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348:, and encouraged Danilo to learn French and Russian. She dressed in French fashion, brought her own Western European staff and furniture to the Princely Residence in Cetinje, and arranged court functions to which her guests were invited to dance the waltz to foreign music, and she entertained them playing the piano. This was normal in the upper class life of Western Europe but new in Montenegro, and Darinka was both admired for the glamour she brought, as well as resented as vain and accused of draining the state treasury with her extravagance. She is said to have introduced the umbrella to Montenegro. She gave Montenegro a cosmetic polish of Western Europe by convincing Damilo to abolish traditional Medieval customs such as displaying the severed heads of enemies on the square. 22: 140: 375:
She built her own palace in Cetinje 1863-1867 and made several trips to Western Europe, and the fact that Nicholas paid her expenses from the state treasury, allowed her political influence and neglected his wife Milena for Darinka, resulted in opposition to her presence in Montenegro. There were
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The marriage was described as happy but full of jealousy. Danilo was described as deeply in love with Darinka and affected by a jealous temperament, and there were rumours that Danilo challenged and killed men who were rumoured to be the lovers of Darinka, among them his own personal friend Savo
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From 1864 onward, Nicholas' wife Milena started to give birth to children, which raised her popularity and improved her relationship with Nicholas, while his relationship with Darinka deteriorated. In 1867, Darinka saw herself obliged to leave Montenegro because of the public opposition to her
352:Đurašković. Danilo respected Darinka's diplomatic ability and asked her for advice in state affairs, and she was kept under watch by Russia, who was the biggest financial contributor to Russia and suspected her for influencing his policy toward Russia because she was a Francophile. 380:
presence. She left for Venice with her daughter Olga. They lived the rest of their life in Venice, and were never again given permission from Nicholas to return to Montenegro. Her residence in Cetinje was transformed to the
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rumours that Darinka and Nicholas had a love affair, and the Serbian ambassador wrote in his diplomatic report that the relationship between Darinka and Nicholas "exceeded the border of friendship".
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Her father had an important position, as he managed the transition of the Russian financial aid to Montenegro. He thus had contact with Danilo I, who was introduced to Darinka during a dinner at
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Darinka are known to have introduced many Western European customs in Montenegro, which was a very traditional society at this time period. She could speak
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Dvor kralja Nikole, Milan Jovićević, Anđe Kapičić i Tatjana Jović, Narodni muzej Crne Gore i Presmedij, Novi Sad, 1999.
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Dvor kralja Nikole, Milan Jovićević, Anđe Kapičić i Tatjana Jović, Narodni muzej Crne Gore i Presmedij, Novi Sad, 1999.
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Darinka was the daughter of the Serbian merchant and banker Marko Kvekić and Jelisaveta Mirković. She grew up in
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The marriage took place after he had made the theocracy Montenegro into a monarchy by renouncing his title as
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Jozef Holeček Crna Gora u miru. (перевёл с чешского Бранислав Борозан) — Podgorica: CID, 2002.
302:, but the negotiations with Alexander was protracted, and Danilo I fell in love with Darinka. 586: 581: 563: 381: 365: 291: 8: 263:: Даринка Петровић-Његош; 19 December 1838 – 2 February 1892) was a princess consort of 214: 196: 345: 341: 260: 185: 337: 165: 333: 575: 283:, and was educated to become a French style fashionable high society lady. 539:
Ljubavi srpskih vladara i političara, Radoš Ljušić, IP Zograf, Niš 2000.
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On 13 August 1860, Danilo was murdered and succeeded by his nephew
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Princess consort of Montenegro

Trieste
Austrian Empire
Venice
Kingdom of Italy
Cetinje Monastery
Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro
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Princess Olga
House
Petrović-Njegoš
Serbian Cyrillic
Montenegro
Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro
Trieste
Palazzo Gopcevich
Spiridione Gopcevich
Karađorđević

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