List of rulers of Montenegro
Medieval Duklja (Dioclea)">Duklja">Medieval Duklja (Dioclea)
Non-hereditary archons
- Petar
- Jovan Vladimir
[House of Vojislavljević]
- Stefan Vojislav
- Mihailo I
- Constantine
- Mihailo II
- Dobroslav II
- Kočopar
- Vladimir
- George I
- Grubeša
- George I
- Gradihna
- Radoslav
- Mihailo III
Zeta, crown land">Zeta (crown land)">Zeta, crown land
[House of Nemanjić]
- Vukan
- George
- Radoslav
- Beloslava
- Uroš
- Helen
- Stephen
- Constantine
- Dušan
Non-hereditary governors
- Đuraš Ilijić
Principality of Zeta/Montenegro">Principality of Zeta">Principality of Zeta/Montenegro
[House of Balšić]
- Balša I
- Đurađ I
- Balša II
- Đurađ II
- Balša III
[House of Crnojević]
- Đurađ and Aleksa Đurašević
- Gojčin
- Stefan I
- Ivan I
- Đurađ IV
- Stefan II
- Ivan II
- Đurađ V
[Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro]
Non-hereditary Metropolitans
- Vavila
- German II
- Pavle
- Vasilije I
- Nikodim
- Romi
- Makarije
- Ruvim I
- Pahomije II
- Gerasim
- Venijamin
- Nikanor and Stefan
- Ruvim II
- Mardarije I
- Visarion I
- Mardarije II
- Ruvim III
- Vasilije II
- Visarion II
- Sava I
Hereditary Metropolitans
| 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. | |
| "Tsar" Šćepan Mali 1729 – September 22, 1773 | February 1768 – 22 September 1773 | Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro | Impostor who was purported to be the dead Russian emperor Peter III in exile. Proclaimed their leader by the people of Montenegro and ruled the country as an absolute monarch, sidelining Prince-Bishop 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] (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
- Danilo Petrović-Njegoš
- Mihajlo Petrović-Njegoš
- Nikola Petrović-Njegoš