Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia

He was born in Saint Petersburg. As was the custom for Russian 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.

On 26 July 1889, he married Princess Milica of Montenegro (1866–1951), daughter of King Nicholas I of Montenegro (1841–1921). The Grand Duke and Duchess had four children:

Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia (1892–1981)
Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (1896–1978)
Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia (1898–1988)
Princess Sofia Petrovna of Russia (3 March 1898 – 3 March 1898); buried in the convent cemetery in Kiev by her grandmother, Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna, who was a nun there

Life at court

In 1907, his elder brother, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich, married Grand Duchess Militza's sister, Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, known as Stana. The two couples were socially very influential at the Russian Imperial Court in the early 20th century. Nicknamed joined "the black peril", a group interested in the occult. They are credited with introducing first a charlatan mystic named merely Philippe, and then, with graver consequences, Grigori Rasputin (1869–1916) to the Imperial family. Prince Felix Yussupov (1887–1967) — who was their neighbour in Koreiz — once described Znamenka, the Grand Duke and Duchess's palace, as "the central point of the powers of evil". This was later to be a widely held belief within the higher echelons of the divided Russian court. The Dowager Empress Marie firmly believed that the couple plotted with Rasputin and others to gain influence and favours through the neurotic Empress Alexandra (1872–1918). However, by 1914, Alexandra herself referred to them as "the black family" and felt herself to be manipulated by them.

Honours and awards

The Grand Duke received several Russian and foreign decorations:

Russian

Knight of the Order of St. Andrew
Knight of the Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
Knight of the Order of St. Anna
Knight (first class) of the Order of Saint Stanislaus
Knight of the Order of the White Eagle

Foreign

Kingdom of Italy : Knight of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation - July 1902 - during a visit to Russia of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy^[1]

Exile

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.

Ancestry

**Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia: ancestors in three generations**
Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (1864–1931)	Father: Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831–1891)	Paternal Grandfather: Emperor Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855)	Paternal Great-grandfather: Emperor Paul I of Russia (1754–1801)
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (1759–1828)
		Paternal Grandmother: Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1798–1860)	Paternal Great-grandfather: King Frederick William III of Prussia (1770–1840)
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776–1810)
	Mother: Princess Alexandra of Oldenburg (1838–1900)	Maternal Grandfather: Duke Peter of Oldenburg (1812–1881)	Maternal Great-grandfather: Duke George of Oldenburg (1784–1812)
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788–1819)
		Maternal Grandmother: Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg (1815–1871)	Maternal Great-grandfather: William, Duke of Nassau (1792–1839)
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1794–1824)

Grand Dukes of Russia

The generations are numbered from Peter I of Russia

1st generation	Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich Alexander Petrovich Paul Petrovich Pyotr Petrovich

2nd generation	Peter II Peter III

3rd generation	Paul I

4th generation	Alexander I Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich Nicholas I Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich

5th generation	Alexander II Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich

6th generation	Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich Alexander III Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich Grand Duke Constantine Konstantinovich Grand Duke Dmitri Konstantinovich Grand Duke Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich

7th generation	Nicholas II Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich Grand Duke George Alexandrovich Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich Grand Duke Alexander Vladimirovich Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich Grand Duke Andrew Vladimirovich Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich Grand Duke John Konstantinovich ¹

8th generation	Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich ²

9th generation	Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich ³

10th generation	Grand Duke George Mikhailovich ³

¹ born a Grand Duke, but stripped of his title by Alexander III's ukase of 1886, limiting the style to sons and male-line grandsons of a tsar ² title of pretence granted by Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich as claimant to the Russian throne ³ title of pretence granted by Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich as claimant to the Russian throne

References

↑ "Latest intelligence - Italy and Russia". The Times (36823). London. 18 July 1902. p. 3.

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