Princess Anastasia of Montenegro

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House of Petrović-Njegoš

Nicholas I Children    Princess Zorka    Grand Duchess Milica of Russia    Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia    Crown Prince Danilo    Queen Elena of Italy    Princess Anna of Battenberg    Princess Sophia    Peter, Grand Voivode of Zahumlije Grandchildren    Prince Stephan    Prince Stanislav    Prince Michael    Prince Paul    Prince Emanuel Great Grandchildren    Prince Nikola Great Great Grandchildren    Princess Altinaï    Prince Boris

Princess Anastasia Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro (1868-1935) was the daughter of King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro and his wife, Milena Vukotić.

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.

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.

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