Principality of Montenegro
State in the western Balkan Peninsula from 1852 to 1910 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Principality of Montenegro Књажевина Црна Горa Knjaževina Crna Gora | |||||||||
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1852–1910 | |||||||||
Anthem: Убавој нам Црној Гори Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori (English: "To Our Beautiful Montenegro") | |||||||||
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[1] | |||||||||
• 1905–1906 (first) | Lazar Mijušković[2] | ||||||||
• 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 |
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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.