Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia
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Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich | |||||
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Born | Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | 22 January 1864||||
Died | 17 June 1931 Antibes, France | (aged 67)||||
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Father | Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia | ||||
Mother | Duchess 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:
- Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia (1892–1981)
- Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (1896–1978)
- Princess Nadezhda Petrovna of Russia (1898–1988)
- Princess Sofia Petrovna of Russia (3 March 1898 – 3 March 1898); buried in the convent cemetery in Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna, who was a nun there
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
- Grand Duchy of Oldenburg: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, 12 July 1880
- Grand Duchy of Hesse: Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 15 June 1884[2]
- Kingdom of Prussia: Knight of the Black Eagle, 16 September 1884[3]
- Grand Duchy of Baden:[4]
- Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1885
- Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, 1885
- France: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, 4 March 1896[5]
- Victor Emmanuel III of Italy[7]
- Kingdom of Montenegro: Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I[8]
Exile
The couple escaped the
, in September 1951.Ancestry
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References
- ^ Russian Imperial Army - Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (In Russian)
- ^ "Ludewigs-orden", Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1914, p. 5 – via hathitrust.org
- ^ "Schwarzer Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1886, p. 9 – via hathitrust.org
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1896), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 62, 77
- ^ 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
- ^ Italy. Ministero dell'interno (1920). Calendario generale del regno d'Italia. p. 57.
- ^ "Latest intelligence - Italy and Russia". The Times. No. 36823. London. 18 July 1902. p. 3.
- ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 619.