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A '''puppet monarch''' is a majority figurehead who is installed or patronized by an [[empire|imperial]] power to provide the appearance of local authority but to allow political and economic control to remain among the dominating nation. |
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A figurehead monarch, as source of legitimacy and possibly divine reign, has been the used form of government in several situations and places of history. |
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There are two basic forms of using puppets as monarchs (rulers, kings, emperors): |
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* A [[figurehead]] in which the monarch is a puppet of another person or a group in the country who rules instead of the nominal ruler. |
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* A [[puppet government]] under a foreign power. |
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Examples of the first type are the [[Emperor of Japan|Emperors]] who were the puppets of the [[shōguns]]s of Japan and the kings who were the puppets of the [[Mayor of Palace]] in the Frankish kingdom. Client kingdoms under the [[Roman Republic]] and [[Roman Empire]] and the [[British Empire]]'s [[colonialism|colonial]] relationship with [[King Farouk]] of Egypt in the 1950s are examples of the second type. |
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==List of puppet kings and queens== |
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===Classical antiquity=== |
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* [[Qin Er Shi]], Emperor of China's [[Qin dynasty|Qin Empire]] – dominated by his eunuch [[Zhao Gao]] |
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* [[Emperor Xian of Han]] of China – dominated by the warlord [[Dong Zhuo]], his successors [[Li Jue (Han dynasty)|Li Jue]] and [[Guo Si]], and finally the [[Cao Wei|Wei Kingdom]] founded by [[Cao Cao]] before being forced to abdicate |
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* [[Philip II Philoromaeus]] of the last Seleucid, King of Syria – ruled as client king for the [[Roman Republic]] and [[Pompey]] |
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===Late antiquity=== |
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* [[Leo I the Thracian]], Roman emperor appointed by [[Aspar]], but broke free |
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* [[Majorian]], first Roman emperor appointed by Ricimer |
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* [[Libius Severus]], second Roman emperor appointed by [[Ricimer]] |
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* [[Olybrius]], third Roman emperor appointed by Ricimer |
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* [[Glycerius]], Roman emperor appointed by Ricimer's nephew, [[Gundobad]] |
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* [[Romulus Augustulus]], Roman emperor appointed by his general father, [[Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus)|Orestes]] |
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===Post-classical period=== |
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* [[Ecgberht I of Northumbria]] puppet ruler for the [[Danes]] |
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*[[Baldwin I, Latin Emperor]] – installed to rule the [[Latin Empire]] by the [[Republic of Venice]] after the [[Fourth Crusade]] |
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*[[John, King of England]] – nominally ruled as a vassal for [[Pope Innocent III]] after 1213 |
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* [[John Balliol]] of Scotland – puppet king for King [[Edward I of England]] |
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* [[Musa (Ilkhanid dynasty)|Musa]], a puppet [[Ilkhan]] ruler in Mongol Persia |
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* [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]] [[House of Lancaster|Lancaster]] of England – largely dominated by advisors such as Queen [[Margaret of Anjou]] and [[William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk]] |
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===Early modern period=== |
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* [[John Sigismund Zápolya]], [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] puppet king of [[Hungary]] contesting Holy Roman Emperor [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand I of Hapsburg]]'s claim to the throne |
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* [[Manco Inca]], ''[[Sapa Inca]]'' of [[Inca Empire|Tawantinsuyu]] – installed by the [[Spanish Empire]], later revolted and founded the [[Neo-Inca State]] |
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* [[Simeon Bekbulatovich]] Russian Tsar – ruled for one year as [[Puppet monarch]] of [[Ivan the Terrible]] |
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* [[Moctezuma II]], [[Tlatoani]] (Emperor) of [[Tenochtitlan]] and Aztec Triple Empire |
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===Napoleonic era=== |
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* [[Elisa Bonaparte]], Italian ruler as [[List of consorts of Tuscany|Grand Duchess]] of [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany|Tuscany]] and [[Principality of Lucca and Piombino|Princess of Lucca]] |
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* [[Louis Bonaparte]] of the [[Kingdom of Holland]] |
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* [[Jérôme Bonaparte]], of [[Kingdom of Westphalia]] created from territories of [[Prussia]] and the former [[Holy Roman Empire]] (present-day cultural Germany) after the [[Battle of Jena–Auerstedt|Battle of Jena-Auerstedt]] |
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* [[Joseph Bonaparte]], of [[Kingdom of Spain under Joseph Bonaparte|Napoleonic Spain]] during the [[Peninsular War]] and of the [[Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)|Neapolitan Kingdom]] after the [[Invasion of Naples (1806)|French invasion of Naples]] |
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* Elector and later King, [[Frederick Augustus I of Saxony]], appointed as Napoleonic [[Duchy of Warsaw|Duke of Warsaw]] (present-day [[Poland]], [[Belarus]], and [[Lithuania]]) |
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===Late modern period=== |
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* Rulers of the [[Princely state|princely states of India]] under paramountcy of the [[East India Company|British East India Company]] and later the [[British Raj]] |
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*[[Mubarak Al-Sabah|Mubarak al-Sabah]] – signed an agreement with the [[British Empire]] to make the [[Sheikhdom of Kuwait]] a [[British protectorate]] |
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*[[Pedro V of Kongo]] – ruled the [[Kingdom of Kongo]] (modern-day [[Angola]], [[Gabon]], the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], and the [[Republic of the Congo]]) as a client king for the [[Portuguese Empire]] |
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*[[Gungunhana]] – Portuguese client ruler of the [[Gaza Empire]], exiled after unsuccessful rebellion against Portuguese rule. |
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*[[Osman Mahamuud]] – client king of the [[Majeerteen Sultanate]] (modern-day [[Puntland]]) for the [[Italian Empire]] |
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*[[Muhammad Rahim Bahadur II]] and [[Isfandiyar Jurji Bahadur]] – [[Russian Empire|Russian]] client rulers of the [[Khanate of Khiva]] |
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*[[Gojong of Korea|Emperor Gojong]] and [[Sunjong of Korea|Sunjong]] of [[Korean Empire|Korea]] – ruled as puppets of the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese Empire]] after the [[Russo-Japanese War]] |
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*[[Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta|Aimone of Savoy]], King of [[Independent State of Croatia|Croatia]] – appointed by [[Fascist Italy (1922–1943)|Fascist Italy]] after the [[Invasion of Yugoslavia|Axis invasion of Yugoslavia]] as figurehead for [[Ante Pavelić]]'s [[Ustaše]] reigime |
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* [[Aisin-Gioro Puyi]], [[Emperor of Manchukuo]] – Former [[Emperor of China]] appointed to lead [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]'s puppet state of [[Manchukuo]] |
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* [[Bảo Đại]], [[Emperor of Vietnam]] – Emperor of the French protectorate of [[Annam (French protectorate)|Annam]] and [[Empire of Vietnam|Japanese-occupied Vietnam]], later chief of state of [[State of Vietnam|South Vietnam]] |
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*[[Sisavang Vong]], King of [[Kingdom of Luang Phrabang|Luang Phrabang]] – client king of the [[French protectorate of Laos]] |
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*[[Tashi Namgyal]] and [[Palden Thondup Namgyal]] – ruled [[Kingdom of Sikkim|Sikkim]] as protectorate of [[India]] after 1950. |
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*[[Sisowath Monivong]], of [[Cambodia]] – King of the [[French protectorate of Cambodia|French Protectorate of Cambodia]] |
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*[[Joe Biden]], of [[United States of America]] – Puppet of [[globalist oligarchs]] |
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[[Category:Client state]] |
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