[MILITZA (MILICA) (1880-1946, née Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife (1899) of Danilo II, 1871-1939, Crown Prince and, for six days in 1921, King-in-Exile of Montenegro)]

Portrait Photograph with stamped signature and inscription in German, as Crown Princess of Montenegro and Duchess of Mecklenburg, showing her three-quarter length, wearing a coronet and a fine gown with appliqué work on the bodice, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date, c. reproduction just touches two letters (not signature)

The Princess' father-in-law, Nikola I, was deposed on 26th November 1918 and the following year the elected government chose to unite Montenegro with the new Yugoslavia. With his German wife, Danilo had felt uncomfortable about opposing Austria during the War, and shortly after Nikola I's death in 1921 abdicated his rights to his nephew Michael.

Item Date:  1900

Stock No:  50254      £55

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