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Njegos

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Njegoš 

(Njeguš, Petrović-Njegoš), a dynasty in Montenegro from 1697 until 1918, named after the Njeguš clan, to which the members of the dynasty belonged. Its first representatives were bishops who combined spiritual and secular authority. The founder of the dynasty, Danilo (ruled 1697–1735), struggled against the Turks and established political ties with Russia in 1711.

The other members of the dynasty were Savva (1735–81); Petar I (1781–1830), under whom Montenegro attained de facto independence in 1796; Petar II (1830–51), who was both a statesman and a poet; Danilo (1851–60), who with Russian support proclaimed Montenegro a principality in 1852 and transformed it into a secular state; and Nikola (1860–1918), who in 1878 achieved international recognition of Montenegro’s independence and extended its territory. Nikola proclaimed himself king in 1910, but he was deposed in 1918 by the Great National

Assembly, which voted to unite Montenegro with Serbia.



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of Sydney, Australia) explores the cultural creation, in the poems of Ivan Mazuranic (1814-1890) and Petar II Petrovic Njegos (1813-1851), of a Balkan Slavic identity intended to overcome differences between Croats and Serbs while standing in opposition to Ottoman Rule and to those southern Slavs that had embraced Islam.
Njegos, from Montenegro in the former Yugoslavia, have been performing their authentic folk dance routines for more than 130 years.
The Montenegrin prince and bishop Petar Petrovic Njegos wrote several enduring works, patterned after the epic poetry not only in form but in spirit as well.
 
 
 
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