Daughter of Sweden's Princess Madeleine and New York banker baptized in royal ceremony

Christopher O'Neill, left, wves to the crowds as Princess Leonore is held by her mother, Princess Madeleine, right, outside the church after the christening ceremony in the Drottningholm Palace church outside Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/TT, Jonas Ekstromer) SWEDEN OUT (The Associated Press)

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Princess Madeleine holds her daughter Princess Leonore watched by Christopher O'Neill, Princess Leonore's father, during the christening ceremony in the Drottningholm Palace church outside Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/TT, Jonas Ekstromer) SWEDEN OUT (The Associated Press)

Princess Estelle stands next to her mother Crown Princess Victoria during the christening ceremony in the Drottningholm Palace church outside Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/TT, Jonas Ekstromer) SWEDEN OUT (The Associated Press)

HELSINKI – The daughter of Sweden's Princess Madeleine and New York banker Christopher O'Neill has been baptized outside Stockholm.

Princess Leonore Lilian Maria will be known as the Duchess of Gotland — in reference to Sweden's largest island. She is King Carl XVI Gustaf's second grandchild and was born in New York City on Feb. 20.

Some 150 guests — mostly family and friends — attended the ceremony in the church of Drottingholm Palace outside Stockholm on Sunday. It comes exactly a year after Princesse Leonore's parents wedded in Stockholm.

Leonore is fifth in line to the Swedish throne; her mother is fourth.

Sweden is a constitutional monarchy in which the royals primarily serve as figureheads. The king is the country's head of state, but his powers are limited to ceremonial duties.