Anastasia Petrovitch-Njegos (1868–1935)

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Anastasia Petrovitch-Njegos (1868–1935)

Russian royal. Name variations: Anastasia of Montenegro; (nickname) Stana. Born on January 4, 1868; died on November 15, 1935; daughter of Nicholas, king of Montenegro, and Milena (1847–1923); married Nicholas Nicholaevitch (grandson of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia ), on May 12, 1907.

Fond of psychics and faith healers, Anastasia Petrovitch-Njegos had a hand in introducing Rasputin into the Romanov household of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1872–1918).

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