Princess Anastasia of Montenegro

Infobox Person
name = Princess Anastasia of Montenegro


image_size = 220px
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birth_date = birth date|1868|23|12|mf=y
birth_place = Cetinje, Montenegro
death_date = death date and age|1935|11|25|1868|23|12|mf=y
death_place = Cap d'Antibes, France
spouse = i) George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg
ii) Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia
issue = Sergei (1890-1974)
Elena (1892-1971)
royal house = Petrović-Njegoš
parents = Nicholas I of Montenegro (father)
Milena Vukotić (mother)

Princess Anastasia Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro (23 December 1868 in Cetinje, Montenegro–25 November 1935 in Cap d'Antibes, France) was the daughter of King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro (1841-1921) and his wife, Milena Vukotić (1847-1923).

Anastasia had divorced her first husband, George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg (1852-1912), in 1906. They had two children, son Sergei (1890-1974) and daughter Elena (1892-1971). Six months later (1907) she was married to Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856-1929), but the marriage was childless. Both her husbands were grandsons of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia (1796-1855).

Both were deeply religious Orthodox Christians, with a tendency to mysticism. Since the Montenegrins were a fiercely Slavic, anti-Turkish people from the Balkans, Anastasia reinforced the Pan Slav tendencies of Nicholas.

Anastasia and her husband escaped Russia and the Bolsheviks in 1919 aboard a British battleship, HMS Marlborough. The settled briefly in Italy and later in France, spending winters on the Riviera.

External links

* [http://www.njegoskij.org/ The Njegoskij Fund Public Project] : Private family archives-based digital documentary fund focused on history and culture of Royal Montenegro.
* [http://wikii.itam.ws/index.php/Anastasija-Stana Crnogorska princeza Anastasija-Stana]