Kingdom of Montenegro
The Kingdom of Montenegro (Serbian: Краљевина Црна Горa, romanized: Kraljevina Crna Gora) was a monarchy in southeastern Europe, present-day Montenegro.
Kingdom of Montenegro[1] Краљевина Црна Горa Kraljevina Crna Gora | |||||||||
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| Anthem: Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori Убавој нам Црној Гори "To Our Beautiful Montenegro" | |||||||||
.svg) The Kingdom of Montenegro in 1914 | |||||||||
| Capital | Cetinje (1910–1916) | ||||||||
| Capital-in-exile | Bordeaux Neuilly-sur-Seine | ||||||||
| Common languages | Serbian | ||||||||
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox (official)[2] | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
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| King | |||||||||
• 1910–1918 | Nicholas I | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1910–1912 (first) | Lazar Tomanović | ||||||||
• 1917–1918 (last) | Evgenije Popović | ||||||||
| Legislature | Popular Assembly | ||||||||
| Historical era | World War I | ||||||||
• Proclamation | 28 August 1910 | ||||||||
| 1912–1913 | |||||||||
| 30 May 1913 | |||||||||
| 1914–1918 | |||||||||
| 20 July 1917 | |||||||||
| 28 November 1918 | |||||||||
| Currency | Montenegrin Perper | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Montenegro Serbia Kosovo[a] | ||||||||
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History
changeIt existed during the tumultuous period of time on the Balkan Peninsula leading up to and during World War I. Officially it was a constitutional monarchy, but absolutist in practice.
On 28 November 1918, following the end of World War I, with the Montenegrin government still in exile, the Podgorica Assembly proclaimed unification with the Kingdom of Serbia, which itself was merged into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes three days later, on 1 December 1918. This unification with Serbia would last, through various successor states, for almost 88 years, until finally coming to an end in 2006 as Serbia and Montenegro during the aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars .
References
change- ↑ 1916–1922: Government-in-exile
- ↑ Constitution of the Principality of Montenegro, 1905, Article 40, "Paragraph 1: State religion in Montenegro is Eastern-Orthodox. Paragraph 2: Montenegrin Church is Autocephalous. It is independent from any other Church, but maintains dogmatic unity with Eastern-Orthodox Ecumenical Church. Paragraph 3: All other recognized religions are free in Montenegro.[1]