List of monarchs of Montenegro

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)

Non-hereditary archons

• Petar or Petrislav (late 10th c.)
• Jovan Vladimir (1000 – May 22, 1016)

House of Vojislavljević

• 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)
• GrubeÅ¡a (1118–1125)
• Đorđe I (1125–1131)
• Gradihna (1131–1148)
• Radoslav (1146–1148/62)
• Mihailo III (1162–1186)
• (1186–1189, disputed)

Zeta, crown land

House of Nemanjić

• Vukan (1189–1208)
• Đorđe (1208–1216)
• Radoslav (1216–1243)
• Beloslava (1243–1267)
• UroÅ¡ (1267–1276)
• Jelena (1276–1309)
• Stefan (1309–1314)
• Konstantin (1314–1322)
• DuÅ¡an (1322–1331)

Non-hereditary governors

• ĐuraÅ¡ Ilijić (1331–1362)

Principality of Zeta/Montenegro

House of Balšić

• BalÅ¡a I (1356–1362)
• Đurađ I (1362–1378)
• BalÅ¡a II (1378–1385)
• Đurađ II (1385–1403)
• BalÅ¡a III (1403–1421)

House of Crnojević

• 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)

Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro

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

Principality of Montenegro (1852–1910)

House of Petrović-Njegoš

Kingdom of Montenegro (1910–1918)

House of Petrović-Njegoš

Pretenders to the Montenegrin throne since 1918

House of Petrović-Njegoš

• Nikola I Petrović-NjegoÅ¡ (26 November 1918 – 1 March 1921)
• Danilo Petrović-NjegoÅ¡ (1 March 1921 – 7 March 1921)
• Mihajlo Petrović-NjegoÅ¡ (7 March 1921 – 24 March 1986)
• Nikola Petrović-NjegoÅ¡ (24 March 1986 – present)

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