Because consorts of crown princes, younger sons, and emperors were generally Fujiwara women, the male heads of the Fujiwara house were often the father-in-law, brother-in-law, uncle, or maternal grandfather of the emperor.

Because the election of a three-year-old boy to be German king appeared likely to make orderly rule difficult, the boy's uncle, Duke Philip of Swabia, brother of late Henry VI, was designated to serve in his place.

Because of a prophecy that they would overthrow their murderous uncle, they were, in the manner of many mythological heroes, abandoned at birth ; in this case, on the Tiber River by servants who took pity on the infants, despite their orders.

Because Ulam had often mentioned his uncle " who just had to go to Monte Carlo " to gamble, Metropolis dubbed the statistical approach " The Monte Carlo method ".

Because Charles had no surviving male progeny, his successor was his uncle Louis, who was later succeeded by his half-brother, Leopold.

Because Canning showed unusual intelligence and promise at an early age, family friends persuaded his uncle, London merchant Stratford Canning ( father to the diplomat Stratford Canning ), to become his nephew's guardian.

Because Native descent among the Salish peoples was not solely patrilineal, Si ' ahl inherited his position as chief of the Dkhw ’ Duw ’ Absh or Suquamish Tribe from his maternal uncle.

Because his father and great uncle had been officers in the regiment Lutyens declined a fee for his work.

Because of this the people of Baghdad were giving their allegiance to al-Mamun's uncle Ibrahim ibn Mehdi.

Because of his disability, the actual power was controlled by his uncle, Sima Daozi the Prince of Kuaiji.

Because Count Rudolf II had died before the war began, Burgdorf was defended by Rudolf's uncle, Berchtold I.

Because they held some of the same offices in Illinois, the two Bonds are sometimes confused ; the uncle is usually known as Shadrach Bond, Sr.

Because of his early academic promise it was expected that Henstock would attend Nottingham University where his father and uncle had received technical education, but as it turned out he won scholarships which enabled him to study mathematics at St John's College, Cambridge from October 1941 until November 1943, when he was sent for war service to the Ministry of Supply ’ s department of Statistical Method and Quality Control in London.

Because he belonged to the same clan, a boy's maternal uncle was more important to his upbringing than his biological father.

Because of the death of his uncle he became a pastor in Kotitz.

Because he shared the same initials as his father and uncle, and because the Carracci often collaborated, paintings by them were often confused.

" His companions replied, " Because her father is Al-Muhalhel Bin Rabī ' ah, her uncle is Kolaib a prestigious Arabian, her spouse is Kulthum Ibn Malik Ibn Etab an astounding knight of Arabs and her son is Amr ibn Kulthum chief of his clan.

Because Bright's speeches were so much a part of him, there are long and numerous quotations, which, far from making the biography diffuse, help to give us the feel of the man.

( Note: Because of light leakage from one ultraviolet source to another, the lights are switched by a commutator-like assembly rotated by a synchronous motor.

Because negative pressure dialysis gave better recovery of proteins, permitted detection of proteins concentrated from very dilute solutions and was a gentler procedure, it was used in all but the earliest experiments.

Because electrical forces ( the charge-excess ) are far more powerful than gravitation, the surface hydrogen atoms would shoot away from the sphere.

Because anthropology developed from so many different enterprises ( see History of Anthropology ), including but not limited to fossil-hunting, exploring, documentary film-making, paleontology, primatology, antiquity dealings and curatorship, philology, etymology, genetics, regional analysis, ethnology, history, philosophy, and religious studies, it is difficult to characterize the entire field in a brief article, although attempts to write histories of the entire field have been made.

Because the levels themselves are random variables, some assumptions and the method of contrasting the treatments ( a multi-variable generalization of simple differences ) differ from the fixed-effects model.

Because of these natural conditions, the Black Sea coast historically has been isolated from Anatolia.

Because not from a man she conceived but from the Holy Spirit.

Because of this, Hasan Ali Shah decided to secure a pledge of loyalty from the members of the community to himself and to the Ismaili form of Islam.

Because the position of Stigand, the archbishop of Canterbury, was irregular, Wulfstan sought and received consecration as a bishop from Ealdred.

Because it occupies a part of the celestial sphere that faces away from the Milky Way, Antlia contains very few deep-sky objects.

Because of its elevation and distance from the coast, the Australian Capital Territory experiences four distinct seasons, unlike many other Australian cities whose climates are moderated by the sea.

Because of your forward motion relative to the falling rain, the rain now appears to be falling not straight down from directly above you, but at a slight angle from a point in the sky somewhat in front of you.

Because of the market success of the NES, companies chose to develop for it first and were thus barred from developing the same games on competing systems for two years.

Because these methods are diverse and use data from such different sources, the problem of integrating them into a coherent argument has been a long-term issue for archaeoastronomers.

Because individuals with albinism have skin that entirely lacks the dark pigment melanin, which helps protect the skin from the sun's ultraviolet radiation, their skin can burn more easily from overexposure.

Because of the radical departure from traditional behavior and theatrical convention involved in Nora's leaving home, her act of slamming the door as she leaves has come to represent the play itself.

Because brass is not ferromagnetic, it can be separated from ferrous scrap by passing the scrap near a powerful magnet.

Because the Belarus government severely limits free expression, several opposition media outlets are broadcast from nearby countries to help provide Belarusians alternative points of view.

Because of the split in the Conservative Party and because of Disraeli's unpopularity, arising from the budget fight of 1852, which is outlined above, no Conservative reconciliation remained possible so long as Disraeli remained leader in the House of Commons.

Because F ( x ) is a map from X ′ to K, it is an element of X ′′.

Because of a wine glut ( wine lake ) in the generic production, the price squeeze induced by an increasingly strong international competition, and vine pull schemes, the number of growers has recently dropped from 14, 000 and the area under vine has also decreased significantly.

Because of its favorable location within the county, it was named county seat in 1835.

Because he was proclaimed Emperor on the initiative of the Praetorian Guard instead of the Senate — the first Emperor thus proclaimed — Claudius ' repute suffered at the hands of commentators ( such as Seneca ).

Because of several chronological discrepancies in the account of Emperor Kimmei in the Nihon Shoki, some believe that his was actually a rival court to that of Emperors Ankan and Senka.

Because of the brevity of his reign, Emperor Yōmei was not responsible for any radical changes in policy, but his support of Buddhism created tension with supporters of Shintoism who opposed its introduction.

Because of this, Takauji made Emperor Kōgon's second son Imperial Prince Iyahito emperor ( First Fushimi-no-miya ).

Because he chose to fight under the banner of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and lead a life of exile, his title was discontinued after his death.

Because of the sudden death of Emperor Shijō at the age of 10, the question of succession arose.

Because he and his brother, the future Emperor Constantine VIII ( ruled 1025 – 1028 ), were too young to reign in their own right, Basil's mother Theophano married one of Romanos ' leading generals, who took the throne as the Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas several months later in 963.

Because of his young age, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V served as the regent of the principality until William was fit to rule.

Because at the time of the engagement Emperor Alexios I had no rightful male heirs to inherit the throne, young Constantine was proclaimed the co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

Because of the new ideas following the French Revolution in 1789, the Holy Roman Emperor ( who was governing present day Belgian territories ) wanted to impose reforms.

Because of his uncertain condition, he was hastily proclaimed Emperor by Stephen, who had the backing of the army.

Because it is in the middle of the island of Honshū, it has been the site of many decisive battles throughout Japan's history, the oldest major one being the Jinshin War in 672, which led to the establishment of Emperor Temmu as the 40th emperor of Japan.

Because he was not of Fujiwara descent, the Kampaku, Fujiwara no Yorimichi neglected him, but Emperor Go-Suzaku decreed that upon his elder brother Chikahito's enthronement ( as Emperor Go-Reizei ), that Takahito would become the heir ( kōtaitei ).

Because of their lower social standing, “ soldier-Decembrists ” experienced the Emperor ’ s vengeance in full.

Because as Emperor Ōjin he was an ancestor of the Minamoto clan, Hachiman became the of the Minamoto samurai clan.

Because Japanese era names ( nengō ) change with the Emperor and the Imperial House split in two after 1336, the Kenmu era was counted by the two sides in two different ways.

Because it was a state temple built by the Emperor, this temple was the largest and enjoyed the highest status of all Mazu temples in the country.

Because the young Emperor Ping had not had any children by his wife Empress Wang or any of his concubines, there was no heir.

Because of their mystic powers, they were held in more fear and reverence in the southern provinces than the Shou Emperor.

Because Emperor Ling had, earlier in his life, frequently lost sons in childhood, he later believed that his sons needed to be raised outside the palace by foster parents.