Although he had crowned his son John II Komnenos co-emperor at the age of five in 1092, John's mother Irene Doukaina wished to alter the succession in favor of her daughter Anna and Anna's husband, Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger.

Although his paternal great-grandfather had been a priest in the Russian Orthodox Church, and his pious mother did have him baptised, he was an atheist in later life.

Additionally, during the opening scene of the season nine finale, Clark finds a gift from his mother containing his Superman suit ( Although the suit is subsequently taken by Jor-El until Clark is ready for it ).

Although the death of Rebecca, Jacob's mother, is not explicitly recorded in the Bible, Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, died and was buried at Bethel, at a place that Jacob calls Allon Bachuth ( אלון בכות ), " Oak of Weepings " ( Genesis 35: 8 ).

Although Hubbard's mother also went to Guam, Hubbard himself did not accompany them but was placed in his grandparents ' care in Helena, Montana to complete his schooling.

Although her mother bore eight children, all except Mary and her younger sister Anne died very young, and the King had no legitimate children.

Although both she and her mother were ill, Mary was refused permission to visit Catherine.

Although her will stated that she wished to be buried next to her mother, Mary was interred in Westminster Abbey on 14 December in a tomb she would eventually share with Elizabeth.

Although it has been conjectured that she is the same person as the Mary mother of John Mark, this is generally considered to be unproven.

" Although he characterizes himself as highly successful and accomplished, it is revealed by Maude that he is simply " allowed " to run some of the philanthropic efforts of her mother ’ s estate.

Although his mother at first does not believe him, Cole soon tells Lynn that her own mother once went to see her perform in a dance recital one night when she was a child, and that Lynn was not aware of this because her mother stayed in the back of the audience where she could not be seen.

Although Hawkshead was Wordsworth's first serious experience with education, he had been taught to read by his mother and had attended a tiny school of low quality in Cockermouth.

Although crystals were once loaded into glass capillaries with the crystallization solution ( the mother liquor ), a modern approach is to scoop the crystal up in a tiny loop, made of nylon or plastic and attached to a solid rod, that is then flash-frozen with liquid nitrogen.

Although mother ducks are very caring and protective of their young, they are not above abandoning some of their ducklings if they are physically stuck in an area they cannot get out of or are not prospering due to genetic defects or sickness brought about by hypothermia, starvation, or disease.

Although the stories about Anning tend to focus on her successes, Dennis Dean writes that her mother and brother were astute collectors too, and her parents had sold significant fossils before the father's death.

Although many observers from the 1880s onward predicted that Yankee politicians would be no match for new generations of ethnic politicians, the presence of Yankees at the top tier of modern American politics was typified by Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, and by Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean ( as well, to some observers, by 2004 Democratic presidential nominee Senator John Forbes Kerry, descendant through his mother, of the Scottish Forbes family, which emigrated to Massachusetts the 1750s ).

Although " nurture " has historically been referred to as the care given to children by the parents, with the mother playing a role of particular importance, this term is now regarded by some as any environmental ( not genetic ) factor in the contemporary nature versus nurture debate.

Although Rowling has said that Gilderoy Lockhart is her only character that she " deliberately based on a real person ", Snape was reportedly based, at least in part, on John Nettleship, who taught Rowling chemistry and employed her mother as an assistant at Wyedean School near Chepstow.

Although Caesarean sections were performed in Roman times, no classical source records a mother surviving such a delivery, – the earliest recorded survival dates to 1500 AD – and Caesar's mother Aurelia Cotta lived to serve him as an advisor in his adulthood.

Although he anticipated resistance to a Stuart match from the Amsterdam merchants who had disliked his mother ( another Mary Stuart ), William believed that marrying Mary would increase his chances of succeeding to Charles's kingdoms, and would draw England's monarch away from his pro-French policies.

Although her mother was a grandchild of King George III, May was only a minor member of the British Royal Family.

Although this new, multicultural form of Isis absorbed characteristics from many other deities, her original mythological nature as a wife and mother was key to her appeal.

Although several reviews were critical of the film – Pauline Kael said it " staggers along " and Stanley Kauffmann thought Cukor's direction was like " a rich gravy poured over everything, not remotely as delicately rich as in the Asquith-Howard 1937 Pygmalion " — the film was a box office hit which won him the Academy Award for Best Director, the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, and the Directors Guild of America Award after having been nominated for each several times.

Although Oscar's death and an economic depression disrupted the business in the 1890s, Pauline Jacobus continued making pottery in Edgerton until the early 1900s ' fire that destroyed her rural Edgerton home, " The Bogart ".

Although also indirectly referred to in Pauline writings, nothing in the context of 1 Corinthians 5: 7 directly implies that in that specific passage Saint Paul refers the death of Jesus using the same theme as in Johannine writings.

Although the term originated in early controversies of Protestant doctrine in the 16th century, it has its roots in debates over the Synoptic Gospels and the Pauline Epistles and the issue of Paul of Tarsus and Judaism in the 1st century, and it can be extended to any religious group believing they are not bound to obey the laws of their own religious tradition.

Although the Canonical Gospels are the major source of the teachings of Jesus, the Pauline Epistles, which were likely written decades before the gospels, provide some of the earliest written accounts of the teachings of Jesus.

Although there were four brothers, the sons of Austrian-born haberdasher Max Joachim and his wife Pauline, only three of them performed together.

Although at first reluctant and intent on remaining apolitical, Pauline begins to show the effects of fascist indoctrination in her behaviour.

Ian White, an MEP elected at the same time as Green, said: " Although the parliamentary group formally elected Pauline, the " deal " was put together by the national party leaders.

Although I know Pauline better than anyone, even I cannot fathom out why she made up the brain tumour story.

The Turkish language and the Islamic religion were gradually introduced as a result of the Seljuk conquest, and this period marks the start of Anatolia's slow transition from predominantly Christian and Indo-European and Semitic-speaking, to predominantly Muslim and Turkish-speaking ( Although some ethnic groups such as Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians and Georgians retained Christianity and their native languages ).

Although Amasis thus appears first as champion of the disparaged native, he had the good sense to cultivate the friendship of the Greek world, and brought Egypt into closer touch with it than ever before.

Although bongos are quite easy for humans to catch via snares ; it is of interest that many people native to the bongos habitat believed that if they ate or touched bongo they would have spasms similar to epileptic seizures.

Although rare, deposits of native chromium exist.

Although her native tongue was Poitevin, she was taught to read and speak Latin, was well versed in music and literature, and schooled in riding, hawking, and hunting.

Although the letter ⟨ t ⟩ is pronounced by some speakers with aspiration at the beginning of words, this is never indicated in the spelling, and, indeed, this phonetic detail is probably not noticeable to the average native speaker not trained in phonetics.

Although native to Ghent, he punished the city after the 1539 Revolt of Ghent and obliged the city's nobles to walk in front of the emperor barefoot with a noose ( Dutch: strop ) around the neck ; since this incident, the people of Ghent have been called " Stroppendragers " ( noose bearers ).

Although most of Jamaica's native vegetation has been stripped in order to make room for cultivation, some areas have been left virtually undisturbed since the time of Columbus.

Although less reliable than zoological records, native American artefacts with possible jaguar motifs range from the Pacific Northwest to Pennsylvania and Florida.

Although the events were clearly a dynastic struggle, " the division was not between native barons and newcomers from the West, but between the king's maternal and paternal kin.

Although Christians, both Western and Eastern, were by law prohibited from being sold into slavery, the native Christians were often indistinguishable from the Muslim population and the Italian merchants were sometimes accused of selling them along with Muslim slaves.

* Portugal: Although surrounded by other lands and people, the Portuguese nation has occupied the same territory since the romanization or latinization of the native population during the Roman era.

Although most native speakers do not notice this, in most English dialects the " c / k " sounds in these words are not identical: in cat and kit the sound is aspirated, while in school and skill it is unaspirated ( listen to U. S. pronunciations of and ).

Although European navigators visited the islands and explored their coastlines thereafter, little was known of the inhabitants by Europeans until the 1870s, when Russian anthropologist Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai made a number of expeditions to New Guinea, spending several years living among native tribes, and described their way of life in a comprehensive treatise.

Although potatoes are not native to India, it has become a vital part of food all over the country especially North Indian food preparations.

Although many proteins can fold unassisted, simply through the chemical properties of their amino acids, others require the aid of molecular chaperones to fold into their native states.

Although all penguin species are native to the southern hemisphere, they are not found only in cold climates, such as Antarctica.

Although all penguin species are native to the southern hemisphere, they are not found only in cold climates, such as Antarctica.

Although it has been exterminated in some areas, its numbers are stable or even increasing rapidly, in most of its native range.

Although fashioned in European style, uniquely Mexican hybrid works based on native Mexican language and European musical practice, appeared very early.

Although the Arabs soon abandoned attempts to reduce Nubia by force, Arab Muslim domination of Egypt and persecution of native Egyptian Christians often made it difficult to communicate with the Coptic patriarch or to obtain Egyptian-trained clergy.

Although the distinction may seem technical to native speakers of many languages, it is quite the reverse among the 250 or so autochthonous Australian languages.

Although being a workaround, MESECAM is much more widespread than " native " SECAM.

Although Waits ' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries.

Although the safari was ostensibly conducted in the name of science, it was as much a political and social event as it was a hunting excursion ; Roosevelt interacted with renowned professional hunters and land-owning families, and met many native peoples and local leaders.