Princess Anna Petrovich-Negosh ( August 18, 1874 - April 22, 1971 ) - Princess of Montenegro, the seventh child and sixth daughter of Montenegrin Prince Nicholas I and Milena Vukovich , Princess Battenberg by marriage, sister of the Italian Queen Helena of Montenegro , Grand Duchess Milica and Anastasia Nikolaevna .
| Anna Petrovich-Negosh, Princess of Montenegro | ||||
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| Anna Petrović-Njegoš, Princess of Montenegro | ||||
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| Birth | August 18, 1874 Cetinje , Montenegro | |||
| Death | April 22, 1971 (96 years) Montreux , Switzerland | |||
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| Rod | Petrovichi Battenberg (by husband) | |||
| Father | Nikola I Petrovich | |||
| Mother | Vukotic, Milena Petrovna | |||
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| Children | not | |||
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Family
Anna was born on August 18, 1874 . She was the seventh child and sixth daughter of Prince of Montenegro Nicholas I and Milena Vukovich . Prince Nikolai Negosh (from 1910 - the King) served as governor for almost sixty years and became a famous political figure in Europe. He was a monarch in a small, remote from everyone and the entire principality. The center of the principality was the city of Cetinje . The fame and influence of the Montenegrin prince brought marriages of his children. They were born to him and Milena twelve. For some, the father found such a marriage party, which some could only dream of. Crown Prince Danilo in 1899 married Princess Mecklenburg-Strelitz Jutta , who adopted the name Milena in Orthodoxy. Since 1883, the eldest daughter of Zorka has been married to the Serbian prince Peter I Karageorgievich , since 1903 - the king of Serbia. Daughter Helen in 1896 married the Crown Prince of Italy, who in 1900 became king under the name of Victor Emmanuel III . Other daughters, Militia and Anastasia , married the grandchildren of Emperor Nicholas I and became members of the imperial house of the Romanovs . Education Anna, like all her sisters received in Russia.
Marriage
Prince Franz Joseph Battenberg met her future wife in France, where he was a guest of Anna’s sister Grand Duchess Milica and her husband. Soon after, the engagement of Montenegrin Princess Anne and Prince of Battenberg Franz Joseph was announced. The Battenberg family was the morganatic branch of the Hesse-Darmstadt home. Franz's father was Prince Alexander of Hesse-Darmstadt , brother of the Russian Empress Maria Alexandrovna . He married Julia von Hauke in 1851 . Alexander's brother, the Grand Duke of Hesse, Ludwig III, gave Julia the title of Countess Battenberg for her and her descendants, who would not be able to claim the Hessian throne.
Anna and Franz received permission to marry from Queen Victoria and the Russian emperor. May 18, 1897 in the presence of the whole family, she married him. Franz was a good friend of Emperor Nicholas II . The king, after the wedding, gave the spouses a dowry of about one million rubles.
Spouses are very suited to each other. He told her that she was unusually alive, tall and beautiful . Her husband was also beautiful, educated and well read. There were no children in marriage. Before the First World War, they lived in Darmstadt , and then went to neutral Switzerland. By that time, the financial condition of the spouses was critical. Anna began to write music in order to supplement the family budget.
Since 1917 , when the English king abandoned all German titles, including the title of Prince Battenberg , Franz did not give up his last name and was the only prince in the family who continued to wear it. He died on August 31, 1924 . Anna herself died in 1971 at the age of 96, having outlived all of her brothers and sisters.
Titles
- August 18, 1874 - May 18, 1897 : Her Serene Princess Montenegrin
- May 18, 1897 - August 18, 1910 : Her Serene Princess Battenberg
- August 18, 1910 - April 22, 1971 : Her Royal Highness Princess Battenberg