List of monarchs of Montenegro

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Monarchy of Montenegro
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Montenegro.svg
Royal Coat of arms
King Nicholas of Montenegro (1911).jpg
Nikola I
Details
Style His Majesty
First monarch Vojislav
(as Prince)
Last monarch Nikola I
(as King)
Formation1018
Abolition1918
Residence Cetinje Royal Palace
Appointer Hereditary
Pretender Nikola Petrović-Njegoš

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.

Contents

Medieval Duklja (Dioclea)

Non-hereditary archons

House of Vojislavljević

Zeta, crown land

House of Nemanjić

Non-hereditary governors

Principality of Zeta/Montenegro

House of Balšić

House of Crnojević

Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro

Non-hereditary Metropolitans

Hereditary Metropolitans

PictureTitleName
(Birth–Death)		ReignHouseNotes
Vladika danilo -172950031.jpg Prince-Bishop [nb 1]
Danilo I
(1670–1735)		July 19, 1697 – January 11, 1735 Petrović-Njegoš Founder of the House of Petrović-Njegoš.
Vladika sava.jpg Prince-Bishop [nb 1]
Sava II
(1702–1782)		January 11, 1735 – March 7, 1781 Petrović-Njegoš Ruled jointly with Vasilije III from 1750 until 1766.
Vasilije petrovic.jpg Prince-Bishop [nb 1]
Vasilije III
(1709–1766)		August 11, 1750 – March 10, 1766 Petrović-Njegoš Ruled jointly with Sava II.
Stephen the Little crop.jpg "Tsar", Lord
Stephen the Little
(c.  1739 – 1773)		October 17, 1767 – 22 September 1773NoneImpostor who was purported to be the dead Emperor of Russia Peter III in exile. Proclaimed leader by the people of Montenegro and ruled the country as an absolute monarch, sidelining Prince-Bishop Sava II.
Unknown person.jpg Prince-Bishop [nb 1]
Arsenije II
(fl. 1766 – 1784)		March 7, 1781 – May 15, 1784None
(Plamenac)		Succeed Sava II Petrović-Njegoš as the Metropolitan of Cetinje and as the Prince-Bishop. Non-hereditary.
Petar I Petrovic-Njegos Znameniti Srbi XIX. veka.jpg 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.
Petar II Petrovic-Njegos.jpg Prince-Bishop [nb 1]
Petar II
(November 13, 1813 – October 31, 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.
Danilo Petrovic Njegos.jpg Prince-Bishop [nb 1]
Danilo II
(May 25, 1826 – August 13, 1860)		1851 – March 13, 1852 Petrović-Njegoš Proclaimed Prince of Montenegro.
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The official theocratic title was; "Bishop (or Vladika) and the Lord of Montenegro" (Владика и господар Црне Горе).

Principality of Montenegro (1852–1910)

House of Petrović-Njegoš

PictureTitleName
(Birth–Death)		ReignTerritoryNotes
Knjaz Danilo.jpg Prince, Lord [nb 1]
Danilo I
(May 25, 1826 – August 13, 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.
Nicholas I of Montenegro, 1909.jpg Prince, Lord [nb 1]
Nikola I
(October 7, 1841 – March 1, 1921)		August 13, 1860 – August 28, 1910 Principality of Montenegro (see; Reign of Nikola I)Proclaimed King of Montenegro.
  1. 1 2 The official royal title was; "Knjaz (or Prince) and the Lord (Gospodar) of Montenegro" (Књаз и господар Црне Горе).

Kingdom of Montenegro (1910–1918)

House of Petrović-Njegoš

PictureTitleName
(Birth–Death)		ReignTerritoryNotes
King Nicholas of Montenegro (1911).jpg 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

House of Petrović-Njegoš

Family tree

Family tree of Montenegrin rulers until 1515
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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		 Anna Irene
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		Helen unknown
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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