Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro

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The Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro was an early modern theocratic state in the Balkans where Orthodox bishops ruled Montenegro as both religious and secular leaders.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former country ⓘ
prince-bishopric ⓘ
theocratic state ⓘ
abolishedBy Danilo II Petrović-Njegoš ⓘ
capital Cetinje ⓘ
commonLanguage Montenegrin ⓘ
Serbian ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
culturalHeritage Njegoš’s literary works ⓘ
currency Austrian gulden ⓘ
Turkish kuruş ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman kuruş

Venetian ducat ⓘ
deFactoStatus independent ⓘ
endTime 1852 ⓘ
firstRuler Vladika Vaviјan ⓘ
linked to: Vladika
flag red flag with white cross and border (historical) ⓘ
followedBy Principality of Montenegro ⓘ
foreignRelation Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
governmentType elective monarchy ⓘ
theocracy ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Prince-Bishop ⓘ
Vladika ⓘ
keyEvent Battle of Krusi ⓘ
First Serbian Uprising support ⓘ
legalSystem customary law ⓘ
tribal law ⓘ
legislativeBody Montenegrin tribal assembly ⓘ
locatedIn Balkans ⓘ
Montenegro ⓘ
majorReligionInstitution Metropolitanate of Cetinje ⓘ
militaryOrganization tribal militia ⓘ
modernTerritoryEquivalent Montenegro ⓘ
notableRuler Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje ⓘ
Danilo II Petrović-Njegoš ⓘ
Petar I Petrović-Njegoš ⓘ
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ⓘ
partOf Ottoman Empire (de jure) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Empire
precededBy Lordship of Zeta ⓘ
primaryEthnicGroup Montenegrins ⓘ
Serbs ⓘ
reasonForEnd secularization of rule ⓘ
recognizedAsAutonomousBy Ottoman Empire ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
rulingDynasty House of Petrović-Njegoš ⓘ
startTime 1516 ⓘ
strategicRole buffer state between Ottoman Empire and Venetian territories ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Montenegrins → historicalState → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
Montenegrins → historicalState → Principality of Montenegro ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
Old Montenegro → governedBy → Prince-Bishops of Montenegro ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
House of Petrović-Njegoš → titleHeld → Prince-Bishop of Montenegro ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
House of Petrović-Njegoš → governmentFormAssociated → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
Brda (Highlands of Montenegro) → historicalAffiliation → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
Crnogorci → historicalState → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
Zeta → successorState → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
Principality of Montenegro → predecessor → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
Petrović-Njegoš dynasty → ruledAs → Prince-Bishops of Montenegro ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
Princess of Montenegro → predecessorState → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
Stara Crna Gora → historicalAffiliation → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
Ottoman–Montenegrin conflicts → mainOpponent → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
Lordship of Zeta → successor → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje → politicalSystem → prince-bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
Crnojević noble family → successor → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
Battle of Krusi → hasParticipant → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
Battle of Krusi → combatant1 → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
Battle of Krusi → countryAtTime → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
Kuči → historicalAllegiance → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
Moračani → historicalAllegiance → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
Petrović-Njegoš → predecessorEntity → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
armed forces of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro → country → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
armed forces of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro → usedBy → Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ