List of rulers 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 rulers 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 (late 10th century)
• Vladimir (c. 1000 –1016)
• Dragimir (1016 –1018)

House of Vojislavljević[]

• 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[]

House of Nemanjić[]

• 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)

Principality of Zeta/Montenegro[]

House of Balšić[]

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

House of Crnojević[]

• 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[]

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[]

Picture	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.

Principality of Montenegro (1852–1910)[]

House of Petrović-Njegoš[]

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.

Kingdom of Montenegro (1910–1918)[]

House of Petrović-Njegoš[]

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. Deposed on the Podgorica Assembly on November 26, 1918.

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)

See also[]

• List of heads of state of Montenegro, for a comprehensive list of Montenegrin heads of state since 1696.