Royal Family of Montenegro--past and present

[bluetoria]

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[Danjel]

With thanks to Marc!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He send me some great pics and asked me to post them here...so here we go!!!



a young Milena

[Danjel]

her husband Nikolai

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their daughter Militza who became a russian Grand-Duchess

[Danjel]

their daughter Stana who married into the russian imperial family as well

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their daughter Anna, who became Princess of Battenberg

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Their daughter Elena who became Queen of Italy

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their daughter Xenia, Princess of Montenegro

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their daughter Vera, Princess of Montenegro

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their daughter Zorka, who became Queen of Serbia (her husband annexed the country of his father in law!)

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their son Danilo, who became King in exile of Montenegro



with his wife Queen Militza, born Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg

[TampaBay]

Was Nikola politically ambitious for his daughters to make good matches and marry well or did the girls just have that something special and exotic that attracted princes and future kings.

[Marlene]

Was Nikola politically ambitious for his daughters to make good matches and marry well or did the girls just have that something special and exotic that attracted princes and future kings.

TampaBay , have you seen MOntenegrin Royal weddings, a book that was published in Cetijne, about a decade ago ...perhaps earlier.  Includes material about the weddings of all the princesses, etc

[TampaBay]

No, I have not seen this book.

I did not know that such a book existed.

Other than true love, how did all the Montenegrin princesses manage to make such good alliances/matches.  They all seem to be or ended up being love matches.

TampaBay

[Marlene]

No, I have not seen this book.

I did not know that such a book existed.

Other than true love, how did all the Montenegrin princesses manage to make such good alliances/matches.  They all seem to be or ended up being love matches.

TampaBay

Depends on how you describe "love matches" -- the king had the good sense to send his children to Russia -for their education where they came into contact with all the right people.