List of monarchs of Montenegro

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This article lists monarchs of Montenegro, from the establishment of Duklja to the Kingdom of Montenegro which merged into the Kingdom of Serbia in 1918.

Monarchy of Montenegro
Nikola I
Details
StyleHis Majesty
First monarchVojislav
(as Prince)
Last monarchNikola I
(as King)
Formation1018
Abolition1918
ResidenceRoyal Palace, Cetinje, Montenegro
AppointerHereditary
Pretender(s)Nikola Petrović-Njegoš

Non-hereditary archons

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Non-hereditary governors

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Non-hereditary Metropolitans

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  • Vavila (Bishop from 1493) (1516–1520)
  • German II (1520–1530)
  • Pavle (1530–1532)
  • Vasilije I (1532–1540)
  • Nikodim (1540)
  • Romi (1540–1559)
  • Makarije (1560–1561)
  • Ruvim I (1561–1569)
  • Pahomije II (1569–1579)
  • Gerasim (1575–1582)
  • Venijamin (1582–1591)
  • Nikanor and Stefan (1591–1593)
  • Ruvim II (1593–1636)
  • Mardarije I (1639–1649)
  • Visarion I (1649–1659)
  • Mardarije II (1659–1673)
  • Ruvim III (1673–1685)
  • Vasilije II (1685)
  • Visarion II (1685–1692)
  • Sava I (1694–1697)

Hereditary Metropolitans

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Picture TitleName
Born - Died
Reign House Notes
  Prince-Bishop[nb 1]
Danilo I
1670 – 1735
1697 – January 11, 1735 Petrović-Njegoš Founder of the House of Petrović-Njegoš.
  Prince-Bishop[nb 1]
Sava II
1702 – 1782
January 11, 1735 – 1781 Petrović-Njegoš Ruled jointly with Vasilije III from 1750 until 1766.
  Prince-Bishop[nb 1]
Vasilije III
1709 – 1766
1750 – March 10, 1766 Petrović-Njegoš Ruled jointly with Sava II.
  "Tsar", Lord
Stephen the Little
c. 1739 – 1773
February 1768 – 22 September 1773 None Impostor who was purported to be the dead Russian emperor Peter III in exile. Proclaimed leader by the people of Montenegro and ruled the country as an absolute monarch, sidelining Prince-Bishop Sava II.
  Prince-Bishop[nb 1]
Arsenije II
fl. 1766 – 1784
1781 – 1784 None
(Plamenac)
Succeed Sava II Petrović-Njegoš as the Metropolitan of Cetinje and as the Prince-Bishop. Non-Hereditary.
  Prince-Bishop[nb 1]
Petar I
1747 – 1830
October 13, 1784 – October 30, 1830 Petrović-Njegoš Canonized as Saint Peter of Cetinje by the Serbian Orthodox Church.
  Prince-Bishop[nb 1]
Petar II
1813 – 1851
October 30, 1830 – October 31, 1851 Petrović-Njegoš Most famous as a poet. His notable works include The Mountain Wreath, The Light of Microcosm, The Serbian Mirror and False Tsar Stephen the Little.
  Prince-Bishop[nb 1]
Danilo II
1826 – 1860
1851 – March 13, 1852 Petrović-Njegoš Proclaimed Prince of Montenegro.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g The official theocratic title was; "Bishop (or Vladika) and the Lord of Montenegro" (Владика и господар Црне Горе).
Picture TitleName
Born - Died
Reign Territory Notes
  Prince, Lord[nb 1]
Danilo I
1826–1860
March 13, 1852 – August 13, 1860 Principality of Montenegro (see; Reign of Danilo I) First secular ruler of Montenegro after centuries of theocratic rule.
Assassinated in Kotor.
  Prince, Lord[nb 1]
Nikola I
1841–1921
August 13, 1860 – August 28, 1910 Principality of Montenegro (see; Reign of Nikola I) Proclaimed King of Montenegro.
  1. ^ a b The official royal title was; "Knjaz (or Prince) and the Lord (Gospodar) of Montenegro" (Књаз и господар Црне Горе).
Picture TitleName
Born - Died
Reign Territory Notes
  King
Nikola I
October 7, 1841 – March 1, 1921
August 28, 1910 – November 26, 1918 Kingdom of Montenegro In exile from January 15, 1916, due to the Montenegrin campaign of World War I.
Deposed on the Podgorica Assembly on November 26, 1918.

Pretenders to the Montenegrin throne since 1918

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House of Petrović-Njegoš

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Family tree

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Peter
of Duklja

late 10th cent.

Dragomir
r. 1016-1018

Theodore
Monomachos
Eustathios
Argyros
VOJISLAVLJEVIĆ
Saint
John Vladimir

r. c. 1000-1016
Stephen
Vojislav I

Dobroslav

r. 1018-1043

Neda
r. 1043/4-1046

unknown
sibling
Constantine IX
Monomachos
of Byzantium

c. 1000-1055
Zoe of
Byzantium

978-1050
Romanos III
of Byzantium

968-1034
Basil
Argyros

c. 970-1023
Gojislav
r. 1046
Michael I
r. c. 1046-1081

unknown
daughter


Radoslav
Vojislavljević
unknown
daughter
John Doukas
died 1088
Jaquinta
of Bari

d. c. 1118
Constantine
Bodin

r. 1081-1101
Dobroslav (II)
r. 1101-1102
died 1103
Petrislav
of Rascia

d. 1083

Branislav
Radoslavljević

Constantine X
of Byzantium

1006-1067
Eudokia
Makrembolitissa

c. 1021-1096
Romanos IV
of Byzantium

c. 1030-1072
Andronikos
Doukas

died 1077
George I
r. 1113-118,
1125-1131
Michael II
r. 1101-1102
Vladimir
Mihailović
Vukan of
Serbia

c. 1050-1112
Marko
Petrislavljević
of Rascia

Kočapar
r. 1102-1103

Gradinja
r. 1131/5-1142/6
Constantine
Diogenes

d. 1073
Irene
Doukaina

c. 1066-1138
Grubeša
r. 1118-1125
Vladimir II
?-1103-1118

unknown
daughter


Uroš I
of Serbia

c. 1083-1145
Anna
Diogenissa

c. 1074-1115
Radoslav
r. 1146-1148
Constantine
Angelos

c. 1093-a. 1166
Theodore
Komnene

born 1096
John Doukas
c. 1126-1200

Desa
r. 1149-1162

Zavida or
Uroš the White
Michael III
r. 1165/75-1186/9
Desislava
r. 1186-1189?
Andronikos
Doukas Angelos

c. 1133-1185
NEMANJIĆ
Maria
Petraliphaina
Theodore of
Thessalonica

died c. 1253
Michael I
of Epirus

died c.1214
John
Petraliphas
Stephen
Nemanja

c.1113-1199 

Anastasia
d. 1200

Alexios III
of Byzantium

c. 1153-1211
ASEN

Vukan
r. c. 1190-1207

Michael II
of Epirus

died c. 1267
Theodora
Petraliphaina
of Arta
Irene of
Thessalonica
Ivan Asen II
of Bulgaria

c. 1190-1241
Stephen the
First-Crowned
of Serbia

c. 1165-1128
Eudokia
Angelina of
Byzantium

c. 1173-1211
AnnaIrene
Angelina
of Byzantium
George II
r. 1208-1216
d. 1243
John I of
Thessaly

died 1289
Helen
of Anjou

c. 1235-1276-
1306-a. 1314
Stephen
Uroš I
the Great

c. 1223-1267-
1276-1277
Stephen
Vladislav
of Serbia

c. 1198-a. 1264
Beloslava
of Bulgaria

r. 1243-1267
Andronicus
Palaeologus

c. 1190-c. 1250
Theodora
Angelina
Palaiologinaa
ĐURAŠEVIĆ
Đuraš
Vrančić
Dmitar
Nemanjić
George Terter I
of Bulgaria

died c. 1308
Kira Maria
of Bulgaria
Constantine
Palaeologus
of Byzantium

died 1271
Michael VIII
of Byzantium

1223-1282
Ilija
Đurašić
Vratislav
Nemanjić
Helen
Doukaina
Angelina
of Thessaly
Demetrius
Doukas
Komnenos
Koutroules
Anna of
Bulgaria

died a. 1304
Stephen
Uroš II Milutin
of Serbia

c. 1253-1321
Helenunknown
daughter
Andronicus II
of Byzantium

1258-1332
BALŠIĆ
Đuraš
Ilijić

r. 1326-1362
Vratko
Nemanjić
Jug Bogdan
Balša I
r. 1356-1362
Stephen
Constantine

c. 1283-1314-1322
Stephen
Uroš II
Dečanski

1276-1309-1314-1331
Theodora
of Bulgaria

died a. 1332
Simonida of
Byzantium

c. 1294-a. 1336
Crnoje
Đurašević
Milica
of Serbia

c. 1335-1405
Stracimir
Balšić

died 1373
George I
r. 1362-1378
Balša II
r. 1378-1385
Stephen
Dušan
the Mighty

c. 1308-1322-1331-1355
CRNOJEVIĆ
Radič
Crnojević
Jelena
Lazarević

1365/6-1443

George I

r. 1385-1403

Đurađ
Đurašević

Balša II
1387-1403-1421


Gojčin

r. 1435-1451


Stephen I

r. 1451-1465


Ivan I

r. 1465-1490


Stephen II

1469-1496-1499

George IV
r. 1490-1946
died 1514

Ivan II

r. 1498-1514


George V

r. 1514-1515

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