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Elena of Montenegro | |||||
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Servant of God | |||||
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Queen consort of Italy | |||||
Tenure | 29 July 1900 – 9 May 1946 | ||||
Empress consort of Ethiopia | |||||
Tenure | 9 May 1936 – 5 May 1941 | ||||
Queen consort of the Albanians | |||||
Tenure | 16 April 1939 – 8 September 1943 | ||||
Born | Cetinje, Montenegro | 8 January 1873||||
Died | 28 November 1952 Montpellier, France | (aged 79)||||
Burial | 15 December 2017 | ||||
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House | Petrović-Njegoš | ||||
Father | Nicholas I of Montenegro | ||||
Mother | Milena Vukotić | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholic prev. Eastern Orthodoxy | ||||
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Elena of Montenegro (Serbian: Јелена Петровић Његош / Jelena Petrović Njegoš; 8 January 1873 – 28 November 1952) was Queen of Italy from 29 July 1900 until 9 May 1946 as the wife of King Victor Emmanuel III. As Victor Emmanuel's wife, she briefly claimed the titles Empress of Ethiopia and Queen of the Albanians; both titles were dropped when her husband formally renounced them in 1943. Elena was the daughter of King Nicholas I and Queen Milena of Montenegro. With the opening of the case for her canonization, she was made Servant of God by the Catholic Church in 2001.