Thursday, April 17, 2008

Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia


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  2. Princess Zorka of Montenegro
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    Princess Zorka of Montenegro
    Princess Zorka Karageorgevich
    Spouse Prince Peter Karageorgevich
    Issue
    Helen, Princess Elena Petrovna of Russia
    George, Crown Prince of Serbia
    Alexander I
    Full name
    Ljubica Petrović-Njegoš
    House House of Karageorgevich
    House of Petrović-Njegoš
    Father Nicholas I of Montenegro
    Mother Milena Vukotić
    Born 23 December 1864(1864-12-23)
    Cetinje
    Died 16 March 1890(1890-03-16) (aged 25)
    Cetinje
    Burial Oplenac Royal Mausoleum

    Princess Ljubica Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro (Serbian: Љубица Петровић-Његош; 23 December 1864 – 16 March 1890), and later became Princess Zorka Karađorđević in Serbia. She was better known as Princess Zorka.

    She was the eldest child of the Montenegrin monarch Nicholas I and Milena Vukotić, and the wife of Peter Karađorđević (who would become King of Serbia in 1903, long after her death).
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    * 1 Life
    * 2 Marriage and children
    * 3 References
    * 4 External links

    Life

    Born in Cetinje, Montenegro at the time when her father was already the reigning Prince of Montenegro (his uncle Danilo II Petrović-Njegoš having died in 1860). Zorka was educated in Russia before returning to Montenegro to be engaged to Karađorđević. The ability of Zorka's father Nicholas to arrange his daughters’ dynastically beneficial marriages cannot be denied; Zorka's sister Elena married the future King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.
    Marriage and children

    Described as "exuberant" by one commentator, Zorka married Peter in Cetinje on 1 August 1883 in a Greek Orthodox ceremony.[1]

    They had five children:

    * Helen (4 November 1884 – 16 October 1962).
    * Milena (28 April 1886 – 21 December 1887).
    * George (8 September 1887 – 17 October 1972).
    * Alexander (16 December 1888 – 9 October 1934).
    * Andrew (born and died 16 March 1890).

    Zorka died aged just 25 on 16 March 1890 in Cetinje during childbirth and was buried in the Church of St. George in Topola, Serbia.
    References

    1. ^ The Times, "Montenegro", 13 August 1883.

    External links

    * The Njegoskij Fund Public Project : Private family archives-based digital documentary fund focused on history and culture of Royal Montenegro.
    * Crnogorska princeza Zorka
    * Crnogorske princeze

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    Name Zorka Of Montenegro
    Alternative names
    Short description Princess of Montenegro
    Date of birth 23 December 1864
    Place of birth Cetinje
    Date of death 16 March 1890
    Place of death Cetinje
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