{"slug": "puppet-ruler", "label": "Puppet ruler", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppet_ruler", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7260719", "qid": "Q7260719", "description": "politically titled person who, in reality, is controlled by outside forces", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [26, 877], "span_label": ["26 CE", "877 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Puppet monarch"], "related": [{"slug": "theuderic-iii", "label": "Theuderic III", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "austrasia", "label": "Austrasia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pepin-of-herstal", "label": "Pepin of Herstal", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-burgundy", "label": "Kingdom of Burgundy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "neustria", "label": "Neustria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "basilica-of-saint-denis", "label": "Basilica of Saint-Denis", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chlothar-iii", "label": "Chlothar III", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ebroin", "label": "Ebroin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "western-roman-empire", "label": "Western Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "northern-italy", "label": "Northern Italy", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 26, "year_label": "26 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Sun Deng, Chinese puppet emperor", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369984933#26_AD", "title": "20s", "revid": 1369984933, "section": "Deaths › 26 AD"}}, {"year": 461, "year_label": "461 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 2", "text": "August 2 – Majorian is arrested near Tortona (Northern Italy), and deposed by Ricimer (magister militum) as puppet emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349204937#Roman_Empire", "title": "461", "revid": 1349204937, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 465, "year_label": "465 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – Libius Severus, puppet emperor of the Western Roman Empire, dies after a 4-year reign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739674#Roman_Empire", "title": "465", "revid": 1364739674, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 673, "year_label": "673 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Spring – King Chlothar III of Neustria and Burgundy dies after a reign of 16 years, in which he has been a puppet — roi fainéant — of the Neustrian mayor of the palace, Ebroin. He is buried in the Basilica of St. Denis, and succeeded by his brother Theuderic III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805471#Europe", "title": "673", "revid": 1340805471, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 691, "year_label": "691 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Theuderic III dies and is succeeded by his son Clovis IV, age 9, as sole ruler of the Franks. He becomes a puppet—a roi fainéant—of his uncle Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the palace of Austrasia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806265#Europe", "title": "691", "revid": 1340806265, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 695, "year_label": "695 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Childebert III succeeds Clovis IV as sole king of the Franks. He is the son of Theuderic III and becomes a puppet—a roi fainéant—of Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the palace of Austrasia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806239#Europe", "title": "695", "revid": 1340806239, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 867, "year_label": "867 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Deira, the southernmost part of Northumbria, is conquered by the Vikings. Ivar the Boneless, one of their leaders, installs a puppet king of Northumbria, Ecgberht I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655299#Britain", "title": "867", "revid": 1366655299, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 877, "year_label": "877 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Ceolwulf II is installed as puppet king of Mercia. The west of the kingdom comes under Ceolwulf's rule, while in the east the Five Boroughs begin as fortified Danish burhs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267071400#Britain", "title": "877", "revid": 1267071400, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}]}