Mirko Petrović-Njegoš
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Mirko Petrović-Njegoš (Cyrillic: Мирко Петровић-Његош), Grand Duke of Grahovo[1] (August 29/September 10, 1820 - Njegoš, July 20/August 1, 1867) was a Montenegrin Serb soldier, diplomat and poet of the House of Petrović-Njegoš. He was the older brother of Prince Danilo I and father of King Nikola, son of Stiepo/Sava Petrović-Njegoš and wife Angelika Radamovich. He is famous for winning the Battle of Grahovac on May 1, 1858, leading the Montenegrin army against the Turks.
His epic corpus Junački spomenik (Heroic Monument), published in the Montenegrin capital of Cetinje in 1864, glorifies Serbdom and Montenegrin contributions to it, and tells of the great victories of the Montenegrins over the Ottoman Empire.
He married at Njegoš on October 26/November 7, 1840 Stana Martinovich (Baice, June 15/June 27, 1824 - Cetinje, December 23, 1894/January 12, 1895), and had a son Nikola and two daughters Anastasia, who died on March 29, 1879, married to Sava Plamenać, and Maria, married to Y. Godević.
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His writings include this book of poetry owned by the Library of Congress in Washington, DC:
- Junački spomenik. (1951; 185 pages) LCCN: 55037918 Call number: PG1418.P53 J8
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- ^ The Peerage.com page references Louda, Jirí and Michael MacLagan. Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition. London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999.
