The Order of Saint Peter of Cetinje (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Орден Светог Петра Цетињског) is the a dynastic order of the
Royal House of Petrović-Njegoš.
As Montenegro is now a republic, the order is distributed as a private house order of the deposed family.
The Order is bestowed upon prominent members of the Petrović-Njegoš family, as well as to others.
The name of
Prince Danilo, the first Montenegrin ruler with a purely secular title, is inscribed on the Decoration.
The Order was named after the Patron Saint of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church, Prince-Bishop (
Vladika
Vladika or Wladika ( sr, владика) is a Slavic title and address of bishops in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In Old Church Slavonic, the meaning of the word is ''Mr.''
From the early-16th to the mid-19th century in Montenegro, the title r ...
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Peter I Petrović, the person who effectively obtained independence for Montenegro, and to whom is attributed the creation of the modern Montenegrin State.
Officers of the Order
* Grand Master:
Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro
Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-cyr, Никола I Петровић-Његош; – 1 March 1921) was the last monarch of Montenegro from 1860 to 1918, reigning as prince from 1860 to 1910 and as the country's first and only king from 1910 to 19 ...
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Grand Chancellor:
Boris, Hereditary Prince of Montenegro (29 August 2012)
Recipients
*
Princess Véronique of Montenegro, Grand Duchess of Grahavo and Zeta
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Princess Milena of Montenegro
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Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg[Annual Memorial Service in Mirow]
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* Alice, Duchess of Mecklenburg[
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References
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Orders, decorations, and medals of Montenegro
Peter of Cetinje