One of them would be needed, in the future, for his puppet emperor.

When it became clear that Pizarro needed a puppet emperor, he was recruited for the job.

For as I told you, you'd be extremely valuable to me as a puppet emperor after the galaxy is conquered.

You're to make me puppet emperor when the galaxy is conquered.

When the French troops left the Mexicans executed the puppet emperor Maximilian.

Gerontius then fell out with his master and elevated one Maximus as his own puppet emperor.

The choir at the wedding included Attalus, a puppet emperor without revenues or soldiers.

The Ilkhanate had already fragmented into several kingdoms struggling to place their puppet emperors over the shell of an old state.

Dandolo has lost both his puppet emperors, and he is furious.

They rule Han-era China from behind a puppet emperor and wish to spread their power throughout the timestream.