Natalija Konstantinovic
| Natalija Konstantinović | |
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| Princess Natalija of Montenegro; Grand Duchess of Grahovo and Zeta |
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| Born |
10 October 1882 Trieste, Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Died | 21 August 1950 (aged 67) Paris, France |
| Spouse |
Prince Mirko of Montenegro, Grand Duke of Grahovo and Zeta Gaston Count Errembault de Dudzeele |
| Issue | Prince Shechepac Prince Stanislaw Prince Michael Prince Pavle Prince Emmanuel |
| House | Petrović-Njegoš (by marriage) |
| Father | Colonel Alexander Konstantinović |
| Mother | Milena Opuić |
| Religion | Serbian Orthodox |
Natalija Konstantinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Наталија Константиновић; 10 October 1882 - 21 August 1950) was a Princess of Montenegro as the wife of Prince Mirko Petrović-Njegoš. The couple had five sons; however, two died in early childhood. They divorced in 1917, a year after the royal family was forced to flee the kingdom. She was the granddaughter of Princess Anka Obrenović of Serbia, of the House of Obrenović. Her husband was promised the Serbian crown in the event of King Alexander I dying childless; however, the crown went to Peter Karađorđević, following Alexander's assassination in 1903.
Natalija was born in Trieste, Austria-Hungary on 10 October 1882, the daughter of Colonel Alexander Konstantinović (died 1914) and Milena Opuić, of Trieste. She was descended from the tragic, ill-fated Obrenović dynasty which had ruled Serbia for the greater part of the 19th century. She had one brother. Her paternal grandmother, Princess Anka Obrenović, was the niece of Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia, founder of the House of Obrenović. Natalija and her family were exiled from Serbia after her father criticised King Alexander I's unpopular marriage to the notorious Draga Mašin. They lived alternatively between Nice, Italy, and Vienna.
On 25 July 1902, at Cetinje, Natalija was married to Prince Mirko Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro, Grand Duke of Grahovo and Zeta, the second eldest son of Nicholas I of Montenegro. Prince Mirko had allegedly fallen passionately in love with Natalija who was described as a beautiful, dark-eyed brunette. King Alexander was not pleased by the news of their marriage, as he believed Mirko had only married her in order to obtain the Serbian crown; in addition, Mirko's dead elder sister, Zorka had been the wife of Alexander's rival Peter Karađorđević. As a sign of his displeasure he refused to receive either Natalija or Mirko at his court.
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