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.
Non-hereditary archons
- Petar or Petrislav (late 10th c.)
- Jovan Vladimir (1000 – May 22, 1016)
- Vojislav I (1018 – c. 1043)
- Neda (1043 – 1046)
- Mihailo I (c. 1046 – 1081)
- Konstantin (1081–1101)
- Mihailo II (1101–1102)
- Dobroslav II (1102)
- Kočopar (1102–1103)
- Vladimir (1103–1114)
- Đorđe I (1114–1118)
- Grubeša (1118–1125)
- Đorđe I (1125–1131)
- Gradihna (1131–1148)
- Radoslav (1146–1148/62)
- Mihailo III (1162–1186)
- Vukan (1189–1208)
- Đorđe (1208–1216)
- Radoslav (1216–1243)
- Beloslava (1243–1267)
- Uroš (1267–1276)
- Jelena (1276–1309)
- Stefan (1309–1314)
- Konstantin (1314–1322)
- Dušan (1322–1331)
Non-hereditary governors
- Đuraš Ilijić (1331–1362)
- Balša I (1356–1362)
- Đurađ I (1362–1378)
- Balša II (1378–1385)
- Đurađ II (1385–1403)
- Balša III (1403–1421)
- Đurađ III (1421–1435)
- Gojčin (1435-1451)
- Stefan I (1451–1465)
- Ivan I (1465–1490)
- Đurađ IV (1490–1496)
- Stefan II (1496–1498)
- Ivan II (1498–1515)
- Đurađ V (1515–1516)
Non-hereditary Metropolitans
- 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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July 19, 1697 – January 11, 1735 | Petrović-Njegoš | Founder of the House of Petrović-Njegoš. |
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January 11, 1735 – March 7, 1781 | Petrović-Njegoš | Ruled jointly with Vasilije III from 1750 until 1766. |
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August 11, 1750 – March 10, 1766 | Petrović-Njegoš | Ruled jointly with Sava II. |
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October 17, 1767 – 22 September 1773 | None | Impostor 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. |
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March 7, 1781 – May 15, 1784 | None Template:Small |
Succeed Sava II Petrović-Njegoš as the Metropolitan of Cetinje and as the Prince-Bishop. Non-hereditary. |
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October 13, 1784 – October 30, 1830 | Petrović-Njegoš | Canonized as Saint Peter of Cetinje by the Serbian Orthodox Church. |
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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. |
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1851 – March 13, 1852 | Petrović-Njegoš | Proclaimed Prince of Montenegro. |
Principality of Montenegro (1852–1910)
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March 13, 1852 – August 13, 1860 | Principality of Montenegro Template:Small | First secular ruler of Montenegro after centuries of theocratic rule. Assassinated in Kotor. |
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August 13, 1860 – August 28, 1910 | Principality of Montenegro Template:Small | Proclaimed King of Montenegro. |
Kingdom of Montenegro (1910–1918)
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Reign | Territory | Notes |
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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. |
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Pretenders to the Montenegrin throne since 1918
House of Petrović-Njegoš
- Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš (26 November 1918 – 1 March 1921)
- Danilo Petrović-Njegoš (1 March 1921 – 7 March 1921)
- Mihajlo Petrović-Njegoš (7 March 1921 – 24 March 1986)
- Nikola Petrović-Njegoš (24 March 1986 – present)