Anastasia of Montenegro
Princess Anastasia Nikolajewna of Montenegro (* December 23, 1867 July / January 4, 1868 greg. In Cetinje , Montenegro , † November 25, 1935 in Antibes , France ) was a member of the House of Petrović-Njegoš . She belonged to the group of women who introduced the traveling preacher Rasputin to the Russian Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna .
Life
Anastasia was the third daughter of King Nikola I of Montenegro (1841-1921) and his wife Milena Vukotić (1847-1923). Stana, as she was called in the family, grew up with her siblings in Cetinje. Together with her sister Militza , she received an education in Saint Petersburg at the Smolny Institute .
In 1889, Princess Anastasia of Montenegro married Georgi Maximilianowitsch de Beauharnais , 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg and Prince Romanowsky, the fourth son of Maximilian de Beauharnais and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Nikolajewna Romanowa in Saint Petersburg . A grandson of the Russian Tsar Nicholas I. Their marriage resulted in two children, Sergei Georgiwitsch (1890–1974) and Elena Georgiowna (1892–1971). The marriage was divorced in October 1906, the reason for the divorce is said to have been her bondage to the traveling preacher Rasputin .
Six months later, on April 29, 1907, she married Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Romanow (1856–1929), the older son of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Romanow and Princess Alexandra of Oldenburg in Yalta in the Crimea . The marriage remained childless. Both were deeply religious Orthodox Christians with an inclination towards the occult and mysticism .
In 1903 Rasputin settled in Saint Petersburg and opened a doctor-like consulting room in his rented apartment. His group of patients consisted mainly of women from all educational and social backgrounds. During the consultations, the ladies gathered around the table in the dining room and waited for an invitation into Rasputin's bedroom, which he called the “Holy of Holies”. The most incredible rumors about the "miraculous powers" of the alleged healer quickly spread. The miraculous qualities of Rasputin did not go unnoticed by the tsar's court in Saint Petersburg. Z. B. Princess Anastasia and her sister Grand Duchess Militza Nikolajewna , wife of Grand Duke Peter Nikolajewitsch Romanow . The two sisters were known as "Black Princesses" and both were very fond of the occult. In 1907 Rasputin was called to see Tsar Nicholas II . His son Alexei suffered from haemophilia ( "blood disease" ), and in Rasputin's presence the suffering of the young heir to the throne actually eased. This earned him the unreserved favor of Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna and the admiration of the Tsar. Rasputin used the protection of the Tsar's court and gained an influential position. However, he avoided living at court and continued to shock the residents of Saint Petersburg with his wild debauchery.
Her husband, Grand Duke Nikolai, was transferred to the Caucasus Front as commander , where he was more successful against the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire . His military career ended with the February Revolution of 1917 . The couple spent their time in the Crimea until 1919 , some of them under house arrest. In 1919 they were able to flee on the British warship HMS Marlborough just before the Red Army invaded. After a short stay with her brother-in-law, the Italian King Victor Emanuel III. they settled near Paris . Her husband died in early 1929 while on vacation on the Côte d'Azur .
In 1935 she died in Antibes, where her parents had a villa. In 1989 her remains ( as well as those of her parents and two of her sisters ) were transferred to Montenegro.
literature
- Carolly Erickson: Alexandra Romanowa: die last Tsarina , Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-492-04466-0
- Hadassa Ben-Itto: "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion". Anatomy of a falsification , Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-7466-8070-0 , pp. 59-61.
Web links
- Ever. W. Ptschelow and AN Bochanow: Genealogy of the Romanows 1613–2001 (Генеалогия Романовых 1613–2001), Exlibris-Press, 2001, page 138 (Russian)
- Petrović Njegoš on genealogy.eu
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anastasia of Montenegro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Duchess of Leuchtenberg; Princess Romanowsky; Grand Duchess Romanova |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Member of the Petrović-Njegoš house |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cetinje , Montenegro |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 1935 |
| Place of death | Antibes , France |