Montenegrin Family Order of Saint Peter

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The family order of St. Peter was a house order of the Montenegrin dynasty Petrović - Njegosch.

The Order of Peter

The order was founded around 1870 by the Prince (later king ) of Montenegro Nicholas I in memory of his uncle Danilo I and at the same time of the Vladika , Saint Peter I. Petrowić-Njegosch of Cetinje , who ruled Montenegro for 48 years and the independence of the Landes consolidated.

The order was a one-class breast decoration. The order cross was a red enamelled Maltese cross with a white border. There were golden lions in the corners of the cross. The obverse of the middle medallion showed the figure of the Blessed Virgin Mary against a red background and was surrounded by a blue ribbon with the Cyrillic inscription Danilo Crnogorski (Danilo of Montenegro) . In the reverse of the medallion the annual dates "1852–3" as a reminder of the year in which the independence of the country was recognized by the powers and as a frame the inscription (transl.) "For the independence of Montenegro". In the uppermost arm of the cross there was still a golden lion and above it the silver double-headed eagle of Montenegro with full regalia, crowned by a golden royal crown. The medal was worn on a red, blue and white triangular ribbon by an Austrian model.

The order was given only to the members of the dynasty, their descendants and some foreign heads of state, e.g. B. to the Tsar Alexander II , Nicholas' sons-in-law Peter I of Serbia and Viktor Emanuel III. of Italy and to Alexander I of Yugoslavia , who later deprived his maternal grandfather, King Nicholas, of the throne.

After the death of King Nicholas in 1921 , the order was only awarded as a private house order.

See also

literature

  • Dimitri Romanoff: The Orders, Medals and History of Montenegro . Balkan Heritage, Rungsted Kyst 1988, ISBN 87-981267-2-5