Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro
Crown Prince Danilo Alexander of Montenegro ( born June 29, 1871 in Cetinje, Montenegro, † September 24, 1939 in Vienna, Austria ) was a member of the house Petrović - Njegoš and titular King of Montenegro.
Life
Danilo was the eldest son of King Nikola I of Montenegro (1841-1921) and his wife Milena Vukotić ( 1847-1923 ). He grew up with his siblings in Cetinje. His sisters, Zorka, Militza, Anastasia, Elena and Anna married into a prestigious European noble houses, Russia, Italy and Germany.
On July 27, 1899 married Crown Prince Danilo Alexander of Montenegro in Cetinje Princess Jutta of Mecklenburg -Strelitz ( 1880-1946 ), second daughter of Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich V and Princess Elizabeth of Anhalt, which changed its name after the wedding Militza. The marriage remained childless.
After the death of his father in 1921, Crown Prince Danilo was on 1 March 1921 King Danilo III. proclaimed. Since he was only king in exile, he thanked after a week in favor of his nephew, Prince Michael of Montenegro, and went with his wife Militza into Italian exile.
Worth mentioning
- The Princely House of Prince Nikola I was the inspiration for Franz Lehár 's operetta The Merry Widow. Even if the name Montenegro was renamed in the original libretto for reasons of censorship in the name of the similar sounding Spanish city Pontevedro: South Slavic -inspired musical numbers and especially the persons name Danilo and Njegoš (name of the Montenegrin dynasty ) can detect this easily; as once Princess Jutta of Mecklenburg -Strelitz married the widow Hanna Glawari a funny operetta Danilo.
- Petrović - Njegoš
- King
- Yugoslav
- Man
- Born in 1871
- Died in 1939