Principality of Montenegro
The Principality of Montenegro (Serbian: Књажевина Црна Горa, romanized: Knjaževina Crna Gora) was a principality in Southeastern Europe that existed from 13 March 1852 to 28 August 1910. It was then proclaimed a kingdom by Nikola I, who then became King of Montenegro.
Principality of Montenegro Књажевина Црна Горa Knjaževina Crna Gora | |||||||||
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| 1852–1910 | |||||||||
| Anthem: Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori Убавој нам Црној Гори "To Our Beautiful Montenegro" | |||||||||
The Principality of Montenegro in 1890. | |||||||||
| Capital | Cetinje | ||||||||
| Common languages | Serbian | ||||||||
| Religion | Majority: Serbian Orthodox Church Minority: Islam | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Montenegrin | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary absolute monarchy (de facto) Unitary semi-constitutional monarchy (1852–1905) Unitary constitutional monarchy (1905–1910) | ||||||||
| Prince | |||||||||
• 1852–1860 (first) | Danilo I | ||||||||
• 1860–1910 (last) | Nikola I | ||||||||
| President of the Ministerial Council | |||||||||
• 1905–1906 (first) | Lazar Mijušković | ||||||||
• 1907–1910 (last) | Lazar Tomanović | ||||||||
| Legislature | None (rule by decree) (until 1905) Popular Assembly (from 1905) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 13 March 1852 | |||||||||
| 1 May 1858 | |||||||||
| 18 July 1876 | |||||||||
| 13 July 1878 | |||||||||
| 19 December 1905 | |||||||||
| 28 August 1910 | |||||||||
| Currency | Austro-Hungarian Krone (1892-1906) Montenegrin Perper (1906-1910) | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Montenegro | ||||||||
The capital was Cetinje and the Montenegrin perper was used as the state currency from 1906. The territory corresponded to the central area of modern-day Montenegro. It officially was a constitutional monarchy.
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