Editing Puppet ruler (section)

==List of puppet kings and queens==
===Classical antiquity===
* [[Qin Er Shi]], Emperor of China's [[Qin dynasty|Qin Empire]] – dominated by his eunuch [[Zhao Gao]]
* [[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 Pi]] before being forced to abdicate  
* [[Philip II Philoromaeus]] of the last Seleucid, King of Syria –  ruled as client king for the [[Roman Republic]] and [[Pompey]]

===Late antiquity===
* [[Leo I the Thracian]], Roman emperor appointed by [[Aspar]], but broke free
* [[Libius Severus]], second Roman emperor appointed by [[Ricimer]]
* [[Olybrius]], third Roman emperor appointed by Ricimer
* [[Glycerius]], Roman emperor appointed by Ricimer's nephew, [[Gundobad]]
* [[Romulus Augustulus]], Roman emperor appointed by his general father, [[Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus)|Orestes]]

===Post-classical period===
* [[Ecgberht I of Northumbria]] puppet ruler for the [[Danes]]
*[[Baldwin I, Latin Emperor]] – installed to rule the [[Latin Empire]] by the [[Republic of Venice]] after the [[Fourth Crusade]]
*[[John, King of England]] – nominally ruled as a vassal for [[Pope Innocent III]] after 1213 
* [[John Balliol]] of Scotland – puppet king for King [[Edward I of England]]
* [[Musa (Ilkhanid dynasty)|Musa]], a puppet [[Ilkhan]] ruler in Mongol Persia
* [[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]]

===Early modern period===
* [[John Sigismund Zápolya]], [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] puppet king of [[Hungary]] contesting Holy Roman Emperor [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand I of Habsburg]]'s claim to the throne
* [[Manco Inca]], ''[[Sapa Inca]]'' of [[Inca Empire|Tawantinsuyu]] – installed by the [[Spanish Empire]], later revolted and founded the [[Neo-Inca State]]
* [[Simeon Bekbulatovich]] Russian Tsar – ruled for one year as Puppet monarch of [[Ivan the Terrible]]
* [[Moctezuma II]], [[Tlatoani]] (Emperor) of [[Tenochtitlan]] and Aztec Triple Empire
* [[Joseph Nasi]], an Ottomans puppet manger as [[Duchy of the Archipelago|Duchy of Naxos]]

===Napoleonic era===
* [[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]]
* [[Louis Bonaparte]] of the [[Kingdom of Holland]]
* [[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]] 
* [[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]] 
* Elector and later King, [[Frederick Augustus I of Saxony]], appointed as Napoleonic [[Duchy of Warsaw|Duke of Warsaw]] (present-day [[Poland]], [[Belarus]], and [[Lithuania]])

===Late modern period===
* 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]] 
*[[Sultan Hussein Shah|Hussein Shah of Johor]] – proclaimed [[Sultan of Johor]] by the [[British Empire]] during the [[Johor Sultanate#Singapore and the British|succession crisis]] of the [[Johor Sultanate]].
*[[Mubarak Al-Sabah|Mubarak al-Sabah]] – signed an agreement with the [[British Empire]] to make the [[Sheikhdom of Kuwait]] a [[British protectorate]] 
*[[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]] 
*[[Gungunhana]] – Portuguese client ruler of the [[Gaza Empire]], exiled after unsuccessful rebellion against Portuguese rule. 
*[[Osman Mahamuud]] – client king of the [[Majeerteen Sultanate]] (modern-day [[Puntland]]) for the [[Italian Empire]]
*[[Muhammad Rahim Bahadur II]] and [[Isfandiyar Jurji Bahadur]] – [[Russian Empire|Russian]] client rulers of the [[Khanate of Khiva]] 
*[[Guangxu Emperor]] of [[Great Qing]] – dominated by [[Empress Dowager Cixi]]
*[[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]]
*[[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]] regime
* [[Aisin-Gioro Puyi]], [[Emperor of Manchukuo]] – former [[Emperor of China]] appointed to lead [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]'s puppet state of [[Manchukuo]]<ref>Pu Yi 1988, p 281</ref><ref>Pu Yi 1988, p 298</ref>
* [[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 the [[State of Vietnam]]
*[[Sisavang Vong]], King of [[Kingdom of Luang Phrabang|Luang Phrabang]] – client king of the [[French protectorate of Laos]]
*[[Tashi Namgyal]] and [[Palden Thondup Namgyal]] – ruled [[Kingdom of Sikkim|Sikkim]] as protectorate of [[India]] after 1950. 
*[[Sisowath Monivong]], of [[Cambodia]] – king of the [[French protectorate of Cambodia]]
*[[José Gil Fortoul]], [[Victorino Márquez Bustillos]] and [[Juan Bautista Pérez]] – Three presidents of early 20th century Venezuela were widely considered puppet rulers under [[Juan Vicente Gómez]]'s ''de facto'' rule.<ref>{{Citation |last=Ewell |first=Judith |title=Venezuela since 1930 |date=1991 |work=The Cambridge History of Latin America: Volume 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America |volume=8 |pages=727–790 |editor-last=Bethell |editor-first=Leslie |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-latin-america/venezuela-since-1930/67358EE96B41D9103DF2F9D5D60FEEEC |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/chol9780521266529.014 |isbn=978-0-521-26652-9|url-access=subscription }}</ref>