Kingdom of Montenegro

Infobox Former Country
native_name = Краљевина Црнa Горa
conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Montenegro
common_name = Montenegro|
continent = Europe
region = Balkans
country = Montenegro
era = World War I
government_type = Constitutional monarchy|
year_start = 1910
year_end = 1916|
year_exile_start = 1916
year_exile_end = 1922|
event_start = 50th anniversary of monarch's reign
date_start = 28 August, 1910
event_end = Joined Serbia
date_end = 28 November, 1918|
event1 = Treaty of London (end of First Balkan War)
date_event1 = 30 May 1913
event2 = capitulation to Austria-Hungary
date_event2 = 16 January 1916|
p1 = Principality of Montenegro
flag_p1 = Flag_of_Montenegro_%281941-1944%29.svg
s1 = Kingdom of Serbia
flag_s1 = Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg|

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image_map_caption = The Kingdom of Montenegro in 1913|
capital = Cetinje
capital_exile = Bordeaux, Neuilly-sur-Seine
latd= |latm= |latNS= |longd= |longm= |longEW= |
national_motto =
national_anthem = "To Our Beautiful Montenegro" (state)
"There, o'er There!" (national)
common_languages = Serbian
religion = Serbian Orthodox Christianity
currency = Montenegrin perper|
leader1 = Nicholas I
year_leader1 = 1910-1918
title_leader = King¹
deputy1 = Lazar Tomanovic
year_deputy1 = 1910-1912 (first)
deputy2 = Evgenije Popovic
year_deputy2 = 1917-1918 (last)
title_deputy =|
legislature = Montenegrin National Assembly|
stat_year1 = 1910
stat_area1 = 9475
stat_year2 = 1911
stat_pop2 = 220000
stat_year3 = 1912
stat_area3 = 14442
stat_year4 = 1914
stat_pop4 = 500000
footnotes = ¹factually there was no parliamentary democracy, since the constitution granted virtually absolute powers to the monarch

The Kingdom of Montenegro (Serbian Cyrillic: Краљевина Црнa Горa or "Kraljevina Crna Gora") was a kingdom in southeastern Europe.

The capital of the kingdom was Cetinje. The currency of the Kingdom was the Montenegrin perper. It was a constitutional monarchy, but absolutist in practice.

History

The Kingdom of Montenegro was proclaimed by Knjaz Nikola in Cetinje, on 28 August 1910.

The Balkan Wars (1912 – 1913) turned out to be the beginning of the king's undoing. Montenegro did make further territorial gains by splitting up Sandžak with Serbia 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 at the insistence of the Great Powers despite the Montenegrins having invested 10,000 lives into the capture of the town from the Ottoman (Albanian) forces of Esad Pasha.

During World War I (1914 – 1918) Montenegro was allied with the Allied Powers. From 15 January 1916 to October 1918, Montenegro was occupied by its enemy, Austria-Hungary.

On 20 July 1917, the Corfu Declaration was signed; it declared the unification of Montenegro with Serbia. On 26 November 1918, Montenegrin unification with Serbia was proclaimed. Knez Nicholas was a staunch supporter of unification with Serbia to form a great Serbian state for all Serbs but was in conflict with King Alexander who was the ruler of Serbia. The disagreement was on who would be the ruler of the new kingdom. Knez Nicholas was eventually dethroned and exiled.

Rulers (1910-1918)

*Nicholas I of Montenegro, king from 1910 to 1918

Titular Rulers (1918-Present)

*Nicholas I of Montenegro (1918 - 1921)
*Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro (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)

ee also

*History of Montenegro
*Principality of Montenegro

External links

* [http://www.terra.es/personal7/jqvaraderey/193818BK.gifKingdom of Montenegro in 1918]
* [http://terkepek.adatbank.transindex.ro/kepek/netre/106.gifMap]
* [http://terkepek.adatbank.transindex.ro/kepek/netre/330.gifMap]
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Montenegro.html Montenegro] - World Statesmen