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During the Balkan Wars and World War I he led the Montenegrin Army with his father (the King), Janko Vukotić, and Mitar Martinović.On 1 March 1921 Danilo was proclaimed the rightful King of Montenegro (upon the death of his father) and became head of the government-in-exile until 7 March 1921 when, for reasons that are still unclear, Danilo renounced his royal claims and headship of the ...
Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило I Петровић-Његош; 25 May 1826 – 13 August 1860) was the ruling Prince of Montenegro from 1851 to 1860. The beginning of his reign marked the transition of Montenegro from a traditional theocratic form of government (Prince-Bishopric) into a secular Principality. [1]
The Order of Prince Danilo I (Serbian: Орден Књаза Данила I, romanized: Orden Knjaza Danila I) is an order, formerly of the Principality and later Kingdom, of Montenegro; it is currently a dynastic order granted by the head of the House of Petrović-Njegoš, Crown Prince Nicholas. It is awarded to prominent champions of the ...
As Montenegro is now a republic, the order is distributed as a private house order of the deposed family. [1] The Order is bestowed upon prominent members of the Petrović-Njegoš family, [2] as well as to others. The name of Prince Danilo, the first Montenegrin ruler with a purely secular title, is inscribed on the Decoration.
Danilo Šćepčević was born in Njeguši, the son of Stepan or Šćepan Kaluđerović, a merchant, and Ana, who later became a nun. [1] He had a brother, Radul, known as Rade Šćepčev. [2] His paternal family belonged to the Heraković brotherhood. [3] As a fifteen-year-old, he was a witness to the battle of Vrtijeljka (1685). [4]
Danilo of Montenegro may refer to: Danilo I, Metropolitan of Montenegro, in office (1697-1735) Danilo II, Metropolitan of Montenegro, in office (1961-1990) Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, ruling prince (1826–1860) Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro (b. 1871 - d. 1939)
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Danilo was the first in the House of Petrović-Njegoš to occupy the position as the Metropolitan of Cetinje in 1851, when Montenegro became a secular state (principality) under Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš. The Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro also briefly became a monarchy when it was temporarily abolished in 1767–1773: this happened when the ...