List of monarchs of Montenegro

Monarchy of Montenegro
Monarchy of Montenegro
	Royal Coat of arms
	Nikola I
Details
Style	His Majesty
First monarch	Vojislav; (as Prince)
Last monarch	Nikola I; (as King)
Formation	1018
Abolition	1918
Residence	Royal Palace, Cetinje, Montenegro
Appointer	Hereditary
Pretender(s)	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.

Medieval Duklja (Dioclea)[edit]

Non-hereditary archons[edit]

Petar (late 10th century)
Vladimir (c. 1000 –1016)
Dragimir (1016 –1018)

House of Vojislavljević[edit]

Vojislav I (1018 – c. 1043)
Neda (1043—1046)
Gojislav (c. 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)
Desislava (c. 1186–1189)

Zeta, crown land[edit]

House of Nemanjić[edit]

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[edit]

Đuraš Ilijić (1331-1362)

Principality of Zeta/Montenegro[edit]

House of Balšić[edit]

Balša I (1356–1362)
Đurađ I (1362–1378)
Balša II (1378–1385)
Đurađ II (1385–1403)
Balša III (1403–1421)

House of Crnojević[edit]

Đurađ and Aleksa (1403–1435)
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)

Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro[edit]

Non-hereditary Metropolitans[edit]

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[edit]

^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.

^ ^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).

Principality of Montenegro (1852–1910)[edit]

House of Petrović-Njegoš[edit]

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.

^ ^a ^b The official royal title was; "Knjaz (or Prince) and the Lord (Gospodar) of Montenegro" (Књаз и господар Црне Горе).

Kingdom of Montenegro (1910–1918)[edit]

House of Petrović-Njegoš[edit]

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[edit]

House of Petrović-Njegoš[edit]

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)

Family tree[edit]

Family tree of Montenegrin rulers until 1515

Katzenelnbogen

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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v t e Monarchs of Montenegro
Prince-Bishopric (1696–1852)	Danilo I Sava II Vasilije III Petar I Petar II Danilo II
Principality (1852–1910)	Danilo I Nikola
Kingdom (1910–1918)	Nikola I

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Medieval Duklja (Dioclea)[edit]

Non-hereditary archons[edit]

House of Vojislavljević[edit]

Zeta, crown land[edit]

House of Nemanjić[edit]

Non-hereditary governors[edit]

Principality of Zeta/Montenegro[edit]

House of Balšić[edit]

House of Crnojević[edit]

Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro[edit]

Non-hereditary Metropolitans[edit]

Hereditary Metropolitans[edit]

Principality of Montenegro (1852–1910)[edit]

House of Petrović-Njegoš[edit]

Kingdom of Montenegro (1910–1918)[edit]

House of Petrović-Njegoš[edit]

Pretenders to the Montenegrin throne since 1918[edit]

House of Petrović-Njegoš[edit]

Family tree[edit]

See also[edit]