==Biography==
==Biography==
Born into the [[Serbs in Italy#Triestine Serbs|Kvekić family]], one of the leading [[Serbians|Serbian]] families in [[Trieste]], Darinka was younger daughter of the rich Serbian merchant and banker Marko Kvekić (1786-1855) and his wife, Contessa Elisabetta Cattarina de Mircovich (Mirković) from [[Venice]].<ref>https://books.google.rs/books?id=dkXoQAAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=sr#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref><ref>https://circoloamicidialettotriestino.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cucherle-2014-2.pdf</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.croris.hr/crosbi/publikacija/prilog-casopis/817424|title=Portret Kvekićeve nave “Nicolai e Jovan” u Lepetanima (CROSBI ID 817424)}}</ref>
Born into the [[Serbs in Italy#Triestine Serbs|Kvekić family]], one of the leading [[Serbians|Serbian]] families in [[Trieste]], Darinka was younger daughter of the rich Serbian merchant and banker Marko Kvekić (1786-1855) and his wife, Contessa Elisabetta Cattarina de Mircovich (Mirković) from [[Venice]].<ref>https://books.google.rs/books?id=dkXoQAAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=sr#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref><ref>https://circoloamicidialettotriestino.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cucherle-2014-2.pdf</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.croris.hr/crosbi/publikacija/prilog-casopis/817424|title=Portret Kvekićeve nave “Nicolai e Jovan” u Lepetanima (CROSBI ID 817424)}}</ref>
Her siblings included brothers; Nikola and Jovan Kvekic, and their sisters; Adelaide ”Adele” Kvekić, married in 1852 to Camillo, Conte De Roma (b. 1825), a [[Venetian nobility|Venetian nobleman]] from [[Venetian rule in the Ionian Islands|Ionian Islands]], elder brother of the [[Diamantina Bowen|Lady Bowen]], wife of [[Sir]] [[George Bowen|George Ferguson Bowen]], the first [[Governor of Queensland#List of governors of Queensland|Governor of Queensland]] and Aspasia Kvekić; who later served as [[lady-in-waiting]] to [[Elena of Montenegro|Queen Elena]].<ref>{{cite web | title=NEVEROVATAN PODATAK Otkriveno koliko srpskih porodica je živelo u Trstu (VIDEO) – Blic | date=31 July 2018 | url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/svet/neverovatan-podatak-otkriveno-koliko-srpskih-porodica-je-zivelo-u-trstu-video/8dgkcn4 }}</ref> Darinka grew up in [[Trieste]], and was educated to become a French style fashionable high society lady.<ref>{{cite web | title=Darinka Petrović, prva žena sa političkim uticajem u Crnoj Gori | url=https://www.portalanalitika.me/clanak/293944–darinka-petrovic-prva-zena-sa-politickim-uticajem-u-crnoj-gori }}</ref>
Her siblings included brothers; Nikola and Jovan Kvekic, and their sisters; Adelaide ”Adele” Kvekić, married in 1852 to Camillo, Conte De Roma (b. 1825), a [[Venetian nobility|Venetian nobleman]] from [[Venetian rule in the Ionian Islands|Ionian Islands]], elder brother of the [[Diamantina Bowen|Lady Bowen]], wife of [[Sir]] [[George Bowen|George Ferguson Bowen]], the first [[Governor of Queensland#List of governors of Queensland|Governor of Queensland]] and Aspasia Kvekić; who later served as [[lady-in-waiting]] to [[Elena of Montenegro|Queen Elena]].<ref>{{cite web | title=NEVEROVATAN PODATAK Otkriveno koliko srpskih porodica je živelo u Trstu (VIDEO) – Blic | date=31 July 2018 | url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/svet/neverovatan-podatak-otkriveno-koliko-srpskih-porodica-je-zivelo-u-trstu-video/8dgkcn4 }}</ref> Darinka grew up in [[Trieste]], and was educated to become a French style fashionable high society lady.<ref>{{cite web | title=Darinka Petrović, prva žena sa političkim uticajem u Crnoj Gori | url=https://www.portalanalitika.me/clanak/293944–darinka-petrovic-prva-zena-sa-politickim-uticajem-u-crnoj-gori }}</ref>
Montenegrin princess (1838–1892)
Darinka Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Даринка Петровић-Његош; 19 December 1838 – 2 February 1892) was the first Princess Consort of Montenegro by her marriage to Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro.[1]
Biography
Born into the Kvekić family, one of the leading Serbian families in Trieste, Darinka was younger daughter of the rich Serbian merchant and banker Marko Kvekić (1786-1855) and his wife, Contessa Elisabetta Cattarina de Mircovich (Mirković) from Venice, niece of Conte Demetrio Mircovich, owner of Villa Farsetti.[2][3][4][5]
Her siblings included brothers; Nikola and Jovan Kvekic, and their sisters; Adelaide Adele Kvekić, married in 1852 to Camillo, Conte De Roma (b. 1825), a Venetian nobleman from Ionian Islands, elder brother of the Lady Bowen, wife of Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the first Governor of Queensland and Aspasia Kvekić; who later served as lady-in-waiting to Queen Elena.[6] Darinka grew up in Trieste, and was educated to become a French style fashionable high society lady.[7]
Her father Marko 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 Palazzo Gopcevich in Trieste, home of Darinka’s cousin, Spiridione Gopcevich.
Danilo I had initially planned to marry Princess Kleopatra Karađorđević (1835-1855), second eldest daughter of Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, but the negotiations with Alexander were protracted, and before any formal response from the House of Karadjordjevic, Danilo I fell in love with Darinka.[1][8]
Princess of Montenegro
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She married Danilo I on 12 January 1855 at Njeguši. They had one daughter, Princess Olga. Since Montenegro had been a principality ruled exclusively by the Prince-Bishops, Darinka was the first Montenegrin Princess consort, dating back to the time of the Crnojević dynasty.[10]
The marriage took place after he had made the theocracy Montenegro into a monarchy by renouncing his title as Prince Bishop of Montenegro for the title and position of Sovereign Prince of Montenegro. Darinka thus became the first Princess Consort of Montenegro, and the hostess of the first genuine princely court formed in Montenegro, called Biljarda.
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 Latin, French, Russian, German, Serbian and Italian, and encouraged Danilo to communicate with her in 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.[1][8] 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.[1][8]
She is said to have introduced the umbrella to Montenegro.[1][8] 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.[11]
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 Đurašković.[12][8] 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 Montenegro and suspected her for influencing his policy toward Russia because she was a Francophile.[12][8]
Later life
On 13 August 1860, Danilo was murdered and succeeded by his nephew Nicholas I of Montenegro. Darinka initially kept her dominant position at court also after the death of Danilo and during his successor, Nicholas, with whom she was close. Her successor, Milena Vukotić, was not able to consolidate her position until after Princess Darinka left Montenegro.[12] Darinka left Montenegro as a widow, but returned to advice Nicholas during the peace negotiations after the Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1861–1862).[13] 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 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”.[13]
Princess Darinka had long hoped to see her daughter married into the Obrenović dynasty, citing provisions of the secret Serbian-Montenegrin treaty as justification, or to a member of the cadet branch of the House of Petrović-Njegoš, yet the family’s reduced financial circumstances and waning political influence ultimately made such a match impossible, leaving Olga’s prospects unfulfilled.[14]
At the beginning of 1867, Alexander Semenovich Ionin (1836-1900), the Russian consul in Dubrovnik, reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire that Mihailo Obrenović, Prince of Serbia, who was persistently intent on replacing his wife Julia, had, through the mediation of Colonel Ljubomir Ivanović (1836-1879), his aide-de-camp, pledged himself in marriage to Princess Darinka. The envisioned union, however, was not merely personal; its deeper purpose was the political consolidation of Serbia and Montenegro under a single sovereign authority.[15]
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 presence.[13] She left for Venice with her daughter Olga, where they settled in Palazzo Tiepolo.[16] They lived the rest of their life in Venice and were never again given permission from Nicholas to return to live permanently in Montenegro, despite their visits in 1881, 1884, 1886, and 1889. During these visits, Darinka and her daughter have taken part in public life and court functions, continuing to formally receive members of the diplomatic corps, but their role within the Principality of Montenegro remained purely ceremonial, and they were regarded only as an honored guests.[17] Her dower residence in Cetinje was later transformed to the Cetinje Royal Palace.
Issue
Death
Princess Darinka of Montenegro died of pneumonia on 2 February 1892 in Venice, Kingdom of Italy.[18] She was buried, alongside her husband and their daughter, Princess Olga, in Cetinje Monastery, Montenegro.[19]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e “Kolektiv ME”. Archived from the original on 2019-01-23.
- ^ https://books.google.rs/books?id=dkXoQAAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=sr#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ https://circoloamicidialettotriestino.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cucherle-2014-2.pdf
- ^ “Portret Kvekićeve nave “Nicolai e Jovan” u Lepetanima (CROSBI ID 817424)”.
- ^ https://iris.unive.it/retrieve/fd0e38cf-5bfb-4d16-a8a4-76061eb16504/MerlinCV-itinerari-ENG-low.pdf
- ^ “NEVEROVATAN PODATAK Otkriveno koliko srpskih porodica je živelo u Trstu (VIDEO) – Blic”. 31 July 2018.
- ^ “Darinka Petrović, prva žena sa političkim uticajem u Crnoj Gori”.
- ^ a b c d e f Dvor kralja Nikole, Milan Jovićević, Anđe Kapičić i Tatjana Jović, Narodni muzej Crne Gore i Presmedij, Novi Sad, 1999.
- ^ Brajović, Saša M. (January 1, 2018). “Anton Karinger, Pogrebna povorka crnogorskog knjaza Danila”. Peristil. doi:10.17685/PERISTIL.61.10 – via www.academia.edu.
- ^ “LCD”. leks.canu.ac.me.
- ^ Jozef Holeček Crna Gora u miru. (перевёл с чешского Бранислав Борозан) — Podgorica: CID, 2002.
- ^ a b c “ДАРИНКА ПЕТРОВИЋ – ГЛАМУРОЗНА ЦРНОГОРСКА КЊЕГИЊА”. Фондација Српски легат (in Serbian). 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ a b c “digitalna biblioteka crnogorske kulture i nasljedja”. MONTENEGRINA (in Croatian). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ Др Димо Вујовић (1968). Књегиња Даринка – политичка активност: прилог историjи Црне Горе 1855 – 1867 (page=151)
- ^ Др Димо Вујовић (1968). Књегиња Даринка – политичка активност: прилог историjи Црне Горе 1855 – 1867 (page=150)
- ^ Saracino, Zeno (May 29, 2021). “Darinka, principessa triestina che stregò il Montenegro (e l’Europa)”.
- ^ Др Димо Вујовић (1968). Књегиња Даринка – политичка активност: прилог историjи Црне Горе 1855 – 1867 (pages=154-155)
- ^ Др Димо Вујовић (1968). Књегиња Даринка – политичка активност: прилог историjи Црне Горе 1855 – 1867 (page=155)
- ^ “Montenegro”.
References
- Dvor kralja Nikole, Milan Jovićević, Anđe Kapičić i Tatjana Jović, Narodni muzej Crne Gore i Presmedij, Novi Sad, 1999.
- Ljubavi srpskih vladara i političara, Radoš Ljušić, IP Zograf, Niš 2000.
