Milena of Montenegro
Milena Vukotić (Serbian Милена Вукотић ; born April 22 . Jul / 4. May 1847 greg. In Čevo , Montenegro; † 16th March 1923 in Antibes ) was Princess and Queen of Montenegro.
Life
She was the daughter of Vojvoden Petar Vukotić and his wife Jelena Vojvodić and was born on October 27th . / November 8th 1860 greg. married Prince Nikola in the then Montenegrin capital of Cetinje , who proclaimed the Kingdom of Montenegro in 1910 and made himself the first king. After the First World War , Montenegro was united with the Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenes , with which there was already a dynastic connection, as Nikolas and Milena's daughter Zorka had been married to the Serbian King Peter I since 1883 .
Nikola and Milena went into exile in southern France ; she died two years after her husband in Antibes on the Côte d'Azur . She was first buried in San Remo and only transferred to the Church of the Birth of Mary in Cetinje on October 1st, 1989.
The royal house around Prince Nikola I was the inspiration for Franz Lehár's operetta "The Merry Widow". Even if the name "Montenegro" in the original libretto was renamed to the similar sounding Spanish city "Pontevedro" for reasons of censorship: South Slavic music numbers and above all the personal names Danilo and Njegoš (name of the Montenegrin dynasty) make this easy to recognize.
Twelve children emerged from the joint relationship:
- Princess Zorka (1864–1890) ⚭ 1883 Peter I , King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
- Princess Milica (1866–1951) ⚭ 1889 Grand Duke Peter Nikolajewitsch of Russia
- Princess Anastasija (1868-1935)
- ⚭ 1889–1906 Duke Georg von Leuchtenberg
- ⚭ 1907 Grand Duke Nikolaus Nikolajewitsch of Russia
- Princess Marija (1869-1885)
- Crown Prince Danilo (1871–1939) ⚭ 1899 Princess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Princess Jelena (1873–1952) ⚭ 1896 King Viktor Emanuel III. from Italy
- Princess Anna (1874–1971) ⚭ Prince Franz Joseph von Battenberg
- Princess Sofija (1876–1876)
- Prince Mirko (1879–1918) ⚭ 1902 Natalija Konstantinovic, whose grandson Nikola is the current head of the family because Mirko's brother, Crown Prince Danilo, remained childless
- Princess Xenia (1881-1960)
- Princess Vjera (1887–1927)
- Prince Peter (1889–1932) ⚭ Violet Ljubitza Wegner (1887–1960)
Web links
- Petrović Njegoš on genealogy.eu
- Appointment of the House of Karađorđević , Research Center of Orthodox Monarchism (Serbian)
source
- Center d'Études des Dynasties Royales Européenes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Milena of Montenegro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vukotić, Milena; Милена Вукотић (Serbian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | by marriage Princess and Queen of Montenegro |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Čevo , Montenegro |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 16, 1923 |
| Place of death | Antibes |