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The Kingdom of Montenegro (Serbian Cyrillic: ????????? ???a ???a; Serbian Latin alphabet Kraljevina Crna Gora) was a kingdom in southeastern Europe.

The capital of the kingdom was Cetinje
Cetinje

Cetinje is a town in Montenegro, located at . It is also a historical and the secondary capital of Montenegro , with the official residence of the President of Montenegro....
. The currency of the Kingdom was the Montenegrin perper
Montenegrin Perper

The perper was the currency of Montenegro between 1906 and 1918. The name was adopted in accordance to the earlier Serbian perper, the currency of the Serbian Empire, which the Princedom, later Kingdom of Montenegro, consider itself a successor....
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Proclamation of the Kingdom of Montenegro
The Kingdom of Montenegro (Serbian Cyrillic: ????????? ???a ???a; Serbian Latin alphabet Kraljevina Crna Gora) was a kingdom in southeastern Europe.

The capital of the kingdom was Cetinje
Cetinje

Cetinje is a town in Montenegro, located at . It is also a historical and the secondary capital of Montenegro , with the official residence of the President of Montenegro....
. The currency of the Kingdom was the Montenegrin perper
Montenegrin Perper

The perper was the currency of Montenegro between 1906 and 1918. The name was adopted in accordance to the earlier Serbian perper, the currency of the Serbian Empire, which the Princedom, later Kingdom of Montenegro, consider itself a successor....
. It was a constitutional monarchy
Constitutional monarchy

A constitutional monarchy is a form of constitutional government, where in either an elected or hereditary monarch is the head of state, unlike in an absolute monarchy, wherein the king or the queen is the sole source of political power, as he or she is not legally bound by the constitution....
, but absolutist
Absolute monarchy

Absolute monarchy is a monarchy form of government where the king or queen has absolute power over all aspects of his/her subjects' lives. Although some religious authorities may be able to discourage the monarch from some acts and the sovereign is expected to act according to custom, in an absolute monarchy there is no constitution or legal...
 in practice.

History

Old Flag of Montenegro
The Kingdom of Montenegro was proclaimed by Knjaz Nikola
Nicholas I of Montenegro

Nikola I Mirkov Petrovic-Njego? was the only monarch of Kingdom of Montenegro, reigning as king from 1910 to 1918 and as prince from 1860 to 1910....
 in Cetinje
Cetinje

Cetinje is a town in Montenegro, located at . It is also a historical and the secondary capital of Montenegro , with the official residence of the President of Montenegro....
, on 28 August 1910.

The Balkan Wars
Balkan Wars

The Balkan Wars were two wars in South-eastern Europe in 1912?1913 in the course of which the Balkan League first conquered Ottoman Empire-held Macedonia , Albania and most of Thrace and then fell out over the division of the spoils....
 (1912 – 1913) turned out to be the beginning of the king's undoing. Montenegro did make further territorial gains by splitting up Sandžak
Sandžak

Sand?ak is a region lying along the border between Serbia and Montenegro. It derives its name from the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, a former Ottoman Empire administrative district that existed until the Balkan Wars of 1912....
 with Serbia
Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
 on 30 May 1913. However, the critics would say, by doing this he tried to bite off more than he could chew, incorporating a large population that did not feel any allegiance to his country.

In addition, the newly-captured city of Skadar had to be given up to the new state of Albania
Albania

Albania , officially the Republic of Albania , is a country in Balkans. It is bordered by Greece to the south-east, Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, and the Republic of Macedonia to the east....
 at the insistence of the Great Powers despite the Montenegrins having invested 10,000 lives into the capture of the town from the Ottoman
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 (Albania
Albania

Albania , officially the Republic of Albania , is a country in Balkans. It is bordered by Greece to the south-east, Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, and the Republic of Macedonia to the east....
n) forces of Esad Pasha.

During World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 (1914 – 1918) Montenegro
Montenegro

Montenegro , Montenegrin language/Serbian language: ???? ????, Crna Gora , ) is a country located in Balkans. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Kosovo to the east and Albania to the south....
 was allied with the Allied Powers. From 15 January 1916 to October 1918, Montenegro was occupied by its enemy, Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, also known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Kaiserlich und k?niglich Monarchy was a state in Central Europe ruled by the House of Habsburg, constitutionally a personal union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary....
.

On 20 July 1917, the Corfu Declaration
Corfu Declaration

The Corfu Declaration is the agreement that made the creation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia possible. In 1916, the Serbian_Campaign_#1915 in exile decided the creation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia at a meeting inside the Municipal Theatre of Corfu of Corfu , Greece....
 was signed; it declared the unification of Montenegro with Serbia
Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
. On 26 November 1918, Montenegrin unification with Serbia was proclaimed. Knez Nicholas
Nicholas I of Montenegro

Nikola I Mirkov Petrovic-Njego? was the only monarch of Kingdom of Montenegro, reigning as king from 1910 to 1918 and as prince from 1860 to 1910....
 was a staunch supporter of unification with Serbia
Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
 to form a great Serbian state for all Serbs
Serbs

Serbs are a South Slavs people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia....
 but was in conflict with King Alexander
Alexander I of Yugoslavia

Alexander I also called Alexander I Karadordevic or Alexander the Unifier...
 who was the ruler of Serbia. The disagreement was on who would be the ruler of the new kingdom. Knez Nicholas
Nicholas I of Montenegro

Nikola I Mirkov Petrovic-Njego? was the only monarch of Kingdom of Montenegro, reigning as king from 1910 to 1918 and as prince from 1860 to 1910....
 was eventually dethroned and exiled.

Rulers (1910-1918)

  • Nicholas I of Montenegro
    Nicholas I of Montenegro

    Nikola I Mirkov Petrovic-Njego? was the only monarch of Kingdom of Montenegro, reigning as king from 1910 to 1918 and as prince from 1860 to 1910....
    , king from 1910 to 1918


Titular Rulers (1918-Present)

  • Nicholas I of Montenegro
    Nicholas I of Montenegro

    Nikola I Mirkov Petrovic-Njego? was the only monarch of Kingdom of Montenegro, reigning as king from 1910 to 1918 and as prince from 1860 to 1910....
     (1918 - 1921)
  • Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro
    Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro

    Danilo Aleksandar Petrovic-Njego? was the Crown Prince of Montenegro. He was eldest of the sons of Nicholas I of Montenegro and Queen Milena Vukotic....
     (Danilo III) (1921)
  • Michael, Prince of Montenegro (Michael I) (1921 - 1986)
  • HRH Prince Nicholas of Montenegro (Nikola II) (1986 - Present)
    • (Heir Apparent) Prince Boris of Montenegro (born 1980)


Prime ministers

  • Lazar Tomanovic (1910-1912)
  • Mitar Martinovic (1912-1913)
  • Janko Vukotic (1913-1915)
  • Milo Matanovic (1915-1916)


Prime ministers-in-exile

  • Lazar Mijuskovic (1916)
  • Andrija Radovic (1916-1917)
  • Milo Matanovic (1917)
  • Evgenije Popovic (1917-1919)
  • Jovan Plamenac (1919-1921)
  • Anto Gvozdenovic (1921-1922)
  • Milutin Vucinic (1922)
  • Anto Gvozdenovic (1922)


See also

  • History of Montenegro
    History of Montenegro

    The History of Montenegro begins in the early Middle Ages, into the former Roman province of Dalmatia that forms present-day Montenegro....
  • Principality of Montenegro
    Principality of Montenegro

    The Principality or Princedom of Montenegro was a principality in Southeastern Europe. It existed from 13 March 1852 to 28 August 1910. It was then proclaimed a Kingdom of Montenegro by Nicholas I of Montenegro, who then became king....


External links

  • - World Statesmen