MONTENEGRO

The members of this family bear the title Prince[ss] Petrovich Njegosh of Montenegro (Royal Highness).

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)

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 1976 Francine Navarro (b.Casablanca 27 Jan 1950)

1d) Altinaï (b.Les Lilas 27 Oct 1977)

2d) Boris (b.Les Lilas 21 Jan 1980); ?m.12 May 2007 Véronique Haillot Canas da Silva (b.São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, Portugal 27 Jul 1976)

1e) Milena (b.Les Lilas 11 Feb 2008)

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)