Marriage
On 25 July 1902, in Cetinje, Prince Mirko married Natalija Konstantinović (Trieste, 10 October 1882 - Paris, 21 August 1950), daughter of Alexander Konstantinović and wife Milena Opuić, paternal granddaughter of Aleksandar Konstantinović and (m. 1842) Princess Anka Obrenović (1 April 1821 - murdered, Belgrade, 10 June 1868), daughter of Jevrem Obrenović (1790 - 20 September 1856), younger brother of Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia, and wife (m. 1816) Thomanija Bogicević (1796 - 13 June 1881).
The couple had five sons before divorcing in 1917:
- Prince Šćepac (Stephan) (27 August 1903, Cetinje - 15 March 1908, Cannes)
- Prince Stanislaw (30 January 1905, Cetinje - 4 January 1908, Kotor)
- Prince Michael (1908–1986)
- Prince Pavle (Paul) (16 May 1910, Podgorica - June 1933)
- Prince Emmanuel (10 June 1912, Cetinje - 26 March 1928, Biarritz).
Their eldest surviving son Prince Michael of Montenegro, succeeded Mirko in the Montenegrin royal succession and would become head of the House of Petrović-Njegoš and pretender to the Montenegrin throne.
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