Princess Milica of Montenegro

Princess Milica of Montenegro
Grand Duchess Militza Nikolaevna of Russia
Spouse	Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia
Issue
Princess Marina Petrovna Prince Roman Petrovich Princess Nadejda Petrovna Princess Sofia Petrovna
Full name
Milica Petrović-Njegoš
Father	Nicholas I of Montenegro
Mother	Milena Vukotić
Born	14 July 1866(1866-07-14) Cetinje, Montenegro
Died	5 September 1951(1951-09-05) (aged 85) Alexandria, Egypt

Princess Milica Petrović-Njegoš, also known as Grand Duchess Militza, (14 July 1866 Cetinje, Montenegro – 5 September 1951 Alexandria, Egypt) was a Montenegrin princess. She was the daughter of King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro and his wife, Milena Vukotić. Milica was the wife of Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, the younger brother of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, whose wife was Milica's sister, Anastasia.

Milica and Anastasia

Milica and her sister Anastasia were invited by Alexander III of Russia to be educated at the Russian Smolny Institute, which was a school for "noble maids".^[1] Both sisters were socially very influential at the Russian imperial court. Nicknamed jointly "the black peril", they were interested in the occult. They are discredited with introducing first a charlatan mystic named Philippe Nizier-Vashod (usually referred to merely as "Philippe"),^[2] and then (with graver consequences) Grigori Rasputin to the Imperial family.

Children

Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia and Princess Milica were married on 26 July 1889 in Saint Petersburg. The couple had 4 children:

• Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia (1892–1981)
• Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (1896–1978)
• Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia (1898–1988)
• Princess Sofia Petrovna of Russia (3 March 1898 – 3 March 1898); buried in the convent cemetery in Kiev by her grandmother, Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna, who was a nun there

External links

• The Njegoskij Fund Public Project : Private family archives-based digital documentary fund focused on history and culture of Royal Montenegro.

References

1. ^ Perry, John Curtis (1999). The Flight of the Romanovs: A Family Saga. New York: Basic Books. p. 107. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=45HabNciifAC&oi=fnd&pg=PR12&dq=Leuchtenberg+duke+alexander+george&ots=s5-9rQ3H4x&sig=SCLfFWuLYKqJl-WqC51qVaeFKMU#v=onepage&q=Leuchtenberg%20duke%20alexander%20george&f=false. 
2. ^ Radzinsky, Edvard. Rasputin: The Last Word. London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2000, pp. 59-67.

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Name	Milica Of Montenegro
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Date of birth	14 July 1866
Place of birth	Cetinje, Montenegro
Date of death	5 September 1951
Place of death	Alexandria, Egypt