Background
She was the daughter of King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro and his wife, Milena Vukotić.
She was the daughter of King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro and his wife, Milena Vukotić.
Milica was the wife of Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, the younger brother of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, whose wife was Milica"s sister, Anastasia. Both sisters were socially very influential at the Russian Imperial Court. They helped introduce a special man named Philippe Nizier-Vashod (usually referred to merely as "Philippe").
Nicknamed jointly "the black peril", they were interested in the occult.
They are discredited with introducing the mystic Grigori Rasputin to the Imperial family.