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THE KINGDOM OF MONTENEGRO
Краљевина Црнa Горa - Kraljevina Crna Gora
House of Petrović-Njegoš

The Kingdom of Montenegro (Serbian: Краљевина Црнa Горa,
Kraljevina Crna Gora) was a kingdom in southeastern Europe.

The capital of the kingdom was Cetinje. The currency of the
Kingdom was the Montenegrin perper. It was a constitutional
monarchy, but absolutist in practice. Kingdoms of Serbia and
Montenegro then joined the unitary Yugoslav kingdom in 1918
alongside former Habsburg lands.

The Kingdom of Montenegro was proclaimed by
Knjaz Nikola in Cetinje, on 28 August 1910.

The Balkan Wars (1912 - 1913) turned out to be the beginning
of the king's undoing. Montenegro did make further territorial
gains by splitting Sandžak with Serbia on 30 May 1913. However,
this proved to be harmful as it involved incorporating a territory
in which the large part of the population did not feel any special
allegiance to a Montenegrin entity. In addition, the newly-captured
city of Skadar had to be given up to the new state of Albania at the
insistence of the Great Powers despite the Montenegrins having
invested 10,000 lives into the capture of the town from the Ottoman
(Albanian) forces of Esad Pasha.

During World War I (1914 - 1918) Montenegro was allied with the
Allied Powers. From 15 January 1916 to some time in October 1918,
Montenegro was occupied by Austria-Hungary.

On 20th of July 1917, the Corfu Declaration was signed, it declared the
unification of Montenegro with Serbia. On 26 November 1918, Montenegrin
unification with Serbia was proclaimed. Knez Nicholas was a staunch
supporter of unification with Serbia to form a great Serbian state for
all Serbs but was in conflict with King Alexander who was the ruler of
Serbia. The disagreement was on who would be the ruler of the new
Kingdom but Knez Nicholas was eventually dethroned and exiled.

The Rulers of Montenegro (1696-1918)

* Prince-bishop Danilo I Šćepčev Petrović-Njegoš.....(1696-1735)
* Prince-bishop Sava II Petrović-Njegoš....................(1735-1781)
* Prince-bishop Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš..............(1750-1766)
* Prince-bishop Petar I Petrović-Njegoš....................(1782-1830)
* Prince-bishop Petar II Petrović-Njegoš...................(1830-1851)
* Vladika Danilo II Petrović-Njegoš/Prince (Knjaz) Danilo I
Petrović-Njegoš (1851-1852 as Vladika, 1852-1860 as Knjaz)
* Prince / King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš.....1860-1910 as Prince
and from 1910-1918 as King of Montenegro.

The Rulers of The Kingdom (1910-1918)

* Nicholas I of Montenegro,
King from 1910 to 1918.

The Titular Rulers (1918-Present)

* Nicholas I of Montenegro ...............................................(1918 - 1921)
* Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro ....................(Danilo III) (1921)
* Michael, Prince of Montenegro (Michael I)................... (1921 - 1986)
* HRH Prince Nicholas of Montenegro (Nicholas II) ...(1986 - Present)
* (Heir Apparent) Prince Boris of Montenegro................. (born 1980)

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The Royal House of Petrovic-Njegos

The Royal House of Montenegro is the Orthodox House of Petrović-Njegos.
The House was founded by Danilo Petrović-Njegosh who obtained the hereditary
dignity of 'Vladika' (Bishop) of Montenegro in 1711. Danilo I Petrović-Njegosh
was recognised as Sovereign Prince and heir of Montenegro by Russia on 21 March
1852 and established a succession by male primogeniture. Prince Nikola I assumed
the qualification of Royal Highness on the 6 December 1900 and took the title of
King on the 15 August 1910.

The annexation of Montenegro to the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
was proclaimed on the 13 November 1918, but was not recognised by King Nikola I
(Grandfather of the new King, Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia) and a Government-
in-Exile was maintained by him and his successors under the Premiership of King
Nikola's former ADC and Ambassador to the United States (1918), General Antoine
Gvozdenović (Imperial Russian Privy Counsellor, General Imperial Russian, French,
Montenegrin and Yugoslav Armies) until the Conference of Ambassadors at Paris gave
international recognition to the union on the 13 July 1922.

King Nikola I was succeeded on his death by his son, Danilo II, who abdicated after
one week, and then by his grandson, King Michael I, who remained in exile until his
death in 1986. King Michael I became prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp during
World War II after refusing to return to the throne as a puppet King.

The Family Titles and Styles

Members of the Royal Family bear the title of Prince or Princess
Petrovic-Njegosh of Montenegro with the formal qualification of
His or Her Royal Highness for the children of Kings or the
titular head of the dynasty.

The Royal Coat of Arms

The blazon for the Royal Coat of Arms is as follows: Gu, an eagle
displayed arg armed and crowned or, holding in its dexter claw a
sceptre and in the sinister an orb all ppr; charged on the breast
with an escutcheon of pretence, az a lion passant or armed and or,
armed and langued gu, on a terrace vert. The shield is ensigned
by the Royal Crown.

The Genealogy of The Royal House

Yerak, living 1400/50 had a son

Niegosch, living 1425/ca 1485 had a son

Petar, living
1470/1560 had a son

Stepan, living
1550/1625 had a son

Radul, living
1620 had issue:

* A1. Ivan, o B1. Ivan

File:Vladika sava.jpg

o B2. Sava I, Vladyka of Montenegro
(1735-44)+(1766-82), *18.1.1702,
+9.3.1782

* A2. Sava; m.
Anna Martinovich

o B1. Radul

File:Vasilije petrovic.jpg

+ C1. Vassili, Vladyka of Montenegro (1744-66),
*9.1.1717, +St.Peterburg 21.3.1766 Vasilije
Petrović-Njegoš (Njeguši, 1709 - Petrograd,
Russia,10 March 1766) was a Prince bishop
of Montenegro. He ruled together with Sava,
his brother

# D1. Ivan # D2. Nikolai

# D3. Raphael, + C2. Djuro

File:Vladika danilo.jpg

o B2. Danilo I, 1st Vladyka
(= Prince Bishop) of Montenegro
(1696-1735), *Niegosch 20.12.1675,
+21.1.1735

o B3. Petar, o B4. Damiar

+ C1. Ivo

+ C2. Ivan, Sardar of Niegosch;
m.Angelika Martinovich

# D1. Petar I, Vladyka of Montenegro (1766-1830),
*Niegosch 4.4.1747, +Cetinje 31.10.1830, Petar I
Petrović Njegoš (St. Peter of Cetinje) (1747-1830)
(Serbian Cyrillic: Петар I Петровић Његош, Свети Петар
Цетињски) was the ruler of Montenegro, the Cetinje Episcop
of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian: Владика or Vladika)
and Exarch (claimholder) of the Serb Orthodox throne. He was
the most popular spiritual and military leader from the Petrović
dynasty. During his long rule, Petar strengthened the state by
uniting the often quarreling tribes, consolidating his control
over Montenegrin lands, introducing the first laws in Montenegro
(Законик Петра I or Zakonik Petra I) and launching the first
program of national liberation and unification of Serbs.

# D2. Sava/Savo

* E1. Georgje * E2. Marsan

* E3. Vok/Vuk * E4. Ivana

* E5. Stana * E6. Ivana

* E7. Gordan

# D3. Tomo; m.Ivana Prorokovich

* E1. Pero, Regent 1851, President
of the Senate of Montenegro

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* E2. Petar II, Vladyka of Montenegro (1830-51),
*Herakevic 13.7.1813, +Cetinje 31.10. Petar II
Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар II
Петровић-Његош) was a Serbian Orthodox Prince-
Bishop (Serbian: Владика, Vladika) of Montenegro
and a ruler who transformed Montenegro from a
theocracy into a secular state. However, he is
most famous as a poet and is considered by many
to be among the greatest poets of the Serbian
language. The first notable writer from Montenegro,
his notable works include The Mountain Wreath
(Serbian: Горски вијенац or Gorski vijenac), the
Light of Microcosm (Луча микрокозма or Luča
mikrokozma), the Serbian Mirror (Огледало српско
or Ogledalo srpsko), and False Tsar Stephen the
Little (Лажни цар Шћепан Мали or Lažni car
Šćepan Mali).

* E3. Joko * E4. Maria

* E5. Pijo * E6. Maria

* E7. Stana

# D4. Stiepo/Sava;
m.Angelika Radamovich

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Prince Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian/Montenegrin Cyrillic: Данило I.
Петровић-Његош) a.k.a. Knjaz Danilo (Montenegrin/Serbian: Князь Данийль
(archaic), Књаз Данило (modern)), known once as Vladika Danilo II), (May
25, 1826, Njeguši, Montenegro - August 13, 1860, Kotor, Austria-Hungary
in today's Montenegro), son of Stiepo/Sava Petrović-Njegoš and wife
Angelika Radamovich. Prince Danilo I of Montenegro, was the prince-bishop
(Vladika) and later Prince (Knjaz) of Montenegro from 1851 to 1860. During
his reign, Montenegro became a secular state, a lay principality instead
of a bishopric-principality. He became involved in a war with the Ottoman
Empire in 1852, the Porte claiming jurisdiction in Montenegro, and the
boundaries between the two countries were not defined until 1858. Danilo,
with the help of his elder brother, Duke Mirko, defeated the Ottomans at
Ostrog in 1853 and at Grahovac in 1858. On January 12, 1855 at Njegoš he
married Princess Darinka Kvekić, who was born in a wealthy family in
Trieste on December 31, 1837 and died on February 14, 1892), daughter of
Prince Marko Kvekić and wife Countess Elisabeth Mirkovich. They had one
daughter, Olga (Cetinje, March 19, 1859 - Venice, September 21, 1896),
who never married and died young.

* E1. Mitar,
Archbishop in Montenegro

* E2. Stanko/Stanislav,
+1851; m.Cristina Urbitza

* F1. Stepan

*Grand Duke Mirko Petrovic Njegos (1820-1867),
older brother of Prince Danilo and father of
King Nikola I, was a soldier, diplomat and poet.

*Njegosch 29.8/10.9.1820, +Njegosch 20.7/1.8.1867;
m.Njegosch 26.10/7.11.1840 Stana Martinovich
(*Baice 15/27.6.1824, +Cetinje

NIKOLA I, Prince of Montenegro in succession to his uncle 13 Aug 1860,

assumed the title King of Montenegro 28 Aug 1910, forced into exile

13 Nov 1918 when Montenegro was annexed to the new Kingdom of the

Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia); b.Njegosh 7 Oct 1841, d.Cap

d'Antibes 1 Mar 1921; m.Cetinje 8 Nov 1860 Milena Vukotic (Cevo

4 May 1847-Cap d'Antibes 16 Mar 1923)

1a) Zorka Ljubica (Cetinje 23 Dec 1864-Cetinje 28 Mar 1890);

m.Cetinje 11 Aug 1883 Pr Peter Karageorgevich [later, Prince

and King of Serbia and then King of the Serbs, Croats and

Slovenes] (Belgrade 11 Jul 1844-Belgrade 16 Aug 1921)

2a) Militza (Cetinje 26 Jul 1866-Alexandria, Egypt 5 Sep 1951);

m.Peterhof 7 Aug 1889 Peter, Grand Duke of Russia

(St.Petersburg 22 Jan 1864-Cap d'Antibes 17 Jun 1931)

3a) Stana (Anastasia) (Cetinje 4 Jan 1868-Cap d'Antibes 15 Nov

1935); m.1st Peterhof 28 Aug 1889 (div 1906) George Pr Romanovsky,

Duke von Leuchtenberg (St.Petersburg 29 Feb 1852-Paris 3 May 1912);

m.2d Yalta 12 May 1907 Nicholas, Grand Duke of Russia

(St.Petersburg 18 Nov 1856-Cap d'Antibes 5 Jan 1929)

4a) Marija (Maritza) (Cetinje 29 Mar

1869-St.Petersburg 7 May 1885)

5a) DANILO Alexander, he assumed the title of King of Montenegro on

the death of his father and abdicated in favor of his nephew 7 Mar 1921

(Cetinje 29 Jun 1871-Vienna 24 Sep 1939); m.Cetinje 27 Jul 1899 Jutta Dss

of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Neustrelitz 24 Jan 1880-Rome 17 Feb 1946)

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6a) Jelena (Elena) (Cetinje 8 Jan 1873-Montpellier 28 Nov 1952);

m.Rome 24 Oct 1896 King Vittorio Emanuele I of Italy

(Naples 11 Nov 1869-Alexandria, Egypt 28 Dec 1947)

7a) Anna (Cetinje 18 Aug 1874-Montreux 22 Apr 1971); m.Cetinje

18 May 1897 Franz Joseph Pr von Battenberg (Padua 24

Sep 1861-Schaffhausen, Switzerland 31 Jul 1924)

8a) Sophia (Cetinje 2 May

1876-Cetinje 14 Jun 1876)

9a) Mirko Dimitri, Grand Voivode of Grahovo and Zetà (Cetinje 17 Apr

1879-Vienna 2 Mar 1918); m.Cetinje 25 Jul 1902 (div 1917) Natalija

Constantinovic (Trieste 10 Oct 1882-Paris 21 Aug 1950)

1b) Shchepac (Stephan) (Cetinje 27

Aug 1903-Cannes 15 Mar 1908)

2b) Stanislav (Cetinje 30 Jan

1905-Cattaro 4 Jan 1908)

3b) MICHAEL, assumed the title King of Montenegro (Podgorica 14 Sep

1908-Paris 24 Mar 1986); m.Paris 27 Jan 1941 (div 1949) Geneviève

Prigent (Saint-Brieuc 4 Dec 1919-Lannion 26 Jan 1990)

1c) NIKOLA Michael Francis (b.Saint-Nicolas-du-Pelem

7 Jul 1944); m.Trebeurden 27 Nov 1976Francine

Navarro (b.Casablanca 27 Jan 1950)

1d) Altinaï

(b.Les Lilas 27 Oct 1977)

2d) Boris

(b.Les Lilas 21 Jan 1980)

4b) Paul, Pr of Raska

(Podgorica 16 May 1910-Jun 1933)

5b) Emanuel (Cetinje 10 Jun

1912-Biarritz 26 Mar 1928)

10a) Xenia (Cetinje 22 Apr

1881-Paris 10 Mar 1960)

11a) Vera (Rijeka 22 Feb 1887

-Cap d'Antibes 31 Oct 1927)

12a) Peter, Grand Voivode of Zahumlije (Cetinje 10 Oct

1889-Meran 7 May 1932); m.Paris 29 Apr 1924 Violet

Wegner (London 26 Jan 1887-Monte Carlo 17 Oct 1960)
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