Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia

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Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich
Born(1864-01-22)22 January 1864
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died17 June 1931(1931-06-17) (aged 67)
Antibes, France
Spouse
(m. 1889)
Issue
Names
Peter Nikolaevich Romanov
Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
FatherGrand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia
MotherDuchess Alexandra of Oldenburg

Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (

Russian Imperial Family
.

Early life and marriage

Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich was the second son of

Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaievich the Elder (1831–1891) and Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg
(1838–1900).

He was born in Saint Petersburg. As was the custom for Russian Grand Dukes (the title applied to all sons and grandsons of a Russian Emperor), the Grand Duke Peter served in the Russian army as a Lt.-General and Adjutant-General.

On 26 July 1889, he married

Milica of Montenegro (1866–1951), daughter of King Nicholas I of Montenegro
(1841–1921). The Grand Duke and Duchess had four children:

Life at court

In 1907, his elder brother,

Empress Alexandra
(1872–1918). However, by 1914, Alexandra herself referred to them as "the black family" and felt herself to be manipulated by them.

Honours and awards

The Grand Duke received several Russian and foreign decorations:[1]

Russian
  • Knight of St. Andrew, 1864
  • Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky, 1864
  • Knight of St. Anna
    , Knight 1st Class, 1864
  • Knight of the White Eagle
    , 1864
  • Knight of St. Stanislaus
    , 1st Class, 11 June 1865
  • Knight of St. Vladimir
    , 4th Class, 1887; 3rd Class, 1901; 2nd Class, 1911
Foreign

Exile

The couple escaped the

Cap d'Antibes, near Antibes on 17 June 1931. His wife died in Alexandria, Egypt
, in September 1951.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Russian Imperial Army - Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (In Russian)
  2. ^ "Ludewigs-orden", Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1914, p. 5 – via hathitrust.org
  3. ^ "Schwarzer Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1886, p. 9 – via hathitrust.org{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1896), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 62, 77
  5. ^ WATTEL Michel et Béatrice, Les Grand'Croix de la Légion d'honneur. De 1805 à nos jours, titulaires français et étrangers, Archives et Culture, 2009
  6. ^ Italy. Ministero dell'interno (1920). Calendario generale del regno d'Italia. p. 57.
  7. ^ "Latest intelligence - Italy and Russia". The Times. No. 36823. London. 18 July 1902. p. 3.
  8. ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 619.