Petar Vukotić
Petar Vukotić (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Вукотић, 14 December 1826 – 30 January 1904/1907) was a Montenegrin voivode and senator[1] who participated in the Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1852–53) and Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1876–78), notably at the great victory at Vučji Do (18 July 1876).
Life
[edit]Born in Ozrinići or Čevo, he was the son of Montenegrins serdar Stevan Perkov Vukotić and wife Stana Milić.[1] With wife Jelena Vojvodić, born in the village of Viš, Danilovgrad, Montenegro, daughter of Tadija Vojvodić and wife Milica Pavićević,[1] he had the sons Šale, Matan and Šćepan (nicknamed Šarac), and daughter Milena. He was one of the greatest landowners in Montenegro and a close friend of Vojvoda Mirko Petrović-Njegoš with whom he had fought in the wars of the 1850s.[2] The two friends decided to consolidate their alliance with the union of their children.[2] In 1853, Milena, age only six, was betrothed to Mirko's only son, Nikola, age twelve. Nikola was the nephew and heir of the childless reigning prince of Montenegro Danilo I.[2] Milena had twelve children. Of them was Elena, who married Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.
References
[edit]- Houston, Marco, Nikola & Milena: King and Queen of the Black Mountain, Leppi publications, ISBN 0-9521644-4-2
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