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Puppet ruler

politically titled person who, in reality, is controlled by outside forces

8 dated entries naming Puppet ruler, drawn from 8 separate years between 26 CE and 877 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Puppet monarch in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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1st century

  • 26Sun Deng, Chinese puppet emperorsource

5th century

  • 461August 2 – Majorian is arrested near Tortona (Northern Italy), and deposed by Ricimer (magister militum) as puppet emperor.source
  • 465August 15 – Libius Severus, puppet emperor of the Western Roman Empire, dies after a 4-year reign.source

7th century

  • 673Spring – 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.source
  • 691King 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.source
  • 695Childebert 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.source

9th century

  • 867Deira, 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.source
  • 877Ceolwulf 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.source

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