Prince Peter of Montenegro
| Prince Peter | |
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| Grand Voivode of Zahumlije | |
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| Born |
10 October 1889 Cetinje |
| Died | 7 May 1932 (aged 42) Merano |
| Spouse | Violet Wegner |
| House | Petrović-Njegoš |
| Father | Nicholas I of Montenegro |
| Mother | Milena Vukotić |
Prince Peter Petrovich-Njegosh of Montenegro, Grand Voivode of Zahumlije (10 October 1889 – 7 May 1932) was a soldier in the Balkan and First World War and a member of the Royal Family of Montenegro.
Prince Peter was born in Cetinje, the youngest son of Prince Nicholas I of Montenegro and his consort, Milena Vukotić. He was baptised on 19 January 1890 in Rijika, his sponsors were Emperor Alexander III of Russia and the Duchess of Edinburgh. He was educated in Heidelberg.
Prince Peter who served in the Montenegrin Ground Army, had been hoping for a war since the Austro-Hungarian annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908, writing to his nephew Crown Prince George of Serbia at the time, he stated his wish that they would meet on the "Crimson field". It would be another four years before the outbreak of the First Balkan War (1912–1913) meant he finally saw action. Prince Peter symbolically began the conflict firing the first shot at the Turkish forces.
As the youngest son of the king and thus unlikely to inherit to the Montenegrin throne, Prince Peter was talked about as a candidate for the throne of Albania after that country achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912. However nothing ever came of it and in the end the throne was given to the German prince William of Wied.
Prince Peter saw more action during the First World War. In late August 1914 during the first month of the war, Prince Peter was in command of the defence of Lovćen when it was attacked by the Austrians. With the help of an Anglo-French Naval Fleet he managed to lead a successful counterattack and his army managed to kill and capture many Austrian soldiers and artillery guns. By March 1915 his army had progressed into Austrian territory holding a 30-mile stretch from Spizza to a southern fortress in the Bay of Cattaro.
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