Despite the overthrow of the monarchy in 1917, the former Dowager Empress Maria at first refused to leave Russia.

Despite token criticism of the partition from Austrian Empress Maria Theresa, Austrian statesman Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz was proud of wresting as large a share as he did, with the rich salt mines of Bochnia and Wieliczka.

Despite Elizabeth ’ s volatile, often violent reactions in regards to her appearance, the Empress was ebullient in most other matters particularly when it came to Court entertainment.

Despite this success, Zeno continued to be unpopular with the people and Senate because of his barbarian origins ; his right to the throne was limited to his marriage with Ariadne and his relationship to Verina, the dowager Empress.

Despite securing the support of Geoffrey de Mandeville, who controlled the Tower of London, forces loyal to Stephen and Queen Matilda remained close to the city and the citizens were fearful about welcoming the Empress.

Despite attempts by a Franco-Swedish army to seize Linz and free Rupert, his release was ultimately negotiated through Leopold and the Empress Anna Maria ; in exchange for a commitment never again to take up arms against the Emperor, Rupert would be released.

Despite his enhanced status, the Cardinal was poorly received at court, having made himself an enemy of Queen Marie Antoinette, the daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, whose disapproval he had earned in Vienna.

Despite Wang Jing's urging for him to dismiss the idea, Cao went to meet Empress Dowager Guo and tell her about his intentions.

Despite this reversal Eulalius ' position appeared to be the stronger, for he had the support of the Empress Galla Placidia and her husband Constantius, because he had been elected first.

Despite losing all his titles, he later married one of Empress Dowager Cixi's relatives and became close to Cixi, who granted him the title of a " Prince of the Second Rank " ( 郡王 ).

Despite the near-coup by Consort Fu and Prince Kang, however, Empress Wang and Emperor Cheng did not bear grudges, and, against the advice of officials who were concerned that Prince Kang would become the subject of conspiracies, Emperor Cheng often summoned Prince Kang to the capital Chang ' an for extended visits.

" Despite this fact, due to the intervention of Russian Empress Leontiev's brothers were able to enter imperial Corps of Pages.

Despite this, she was acknowledged only as Dowager Princess of Wales by Henry.

Despite this, gossip spread rapidly about Mary's parentage, and her grandmother Sarah, Dowager Duchess of Marlborough did not recognise her until 1740, when the two reconciled their differences.

Despite her remarriage she continued to be known as The Dowager Duchess of Leinster.

Despite the achievements of Shen and Guo's work in trigonometry, another substantial work in Chinese trigonometry would not be published again until 1607, with the dual publication of Euclid's Elements by Chinese official and astronomer Xu Guangqi ( 1562 – 1633 ) and the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci ( 1552 – 1610 ).

( Despite that incident, Emperor Guangwu permitted Liu Yang's son and Consort Guo's cousin Liu De ( 劉得 ) to inherit the Principality of Zhending, although he would be demoted to marquess in 37 as part of a major reorganization of noble titles.

Despite his womanizing tendencies Joey is an innocent and caring character with good intentions.

Despite the best intentions, their guarded editorial and business skills forced the company to close down soon after cancelling Pasolini ’ s project, Accattone ( 1961 ).

Despite the successes enjoyed by his troops, Germanicus ' German campaign was in reaction to the mutinous intentions of his troops, and lacked real strategic value.

Despite the parties ' ongoing relations, each side was strongly suspicious of the other's intentions.

Despite the good intentions and hardwork of its creator ( as well as the keen interest and support from both amateur and professional 2000 AD contributors ), the fanzine's full potential sadly never was realised.

" Despite Whedon's intentions of not making Buffy about overcoming issues, he said Willow's exploration of her sexuality " turned out to be one of the most important things we've done on the show ".

Despite the best intentions of landowners such as the Earls of Leicester and Portland to develop the land on the grand scale of neighbouring Bloomsbury, Marylebone and Mayfair, Soho never became a fashionable area for the rich.

Despite repeated stated intentions by the world's leaders to end hunger and famine, famine remains a chronic threat in much of Africa and Asia.

” Despite the settlers ’ intentions, towns failed to develop for two reasons: the generally low level of economic activity in the area and the competition from plantation settlements already providing the kind of marketing and purchasing services typically offered by a town.

Despite his preparations and intentions to cow the Jews, Diodotus was entirely unsuccessful, and left the region under the rule of Jonathan's brother Simon, with little gain beyond a minor tribute of 100 talents.

Despite the framers ' intentions in the beginning of the republic, ballot measures and their corresponding referendums have been widely used at the state and sub-state level.

Despite this, Donald usually misinterprets Huey, Dewey and Louie's good intentions for being bad, either by the influence of the unknown bad guy or having nightmares and daydreams about them being destructive.

Despite their intentions, the Lows never returned to live in Savannah during their marriage, though they did visit the United States almost every year.

Despite his best intentions, Tejada seems to have been disdained by the Bolivian military leaders from the very beginning.

Despite her best intentions, Eliza's stubbornness that she's always right leads her strong desire to help to become destructive, she has also been seen to develop brief periods of megalomania on more than one occasion.

Despite the intentions, it took place without success.

Despite being forewarned of U. S. intentions by a tactical mistake, the Mexicans found themselves outgunned by the invading army at Contreras.

Despite the good intentions, efforts, and limited success of the Bureau, medical treatment of the freedmen was severely deficient.

Despite its being realistic and recounting facts, the documentary form itself must still communicate through a sign system ( the aural-visual signs of TV ) that simultaneously distorts the intentions of producers and evokes contradictory feelings in the audience.

Despite her trust in the goodness of people and persistent good intentions, Dharma is not naive.

Despite the intentions behind the 1834 Act, relief of the poor remained the responsibility of local taxpayers, and there was thus a powerful economic incentive to use loopholes such as sickness in the family to continue with outdoor relief ; the weekly cost per person was about half that of providing workhouse accommodation.

Despite his opposition to the treaty and his mistrust of the governments intentions and methods, the dwindling of the buffalo herds ultimately prevented his people from continuing to rely on this traditional food source and pushed the Cree to the point of starvation in less than a decade.

Despite these interpretations, Deodato has said in interviews that he had no intentions in Cannibal Holocaust but to make a film about cannibals.

Despite these intentions, the book has been categorized as " homosexual propaganda " by the tabloid press in the UK, which has led to much of its influence and even notoriety.