List of flags of Montenegro

The following is a list of flags of Montenegro.

State flag[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004–	National flag; civil and state ensign; Naval ensign until 2010.	Red with a golden border and the state coat of arms in the middle. Ratio: 1:2. Adopted on 13 July 2004.^[1]
	2004–	National flag, Vertical Banner	Red with a golden border and the state coat of arms in the middle.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2006–	Standard of the President on Land	Square version of the State Flag, with a border fleury
	2006–	Standard of the President Afloat	Square version of the State Flag, replacing red with blue, a border fleury

Date	Use	Description
2010—Present	Flag of the Army of Montenegro.	Red background with the logo of the Armed Forces of Montenegro and the traditional motto "Čojstvo i Junaštvo" (roughly translated as "Humanity and Courage"), with golden borders.
2010—Present	Naval ensign of Montenegro.	Blue with the national flag in as its canton, occupying 2/5 of its width and 1/2 of its length with a white anchor interlaced with three lines representing surface of the water in the right side.
2010—Present	Naval jack of Montenegro.	Coat of Arms of Montenegro on blue background, with golden borders.

Date	Use	Description
1993–2004	State Flag of the Republic of Montenegro	Red-bluish-white with equal width, with "bluish" (plavetna) meaning light-blue.^[2]
1945–1993	Republican Flag of the People's/Socialist Republic of Montenegro	Red-blue-white traditional tricolor with the communist red star, same as Flag of the Socialist Republic of Serbia
1905–1918	State flag of the Kingdom of Montenegro^[3]	National flag of Principality (1905-10) and the Kingdom of Montenegro (1910-18). Red-blue-white tricolor.
1852–1905	State flag of the Principality of Montenegro	National flag of Principality of Montenegro. During regime of Danilo II and Nicholas I.
pre-19th century	State flag of Prince-bishopric of Montenegro	National flag during theocratical rule of Petrović-Njegoš dynasty in Montenegro. White cross pattée on red background.

Date	Use	Description
1910–1918	Royal standard of the King of Montenegro	The lion was replaced by Nikola's cypher H.I. The crown was changed from a princely to a royal crown.
1861–1900	Princely standard	Court flag and Princely standard during regime of Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš
c. 1852	Princely standard	Court flag and Princely standard during regime of Danilo II Petrović-Njegoš
theocratical rule of Petrović-Njegoš dynasty	Banner of the Prince-bishops of Montenegro and Metropolitans of Cetinje from House of Petrović	Orthodox red cross in a white field with a red border. Represents the highly Christian virtue of subjected peoples and the desire to fight against invading Islam. Adopted during the Great Turkish War at the end of the 17th century.
16th century	Stag of the House of Crnojević	Flag during regime of House of Crnojević in Principality of Zeta/ Montenegro (1451–1516)

Date	Use	Description
1905-1918, used during The Second World War	Civil flag of Montenegro (1905-1918), used by The Italian and German occupation of Montenegro in WWII (1941-1944).	Red-blue-white pan-slavic tricolor. Civil flag of Principality and the Kingdom of Montenegro, from 1905 constitution.
1881-1916	Civil ensign flag	Tricolor with the Cyrillic cypher НІ (i.e. NI) of Prince Nicholas I topped with a golden crown in the center. Because the owners as well as the crew of Montenegro's Ulcinj cruisers were Muslims, Nikola changed the flag not to offend Islam
1881–1916	Civil ensign flag	Version of the Civil Ensign that was predominantly used. Usage extended beyond primary purpose to even of that of the National flag.
late 1880-early 1881	Civil ensign flag	Tricolor flag with the cross from the war flag (krstaš-barjak) with Nicholas' initials set in canton; stripes based upon domestic national flag.
early 1880s-late 1880s	Civil ensign flag	Horizontally divided red-white-red with the cross from the war flag (krstaš-barjak) with Nicholas' initials set in canton; based on the naval flag of Austro-Hungary according to the Dalmatian marine codelines sanctioned by the 1878 Congress of Berlin.

Date	Use	Description
1876–78	War flag, civil flag	The Montenegrin war flag used in the Battle of Vučji Do (1876) was red with a white cross pattée in the center and a white border. This flag was used in Cetinje in 1878,^[4] upon recognition of the independence of Principality of Montenegro by the Ottoman Empire at San Stefano.
19th century	Montenegrin naval flags from the late 19th century	The Montenegrin naval flags and civil ensigns during the rule of Prince Nicholas I of Montenegro.
Early 19th Century–1880	Naval ensign (unofficial)	White flag with a red St George's Cross. Inspired by the British Naval Ensign back from the 1814 British navy's takeover of the port of Kotor during the war between the Montenegrins and the French Empire.
reign of Prince Danilo Petrović-Njegoš	War Stag of Prince Danilo Army	Flag signifying a unit of 1,000 men; red field with the double-headed eagle and Prince Danilo I's initials in it. Alaj-barjak of Prince Danilo, signifying the supreme command over the Montenegrin army.
reign of Prince Danilo Petrović-Njegoš	War Stag in Prince Danilo's Army	Flag signifying a unit of 100 men; red field with the traditional Montenegrin Cross of Saint George and Danilo I's initials in it. Introduced by Prince Danil during his martial reforms. Based upon the old tribal Montenegrin flag.