List of rulers of Montenegro

Monarchy of Montenegro
Royal Coat of arms
Nikola I
Details
Style	His Majesty
First monarch	Danilo I (as Prince)
Last monarch	Nikola I (as King)
Formation	13 March 1852
Abolition	26 November 1918
Residence	King Nikola's Palace, Cetinje, Montenegro
Appointer	Hereditary
Pretender(s)	Nikola Petrović-Njegoš

Royal Standard of the King Nikola I of Montenegro

Duklja

Principality of Zeta

Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro

Non-hereditary Metropolitans (Prince-Bishops)

• Vavila (Metropolitan from 1493) (1516–1520)
• German II (1520–1530)
• Pavle (1530–1532)
• Vasilije I (1532–1540)
• Nikodim (1540)
• Romil (1540–1559)
• Makarije (1560–1561)
• Ruvim I (1561–1569)
• Pahomije II Komanin (1569–1579)
• Gerasim (1575–1582)
• Venijamin (1582–1591)
• Nikanor (1591–1593)
• Stefan (1591–1593) (Jointly with Nikanor)
• Ruvim II Boljević-Njegoš (1593–1636)
• Mardarije I Kornečanin (1639–1649)
• Visarion I (1649–1659)
• Mardarije II Kornečanin (1659–1673)
• Ruvim III Boljević (1673–1685)
• Vasilije II Velikrasić (1685)
• Visarion II Bajica (1685–1692)
• Sava I Kaluđerović (1694 – July 1696)

Hereditary Metropolitans (Prince-Bishops from the House of Petrović-Njegoš)

Picture	^TitleName Born - Died	Reign	Territory	Notes
	^Prince-Bishop Danilo I 1670 – January 11, 1735	July 1696 – January 11, 1735	Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro	Founder of the House of Petrović-Njegoš.
	^Prince-Bishop Sava II January 18, 1702 – March 9, 1782	January 11, 1735 – March 9, 1782	Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro	Ruled jointly with Vasilije III from 1750 until March 10, 1766.
	^Prince-Bishop Vasilije III 1709 – March 10, 1766	1750 – March 10, 1766	Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro	Ruled jointly with Sava II.
	^Prince-Bishop Petar I 1747 – October 30, 1830	March 1782 – October 30, 1830	Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro	Canonized as Saint Peter of Cetinje by the Serbian Orthodox Church.
	^Prince-Bishop Petar II November 13, 1813 – October 31, 1851	October 30, 1830 – October 31, 1851	Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro	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 Danilo II May 25, 1826 – August 13, 1860	1851 – March 13, 1852	Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro	Proclaimed Prince of Montenegro.

Principality of Montenegro

House of Petrović-Njegoš

Picture	^TitleName Born - Died	Reign	Territory	Notes
	^Prince Danilo I May 25, 1826 – August 13, 1860	March 13, 1852 – August 13, 1860	Principality of Montenegro	First secular ruler of Montenegro after centuries of theocratic rule. Assassinated in Kotor.
	^Prince Nikola I October 7, 1841 – March 1, 1921	August 13, 1860 – August 28, 1910	Principality of Montenegro	Proclaimed King of Montenegro.

Kingdom of Montenegro

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) – also hereditary Grand Master of the Order of Prince Danilo I; The Order of Saint Peter of Cetinje and the Order of the Golden Obilić).

See also

• List of heads of state of Montenegro, for a comprehensive list of Montenegrin heads of state since 1696
• President of Montenegro
• List of Presidents of Montenegro
• Prime Minister of Montenegro