Grand Duke Peter Nicolaievich Of Russia

On July 26, 1889 he married Princess Militza Petrovic-Njegos , (1866-1951), daughter of King Nicholas I Of Montenegro . The Grand Duke and Duchess had four children.
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As was the custom for Russia n Grand Dukes (the title applied to all sons and grandsons of a Russian Emperor) the Grand Duke Peter served in the Russian army as a Lt.-General and Adjutant-General.

Grand Duchess Militza with her sister Grand Duchess Anastasia (known as Stana - the wife of firmly believed that the couple plotted with Rasputin and others to gain influence and favours through the neurotic Empress Alexandra . However, by 1914 Alexandra herself referred to them as: "the black family" and felt herself to be manipulated by them.

The couple escaped the Russian Revolution to the south of France . Here Grand Duke Peter Nicholaievich died at Cap D'Antibes ,near Antibes on 17 June , 1931 . His wife died in Alexandria , Egypt in September 1951 .

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