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)
  • Grubeša (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)
  • 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 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

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| 80px || <sup>Prince-Bishop</sup><br />Danilo I<br /> || July 19, 1697 – January 11, 1735 || Petrović-Njegoš || Founder of the House of Petrović-Njegoš.

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| 80px || <sup>Prince-Bishop</sup><br />Danilo I<br /> || March 13, 1852 – August 13, 1860 || Principality of Montenegro || First secular ruler of Montenegro after centuries of theocratic rule. <br /> Assassinated in Kotor.

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