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Crown Prince Nicholas II of Montenegro

Nikola II Petrović-Njegoš
Crown Prince of Montenegro
Nicholas II Petrović Njegoš and Dejan Stojanovic (cropped).jpg
Crown Prince Nicholas in May 1990
Head of the Royal House of Montenegro
Period 24 March 1986 – present
Predecessor Mihajlo
Heir apparent Hereditary Prince Boris
Born (1944-07-07) 7 July 1944 (age 72)
Occupied Czechoslovakia
Consort Francine Navarro
Issue Princess Altinaï
Boris, Hereditary Prince of Montenegro
Full name
Nikola Mihajlo Frane
House Petrović-Njegoš
Father Mihajlo
Mother Geneviève Prigent
Signature
Full name
Nikola Mihajlo Frane
Montenegrin royal family
Lesser Royal Arms of Montenegro.svg

HRH The Crown Prince

Styles of
Nicholas II of Montenegro
Royal Monogram of Crown Prince Nicholas II of Montenegro.svg
Reference style His Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Sir

HRH The Crown Prince

Nikola II Petrović-Njegoš, Crown Prince of Montenegro (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Петровић-Његош; Serbian Latin: Nikola Petrović-Njegoš; born 7 July 1944) is the Head of the House of Petrović-Njegoš which once reigned over Montenegro. He is Hereditary Grand Master of the Dynastic Orders of Petrović-Njegoš, St. Peter of Cetinje and Prince Danilo I of Montenegro.

In 2011 Montenegro recognized an official role for the Royal House of Petrović-Njegoš in Montenegro: to promote Montenegrin identity, culture and traditions through cultural, humanitarian and other non-political activities.

The title of the Crown Prince is usually only borne by those persons who held it legally under monarchy and by courtesy after the monarchy ended (as in the case of his cousin, Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia). Nicholas II was born decades after Montenegro became a part of Yugoslavia and was thus officially never a Crown Prince as he was never an heir apparent or presumptive of a reigning sovereign. Nevertheless, this assumed title was never disputed by anyone and is considered as held by courtesy.

The house of Petrović came originally from Herzegovina and settled in Njeguši around 1400. Niegosch was born around 1425 and became the Voivode of Njegoš.

Prince Nikola II descends from Danilo Petrović-Njegoš who obtained the hereditary Dignity of Vladika (Prince-Bishop) of Montenegro in 1711 when it became a theocracy. Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš was recognized as Sovereign Prince of Montenegro by Russia on 21 March 1852, and established succession by male primogeniture. His successor, Prince Nikola I assumed the style of Royal Highness on 19 December 1900, and the title of King 28 August 1910.


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