Royal Godparents to Royal Godchildren
I did this list back in 2012, and got some great responses. I've updated and edited parts of the list. Again, any corrections and/or adds, message me! Thanks in advance!
When choosing godparents for their children, the parents often chose friends or other relatives. Often in royal circles, royals also pick other royals. Here’s a partial list. (Yes, I know some lists are incompelte as some of these royals’s godchildren are not royals themselves.) If you have any additions, please feel free to message me!
Belgium
King Baudouin I
Princess Marie-Christine of Belgium (1951)
King Leopold III
Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands (1938)
Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg (1954)
King Philippe of The Belgians (1960)
Queen Astrid
Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)
King Albert II
Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium (1956)
Queen Paola
Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1986)
King Philippe
Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1986)
Princess Marie Gabrielle de Nassau (1986)
Queen Matilde
Princess Alexia of The Netherlands (2005)
Princess Isabella of Denmark (2007)
Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este
Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg (1992)
Prince Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, The Duchess of Brabant (2001)
Princess Claire
Princess Eléonore of Belgium(2008)
Prince Lorentz, The Archduke of Austria-Este
Prince Carl-Johan de Nassau (1992)
Bulgaria
Queen Margarita
Prince Umberto of Bulgaria (1999)
Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin, Duke of Saxony
Infanta Sofia of Spain (2007)
Princess Rosrio
Doña Irene de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (2005)
Denmark
Queen Ingrid
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930)
King Carl XVI of Sweden (1946)
King Christian X
Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)
Queen Alexandrine
Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)
Princess Dagmar
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)
Princess Thyra
Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)
King Fredrick IX
King Carl XVI of Sweden (1946)
Queen Margarethe II
King Williem-Alexander of The Netherlands (1967)
Crown Prince Hakon of Norway (1973)
Prince Carl Phillip of Sweden (1979)
Crown Prince Fredrick of Denmark
Count Nikolai af Monzepat (1999)
Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003)
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004)
Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden, Duke of Skane (2016)
Crown Princess Mary
Count Henrik af Monzepat (2009)
Konstantin Gustav Heinrich Richard Johannsmann (2010)
Princess Estelle of Sweden (2012)
Prince Christian
Prince Gustav Alberct of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleberg (2023)
Princess Marie
Princess Josephine of Denmark (2011)
Princess Caroline-Mathilde
Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)
Princess Elisabeth
Theodor Christian Emmanuel Rosanes af Rosenborg (2009)
Princely Family of Lieiningen
Princess Alexandra
Princess Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virgina of Hanover (1999)
Princely Family of Hanover
Princess Sophie of Hanover
Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh (1964)
Princely Family of Hesse
Prince Philipp
Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1999)
Princely Family of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Princess Elisabeth
Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands (1938)
Princely Family of Liechtenstein
Prince Constantin
Prince Georg Antonius of Liechtenstein (1999)
Princess Margaretha
Archduke Imre of Austria (1985)
Princess Louise of Belgium (2004)
Princely Family of Monaco
Prince Albert
Baron Jean-Leonard Taubert-Natta (1974)
Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi (1987)
Louis Robert Paul Ducruet (1992)
Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet (1994)
Raphaël Casiraghi Elmaleh (2013)
Princess Charlene
Raphaël Casiraghi Elmaleh (2013)
Princess Caroline of Hanover
Louis Robert Paul Ducruet (1992)
Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet (1994)
Princess Stephanie
Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi (1984)
Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi
Princess Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virgina of Hanover (1999)
Baroness Elisabeth Anne de Massy
Princess Stephanie of Monaco, Countess of Polinac (1965)
The Netherlands
Queen Juliana
King Carl XVI of Sweden (1946)
Queen Anne-Marie of Denmark (1946)
King Williem-Alexander
Count Claus-Casmir van Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (2004)
Countess Zaria of Oranje-Nassau (2006)
Princess Estelle of Sweden (2012)
Prince Constantijn
Princess Catharina-Amalia of The Netherlands, The Princess of Orange (2003)
Countess Luana of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2005)
Prince Friso
Countess Eloise van Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2002)
Princess Alexia of the Netherlands (2005)
Norway
King Haakon VII
Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)
Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)
Queen Maud
Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)
Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner(1932)
King Olav V
Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands (1943)
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946)
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1971)
Crown Princess Martha
Crown Princess Martha
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)
King Harald
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (1977)
Maud Angelica Behn (2003)
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004)
Queen Sonja
Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (2005)
Crown Prince Hakkon
Maud Angelica Behn (2003)
Prince Christian of Denmark (2005)
Princess Estelle of Sweden(2012)
Crown Princess Mette-Mairt
Prince Christian of Denmark (2005)
Emma Tallulah Behn (2008)
Princess Märtha Louise
Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1999)
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004)
Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1971)
Spain
Queen Victoria Eugenia
Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (1913)
Doña María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba de Tormes, Grandee of Spain (1926)
Queen Fabiola of Belgium (1928)
Prince Albert of Monaco (1957)
Felipe, Prince of Austrias (1968)
King Juan Carlos
Don Felipe Juan Froilán de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y Borbón (1998)
Leonor, The Princess of Asturias (2005
Queen Sofia
Leonor, The Princess of Asturias (2005)
King Felipe VI
Princess Sofia Vidinska of Bulgaria (1999)
Doña Victoria Federica de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y de Borbón (2000)
Prince Vincent of Denmark (2011)
Infanta Elena
Don Juan Valentín de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (1999)
Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece (2000)
Infanta Christina
Don Miguel de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (2002)
Iñaki, the former Duke of Palma de Mallorca
Don Miguel de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (2002)
Infanta Maria Cristina
Princess Marie-Christine of Belgium (1951)
Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca (1965)
Princely Family of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Gustav, 7th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1999)
Konstantin Gustav Heinrich Richard Johannsmann (2010)
Prince Vincent of Denmark (2011)
Carina, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleberg
Countess Athena af Monzepat
Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Witentein-Berleburg
Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003)
Princess Benedikte
Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969)
Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1981)
Royal Family of Italy
Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
Princess Joesphine of Denmark (2011)
Greece
Queen Olga
Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921)
Prince George
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)
King Constantine II
Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969)
Prince William of Wales (1982)
Crown Prince Pavlos
Prince Christian of Denmark (2005)
Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (2005)
Princess Alexia
Don Pablo Nicolás Sebastián de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (2000)
Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003)
Princess Isabella of Denmark (2007)
Emma Tallulah Behn (2008)
Prince Nikolas
Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1999)
Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg
Grand Duchess Charlotte
Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg (1954)
Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte (1927-2005)
Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962)
Prince Felix (1893-1970)
Prince Albert of Belgium (1934)
Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg (1957)
Prince Jean of Luxembourg (1957)
Princess Marie-Gabrielle (1925)
Grand Duke Henri (1955)
Prince Jean (1957-)
Prince Félix of Luxembourg (1984)
Grand Duchess Joesphine-Charlotte
Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium (1956)
Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962)
Grand Duke Henri
King Albert II of Belgium (1934)
Princess Marie-Gabrielle of Luxembourg (1986)
Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke
Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg (1992)
Prince Paul-Louis of Luxembourg (1998)
Prince Noah of Nassu (2007)
Princess Ariane of the Netherlands (2007)
Princess Alexandra
Prince Gabriel de Nassau (2006)
Prince François Henri Louis Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg (2023)
Prince Louis
Prince Charles Jean Philippe Joseph Marie Guillaume of Luxemborug (2020)
Princely Family of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
Prince Georg of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003)
Sweden
King Gustaf V
Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946)
Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)
Prince Carl of Sweden & Norway (1861-1951)
Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)
Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)
Prince Eugen of Sweden & Norway (1865-1947)
Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)
Princess Ingeborg of Sweden & Norway (1878-1958)
Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)
Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)
Princess Margaretha of Sweden & Norway
Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)
Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg (1957)
Princess Margaretha (1899-1977)
Prince Jean of Luxembourg(1957)
Princess Ingeborg
Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)
King Carl XVI Gustav
Hakon, Crown Prince of Norway (1973)
Crown Princess Victoria
Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece & Denmark (1998)
Baroness Madeleine von Dincklage (1999)
Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands (2003)
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004)
Prince Christian of Denmark (2005)
Princess Eléonore of Belgium (2008)
Princess Leonore Lilian Maria of Sweden, The Duchess of Gotland (2014)
Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil of Sweden, The Duke of Södermanland (2016)
Prince Carl Phillip
Princess Estelle of Sweden, The Duchess of Ostergotland (2012)
Prince Nicolas of Sweden, Duke of Ångermanland (2015)
Princess Madeleine
Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden, The Duke of Skane (2016)
Prince Gabriel Carl Walter of Sweden, The Duke of Dalarna (2017)
Princess Christina
Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969)
Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (1977)
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)
Prince Carl Phillip of Sweden (1979)
Princess Birgitta
Prince Carl Phillip of Sweden (1979)
Princess Margaretha
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1973)
Mr. Gustaf Magnusson
Prince Nicolas Paul Gustaf of Sweden, The Duke of Angermanland (2015)
Mr. Victor Magnusson
Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland (2016)
United Kingdom
Queen Victoria
Prince Albert Edward Kamehameha of Hawaiʻi (1858–1862)
Prince Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert of Edinburgh, later Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874–1899)
Princess Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline of Albany (1883–1981)
Prince Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David of York, later Edward VIII (1894–1972)
Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George of York, later George VI (1895–1952)
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895–1918)
Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary of York (1897–1965)
Prince Louis Francis of Battenberg, later 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979)
King George V
Queen Elizabeth II (1926)
Queen Mary
Queen Elizabeth II (1926)
Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands (1943)
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of York, later Elizabeth II (1926)
Prince Edward George Nicholas Patrick Paul, The Duke of Kent (1935)
Prince George, The Duke of Kent
Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)
King Edward VIII
Princess Margaret of York (1930)
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands (1938)
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
Princess Elizabeth of York (1926)
Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles
Princess Elizabeth of York (1926)
The Princess Victoria
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930)
Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)
King George VI
Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924)
Gerald David Lascelles Esq (1924–1998)
Princess Astrid of Norway (1932)
Princess Alexandra of Kent (1936)
Princess Sofia of Greece, later Queen of Spain (1938)
Princess Irene of the Netherlands (born 1940)
Prince William Henry Andrew Frederick of Gloucester (1941–1972)
Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)
Prince Richard of Gloucester, later Duke of Gloucester (1944)
Princess Anne of Edinburgh (1950)
The Hon (Robert) Jeremy Lascelles (1955)
Queen Elizabeth II
David Henry George Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood (1950)
Princess Fredrike of Hanover (1954)
David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (1961)
Edwina Victoria Louise Brudenell (1961)
James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (1964)
Princess Theodora of Greece & Denmark (1983)
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
King Charles III (1948)
Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh
Crown Princess Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania (1948)
Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne (1947)
Princess Maria Tatiana of Yugoslavia (1957)
Prince Christopher of Yugoslavia (1960)
George Windsor, Earl of St. Andrews (1962)
Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark (1986)
King Charles III
The Hon. Nicholas Knatchbull (1964-1979)
The Hon. Timothy Knatchbull (1964)
Marina Victoria Alexandra Ogilvy (1966)
Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece (1967)
India Amanda Caroline Hicks (1967)
Lord Nicholas Windsor (1970)
Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard Windsor, Earl of Ulster (1970)
The Hon. Edward John Hugo Tollemache (1975)
Peter Mark Andrew Phillips (1977)
The Hon. Nicholas Louis Charles Norton Knatchbull (1981)
Hugh Grosvenor, The Duke of Westminster (1991)
Lord Frederick Charles Wellesley(1992)
Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece & Denmark (1996)
Samuel David Benidict Chatto (1996)
Kumar Padmanabh Singh, Crown Prince of Jaipur (1998)
Diana, Princess of Wales
The Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor (1981)
Alexandra Victoria Edwina Diana Knatchbull (1982)
Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark (1986)
Jakie James Warren (1986)
The Lady Mary Luise Wellesley (1986)
Edward Edmund Maximilian George Windsor, Lord Downpatrick (1988)
Jack William Bartholomew (1989)
Benjamin Peter Marcus Samuel (1989)
Domenica Marianna Tertia Lawson (1995)
The Prince William, The Prince of Wales
Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece & Denmark (1998)
Mia Grace Tindall (2014)
The Prince Andrew, The Duke of York
Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips Tindall (1981)
Prince Henry, The Duke of Sussex (Prince Harry, 1984)
The Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh
The Lady Rose Gilman (1980)
Lady Ella Mountbatten (1996)
Count Nikolai af Monzepat (1999)
Sophie, The Duchesss of Edinburgh, The Countess of Wessex
Lady Alexandra Mountbatten (1998)
Anne, The Princess Royal
Philip, Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1970)
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (1973)
Prince Peter of Yugoslavia (1980)
Princess Eugenie, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank
Maud Daphne Marina Windsor (2013)
Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall
Prince George Alexander Louis of Wales (2013)
David Armstrong-Jones, The 2nd Earl Snowdon
Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary, Mrs. Edoardo Mapelli (1988)
The Lady Sarah Chatto
The Lady Rose Gilman (1980)
Prince Henry of Wales (1984)
Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor (2003)
Princess Michael of Kent
Princess Maria Chiara Amalia Carola Louise Carmen of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (2005)
Katharine, Duchess of Kent
Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh (1964)
Princess Alexandra of Kent, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy
George Windsor, The Earl of St Andrews (1962)
The Prince William of Wales (1982)
James Robert Bruce Ogilvy
Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank (1990)