Order of Petrović Njegoš

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Order of Petrović Njegoš
Орден Петровић Његош
Boris, Hereditary Prince of Montenegro
Precedence
Next (higher)-
Next (lower)Order of Prince Danilo I

Ribbon of the order

The Order of Petrović Njegoš (

Royal House of Petrović-Njegoš
.

In the same year of the foundation of the Order and Dynastic celebration, King Nicholas's fifth daughter, Princess

Prince Victor Emmanuel of Savoy
, the heir to the Italian Throne.

The Order is given to members of the Dynasty and kinsmen exclusively. The Order was not bestowed in 1996 while Montenegro remained a non-sovereign state.

In 2008, celebrating the passage of 300 years since the first Petrović Njegoš rulers ascent,

Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro
, bestowed the Order in recognition of this landmark.

The upper arm of the cross bears the Cyrillic initial "D" that stands for Danilo I - the first Petrović Njegoš Hereditary Bishop - and the lower one "N" for Nicholas I. The remaining two arms of the cross indicate the date of the first rule by the dynasty and of the foundation of the Order.

The Order of Petrović Njegoš is a House Order of the Royal House of Montenegro.

The Order consists of a single class.

Officers of the Order

  • Grand Master :
    Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro
  • Vice-Grand Master :
    Boris, Hereditary Prince of Montenegro
  • Grand Chancellor:
    Boris, Hereditary Prince of Montenegro (2012)[1]
  • Registrar
  • Grand Prefect

Classes and Post Nominals

  • Knight/Dame (OPN)

Recipients

References

  1. ^ S.A.R. Boris Petrovitch Njegosh, Prince Héréditaire de Monténégro[permanent dead link], nouveau Grand Chancelier des Ordres Dynastiques de la Maison Royale
  • Dimitri Romanoff, The Orders, Medals and History of Montenegro, Rungsted 1988

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