Even when he was most troubled, Peter always knew one place where he could feel like a man, instead of a puppet ruler.

He was deposed at the age of 25 because he grew "too old" to be a puppet ruler.

He's convinced him-self that we're going to make him our puppet ruler among his own species.

They wanted him to be a puppet ruler and so took steps to curtail his power.

But the puppet ruler may also be controlled by internal forces, such as non-elected officials.

The more he saw of Vincent, the less Mikhail could envision him being even a puppet ruler.

It seems that there had been a rebellion against the puppet ruler in Northumbria, so they returned to restore power.

Clearly, Triannic was keeping his puppet rulers under close supervision, indeed.

A puppet ruler over the lands of my daughter and grandson?

After this a puppet ruler was placed on the Elamite throne.