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Princesses Of Montenegro
This is a list of princesses of Montenegro, including those who continued to use the title after Montenegro, Serbia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) ceased to be monarchies. Princesses by blood Princesses by marriage For a list of Princesses and Queens Consort, see List of Montenegrin royal consorts. {, class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable ! class="unsortable", Image ! Name ! Birth ! Death ! Spouse ! Father , -align=center , , Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , 24 January 1880 Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German Empire , 17 February 1946 (aged 66) Rome, Kingdom of Italy , Danilo II, Crown Prince of Montenegro , Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (m. 1899; died 1939) , -align=center , , Natalija Konstantinović , 10 October 1882 Trieste, Austria-Hungary , 21 August 1950 (aged 67) Paris, France , Prince Mirko of Montenegro Gaston Errembault de Dudzeele , Colonel Alexander Konstantinović , -ali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Anastasia Of Montenegro, Duchess Of Leuchtenberg Grand Duchess Of Russia
Anastasia (from el, Ἀναστασία, translit=Anastasía) is a feminine given name of Greek origin, derived from the Greek word (), meaning "resurrection". It is a popular name in Eastern Europe, particularly in Russia, where it was the most used name for decades until 2008. Origin The name Anastasia originated during the early days of Christianity and was given to many Greek girls born in December and around Easter. It was established as the female form (Greek: ) of the male name Anastasius (Greek: ''Anastasios'' ), and has the meaning of "she/he of the resurrection". It is the name of several early saints; including Anastasia of Sirmium, a central saint from the 2nd century who is commemorated during the first Mass on Christmas Dawn each year according to the traditional calendar of the Catholic Church and on December 22 according to the Eastern Orthodox Church. Slavic diminutives include Nastya, Nastia or Nastja (Serbian, Slovenian) as well as various hypocoris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Xenia Of Montenegro
Princess Xenia Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro, also known as Princess Ksenija or Kseniya, (22 April 1881 – 10 March 1960) was a member of the House of Petrović-Njegoš as a daughter of Nicholas I of Montenegro. As a young woman, Princess Xenia's appearance in contemporary newspapers was almost entirely the result of seemingly never-ending rumours of suitors, engagements, and marriages. Speculated candidates included but were not limited to Alexander I of Serbia; Greek brothers Prince Nicholas, Prince George, and Prince Andrew; and Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, among others. Early life Princess Xenia of Montenegro was born in Cetinje on 22 April 1881 as the eighth daughter of Nicholas I of Montenegro and his wife Milena Vukotić. Unlike her eldest sisters, Princess Xenia was not sent to study in Russia at the Smolny Institute.Houston, Marco, ''Nikola & Milena. King & Queen of the Black Mountain.Leppi publications, 2003, . P. 213. Along with her younger sister, Vera, Xen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Francis Joseph Of Battenberg
Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg, (german: Franz Joseph; 24 September 1861 – 31 July 1924), was the fourth and youngest son and child of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and his morganatic wife Countess Julia von Hauke. Biography At one time, he was considered for the throne of Bulgaria, which eventually went to his brother Alexander;Stuart, Amanda Mackenzie, ''Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and Mother in the Gilded Age,'' Harper Perennial, 2005, p. 101 nonetheless, as Alexander was unmarried and without legitimate heirs at the time, Francis Joseph was considered heir presumptive to the throne. He followed his brother to Bulgaria, where he served as a colonel in the Bulgarian cavalry, seeing action during the Serbo-Bulgarian War. During the coup of 1886, he was arrested and expelled from Bulgaria, along with his brother. From an early age Francis Joseph showed great interest in science, and unlike his brothers – who pursued careers in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux (, , ; frp, Montrolx) is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. It belongs to the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, and has a population of approximately 26,433, with about 85,000 in the agglomeration Vevey-Montreux as 2019. Located in the centre of a region named ''Riviera'' (french: Riviera vaudoise), Montreux has been an important tourist destination since the 19th century due to its mild climate. The region includes numerous Belle Époque palaces and hotels near the shores of Lake Geneva. Montreux railway station is a stop on the Simplon Railway and is a mountain railway hub. History The earliest settlement was a Late Bronze Age village at Baugy. Montreux lies on the north east shore of Lake Geneva at the fork in the Roman road from Italy over the Simplon Pass, where the roads to the Roman capital of Aventicum and the road into Gaul through Besançon separated. This made it an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Anna Of Montenegro
Princess Anna of Montenegro (18 August 1874 – 22 April 1971) was the seventh child and sixth daughter of Nicholas I of Montenegro and his wife Queen Milena. Family and early life Anna was born on 18 August 1874 to Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro and his consort Princess Milena; on 28 August 1910, Nicholas would become King of Montenegro. Anna's sisters were particularly noted for achieving marriages with powerful royal figures, causing their father, like the contemporary Christian IX of Denmark, to earn the sobriquet "father-in-law of Europe"; one source declared that these advantageous marriages "had done more for ontenegrothan all the brave deeds of this nation of warriors". For instance, Princesses Zorka, Milica, Anastasia and Elena all made important marriages into the royal families of Serbia, Russia and Italy, respectively. Like all her sisters, Anna was educated in Russia at the expense of the Russian imperial family, and upon each of their marriages, were given dowrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Emmanuel III Of Italy
Victor Emmanuel III (Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando Maria Gennaro di Savoia; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947) was King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946. He also reigned as Emperor of Ethiopia (1936–1941) and King of the Albanians (1939–1943). During his reign of nearly 46 years, which began after the assassination of his father Umberto I, the Kingdom of Italy became involved in two world wars. His reign also encompassed the birth, rise, and fall of Italian Fascism and its regime. During the First World War, Victor Emmanuel III accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Paolo Boselli and named Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (the ''premier of victory'') in his place. Despite being on the winning side of the First World War, Italy did not get all the territories which had been promised to it in the 1915 Treaty of London; the Treaty of Versailles, ending the war, failed to give Italy its demands for Fiume and Dalmatia. This mutilated victory led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montpellier, France
Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the department of Hérault. In 2018, 290,053 people lived in the city, while its metropolitan area had a population of 787,705.Comparateur de territoire INSEE, retrieved 20 June 2022. The inhabitants are called Montpelliérains. In the Middle Ages, Montpellier was an important city of the (and was the birthplace of ), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Of Montenegro
Elena of Montenegro (; 8 January 1873 – 28 November 1952) was a Montenegrin princess as the daughter of King Nicholas I of Montenegro and his wife, Queen Milena. She was Queen of Italy from 1900 until 1946 as wife of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. Due to the Fascist conquest of the Ethiopian Empire in 1936 and Albania in 1939, Queen Elena briefly used the claimed titles of Empress of Ethiopia and Queen of Albania; both titles were dropped when her husband formally renounced them in 1943. With the opening of the case for her canonization, she was made Servant of God by the Catholic Church in 2001. Biography Early life She was born in Cetinje, at the time the capital of the Principality of Montenegro. She was raised in the values and unity of the family; the conversation at the table was conducted in French, and politics and poetry were discussed with equal ease; habits and relationships in the Petrović-Njegoš family did not stifle the spontaneity of characters and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00061, Elena Von Montenegro
The German Federal Archives or Bundesarchiv (BArch) (german: Bundesarchiv) are the National Archives of Germany. They were established at the current location in Koblenz in 1952. They are subordinated to the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media ( Claudia Roth since 2021) under the German Chancellery, and before 1998, to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. On 6 December 2008, the Archives donated 100,000 photos to the public, by making them accessible via Wikimedia Commons. History The federal archive for institutions and authorities in Germany, the first precursor to the present-day Federal Archives, was established in Potsdam, Brandenburg in 1919, a later date than in other European countries. This national archive documented German government dating from the founding of the North German Confederation in 1867. It also included material from the older German Confederation and the Imperial Chamber Court. The oldest documents in this collection dated back to the year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Of Russia (1856-1929)
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia may refer to: * Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831-1891), third son and sixth child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia * Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856-1929), his son {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Grand Duke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke Of Leuchtenberg
Prince George Maximilianovich Romanowsky, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg (29 February 1852 – 16 May 1912), also known as Prince Georgii Romanovsky or Georges de Beauharnais, was the youngest son of Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg and his wife, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819–1876), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. Family and early life George's father Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg had traveled to St. Petersburg, eventually winning the hand of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819–1876), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, Nicholas I of Russia, Nicholas I's eldest daughter in 1839. Maximilian was subsequently bestowed with the style ''Imperial Highness''. As the son of a Russian grand duchess and an ennobled Russian prince ''Romanowsky'', George and his siblings were treated as princes and princesses of the blood, bearing the styles ''Imperial Highness''. After their father's death in 1852, Grand Duchess Maria M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
