel Manley | ||||
| Mother | Christa Maria Manley (née Nowotny) | ||||
| Religion |
Church of Denmark prev. Anglicanism |
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| Alexandra Christina Manley |
Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, RE (born Alexandra Christina Manley on 30 June 1964) was the first wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark, the younger son of Queen Margrethe II.
She is of mixed Chinese-European ancestry and lived in Hong Kong until she met Prince Joachim in 1994. They were married from 1995 to 2005 and had two boys. After her divorce she remarried and stayed in Denmark.
Of English, Chinese, Czech, and Austrian ancestry, Alexandra Manley was born in Hong Kong, as the eldest of three daughters of Richard Nigel Manley (born in Shanghai, China on 11 August 1924 to an English father and Chinese mother; died 12 January 2010, buried 10 February 2010 in Liesing Cemetery, Vienna) and Christa Maria Manley of Czech and Austrian descent (born Christa Maria Nowotny in Austria in 1933). She was christened at the Cathedral of Saint John, Hong Kong. Her father was an insurance company executive; her mother was the manager of a communications company. She attended Quarry Bay Junior School (1969-1971), Glenealy School (1971-1974) and Island School (1974-1982), all in Hong Kong.
Manley studied international business at universities in Austria, Japan, and England. It is not known whether she has obtained a university degree. From 1990 to 1995, she was employed by GT Management (Asia) Ltd., Hong Kong, where she from 1990–1993 worked in Sales and Marketing and from 1993 as a deputy chief executive of that department.
Alexandra met Prince Joachim at a party in Hong Kong, where he was working for a Danish shipping company. After a whirlwind courtship, thought to have begun in late 1994, Prince Joachim, on bended knee, presented Alexandra with a diamond and ruby engagement ring while the couple holidayed together in the Philippines. Their engagement, which took both Alexandra's family and Danish royal watchers by surprise, was officially revealed in May 1995.
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