Princess Jelena Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro (8 January 1873, Cetinje - 28 November 1952, Montpellier) was the daughter of King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro and his wife, Milena Vukotić. Upon Jelena's marriage to King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy on 24 October 1896 she became Queen Elena of Italy (Regina Elena in Italian). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Montenegro_(1941-1944). ... Coordinates Mayor Milovan Janković (DPS - SDP) Municipality area 910 km² Population (2003 census)  - city  - municipality  - density 15,137 18,482 20. ... is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Montpellier (Occitan Montpelhièr) is a city in the south of France. ... is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Äž: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Victor Emmanuel III (Italian: ; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947) was King of Italy (29 July 1900 – 9 May 1946), Emperor of Ethiopia (1936–43) and King of Albania (1939–43). ... Princess Yolanda Margherita of Savoy - (Principessa Yolande Margerita Di Savoia) was born in 1901 to Vittorio Emmanuelle III of Italy and died in 1986. ... Princess Mafalda of Italy Princess Mafalda Maria Elisabetta Anna Romana of Savoy (November 2, 1902, Rome – August 27, 1944, Buchenwald) was the second child of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and of his wife Princess Elena Petrovich of Montenegro. ... Umberto II, occasionally anglicized as Humbert II, (September 15, 1904, Racconigi, province of Cuneo - March 18, 1983, Geneva, Switzerland), the last King of Italy, nicknamed the King of May (Italian: Re di Maggio), was born the Prince of Piedmont. ... Giovanna of Savoy Tsaritsa Ioanna of Bulgaria, (13 November 1907 - 26 February 2000) was born Princess Giovanna of Savoy and was the last Tsaritsa of Bulgaria. ... Maria Francesca di Savoia (Rome, 26 Decembers 1914 - Mandelieu, France, 7 Decembers 2000) complete name Francesca Maria Roman Anna, is daughter of the King of Italy Vittorio Emanuele III and of Queen Elena. ... The House of Petrović-NjegoÅ¡ (Serbian Cyrillic: Петровић-Његоши) is the Royal House of Montenegro. ... Coat of arms of Petrović-NjegoÅ¡ King Nikola I Mirkov Petrović-NjegoÅ¡ (Serbian Cyrillic: Краљ Никола I Мирков Петровић-Његош) (October 7 [O.S. September 25] 1841 – March 1, 1921) was the only king of Montenegro, reigning as king from 1910 to 1918 and as prince from 1860 to 1910. ... Milena Vukotić or Milena of Montenegro (Cevo, May 4, 1847 – Cap dAntibes, March 16, 1923) was the wife of King Nicholas I of Montenegro. ... is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Coordinates Mayor Milovan Janković (DPS - SDP) Municipality area 910 km² Population (2003 census)  - city  - municipality  - density 15,137 18,482 20. ... is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Montpellier (Occitan Montpelhièr) is a city in the south of France. ... Coat of arms of Petrović-NjegoÅ¡ King Nikola I Mirkov Petrović-NjegoÅ¡ (Serbian Cyrillic: Краљ Никола I Мирков Петровић-Његош) (October 7 [O.S. September 25] 1841 – March 1, 1921) was the only king of Montenegro, reigning as king from 1910 to 1918 and as prince from 1860 to 1910. ... Milena Vukotić or Milena of Montenegro (Cevo, May 4, 1847 – Cap dAntibes, March 16, 1923) was the wife of King Nicholas I of Montenegro. ... Victor Emmanuel III (Italian: ; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947) was King of Italy (29 July 1900 – 9 May 1946), Emperor of Ethiopia (1936–43) and King of Albania (1939–43). ... is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ...

Due to the Fascist conquest of Ethiopia in 1936 and Albania in 1939, Queen Elena briefly used the claimed titles of Empress of Ethiopia and Queen of Albania as well. Both titles were dropped when her husband formally renounced these titles in 1943.

She is considered the most influential Montenegrin woman in history, because she reigned over Italians (as Queen of Italy) from 1900 to 1946, Ethiopians (as Empress of Abyssinia) from 1936 to 1941 and Albanians (as Queen of Albania) from 1939 to 1943.

She even influenced her husband (the King of Italy Victor Emmanuel III) to lobby Mussolini for the creation of the Independent State of Montenegro in 1941. Subsequently she obtained the release from a German prison of Prince Michael of Montenegro (who refused to become the king of fascist Montenegro) and his wife in 1943. Victor Emmanuel III Victor Emmanuel III (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele III) (November 11, 1869 - December 28, 1947), nicknamed The Soldier, was the King of Italy (July 29, 1900 - May 9, 1946), and claimed the titles Emperor of Ethiopia (1936 - 1943) and King of Albania (1939 - 1943). ... Benito Mussolini created a fascist state through the use of propaganda, total control of the media and disassembly of the working democratic government. ... Flag Capital Cetinje Language(s) Serbian Organizational structure Client state President  - 1941 Serafino Mazzolini  - 1941 - 1943 Alessandro Pirzio Biroli  - 1943 Curio Barbasetti di Prun  - 1943 - 1944 Theodor Geib  - 1944 Wilhelm Keiper Historical era World War II  - Invasion of Yugoslavia 1941  - Disestablished 1944 Currency Italian lira Montenegro existed as a separate... Michael Petrović-NjegoÅ¡ of Montenegro (September 14, 1908, Podgorica - March 24, 1986, Paris) was the son of Prince Mirko Petrović-NjegoÅ¡, Grand Voivode of Grahovo and Zeta, and Natalija Konstantinović, a cousin of Alexander I Obrenović of Serbia. ...

Children

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Queen Elena had 5 children:

1. Yolanda Margherita Milena Elisabetta Romana Maria (1901-1986), married to Giorgio Carlo Calvi, Count of Bergolo, (1887–1977);
2. Mafalda Maria Elisabetta Anna Romana (1902–44), married to Prince Philip of Hesse-Kassel (1896–1980) with issue; she died in the Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald;
3. Umberto Nicola Tommaso Giovanni Maria, later Umberto II, King of Italy (1904–1983) married (and following the abolition of monarchy, separated from) Princess Marie José of Belgium, with issue.
4. Giovanna Elisabetta Antonia Romana Maria (1907–2000), married to Boris III, King of Bulgaria, and mother of Simeon II, King and later Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
5. Maria Francesca Anna Romana (1914–2001), who married Prince Luigi of Bourbon-Parma (1899–1967), with issue.

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External links

• The Njegoskij Fund Public Project : Private family archives-based digital documentary fund focused on history and culture of Royal Montenegro.
• Crnogorska princeza Jelena