Milena of Montenegro

Milena Vukotić or Milena of Montenegro (Cevo, May 4 1847 – Cap d'Antibes, March 16 1923) was the wife of King Nicholas I of Montenegro.

She was the daughter of Voivode Petar Vukotić and Jelena Voivodić.

On November 8 1860 Milena married in Cetinje with Prince Nicholas I of Montenegro, who became King in 1910.
The marriage was political: her family had played an important role in Montenegin politics and was befriended with the House of Petrović-Njegoš, her husband's family.
The couple had twelve children : three sons and nine daughters.

• Elena of Montenegro married King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

After the annexation by Serbia in 1918, the royal family was forced into exile.
Milena died in France, two years after her husband and was buried in San Remo, Italy.
In 1989 her remains, together with her husband's and Xenia's and Vera's , two of he daughters, were transferred to Cetinje and reburied in the Cipur-chapel.