Background
Prince Roman Petrovich was born in the Peterhof Palace in Saint St. Petersburg the only son of Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia and his wife Princess Milica of Montenegro.
Prince Roman Petrovich was born in the Peterhof Palace in Saint St. Petersburg the only son of Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia and his wife Princess Milica of Montenegro.
In 1916 having graduated from the Nicholas Engineering Academy of Kiev, Prince Roman was posted to serve in a Caucasian Sappers Regiment on the Turkish front. Following the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II, Prince Roman resided at his father"s Dulber estate in the Crimea and in April 1919 he left Russia on the British battleship HMS Marlborough. In 1941 he was offered and refused the Crown of the newly established Independent State of Montenegro.
His Highness Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia.