Milo Petrović-Njegoš (

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: Мило Петровић-Његош; 3 October 1889 – 22 November 1978) was a prince of

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. He was a direct descendant of Radul Petrović, brother of

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Danilo I.

Biography

Prince Milo was born in

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on 3 October 1889 to Đuro Petrović and Stane-Cane Đurašković. During

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, he was the

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of the

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Brigade. Prince Milo left Montenegro in 1919 and continued for more than a half century all around the world to struggle for Montenegrin rights and renewal of Montenegrin statehood. He married Helena Grace Smith in

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, on 3 September 1927. On 23 October 1928, his only child,

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was born in

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, United States. He left his family the following year and settled in London. He later moved to Dublin, Ireland where he owned an antiques shop. Later in his life, he moved to

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. He died in Barringtons Hospital, Limerick on 22 November 1978. He is buried in the graveyard of St Mary's Cathedral,

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References

1889 births 1978 deaths People from Cetinje Montenegrin royalty Petrović-Njegoš dynasty Princes of Montenegro Montenegrin people of World War I Montenegrin expatriates in the United Kingdom {{Serbia-noble-stub