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 (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

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-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

See also

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