Despite his affection for Mary, Henry was deeply disappointed that his marriage had produced no sons.

Despite not selling as well as its predecessor, the album boasted several strong singles, including " Run's House ", " Beats to the Rhyme ", and " Mary Mary.

Despite this, Elizabeth would not name Mary her heir ; as she had experienced during the reign of her predecessor Mary I, the opposition could flock around the heir if they were disheartened with Elizabeth's rule.

Despite two previous marriages, Louis had no living sons, and sought to produce an heir ; but he died on 1 January 1515, less than three months after marrying Mary, reputedly worn out by his exertions in the bedchamber.

Despite the fact that Mary was tall for her age ( eventually reaching, making her almost a giant in the sixteenth century ) and fluent in speech, while Francis was abnormally short and stuttered, Henry II commented that " from the very first day they met, my son and she got on as well together as if they had known each other for a long time ".

Despite a harsh clampdown against conspiring Roman Catholics, Mary ( in domestic exile and Elizabeth's prisoner for nearly twenty years ), inspires an earnest attempt to overthrow Elizabeth.

Despite the principles of laïcité and the separation of church from state, public and school holidays in France generally follow the Roman Catholic religious calendar ( including Easter, Christmas, Ascension Day, Pentecost, Assumption of Mary, All Saints Day, etc .).

Despite the acclaim, Merman lost the Tony Award to her close friend Mary Martin in The Sound of Music and jokingly quipped, " How are you going to buck a nun?

Despite the revelations in O ' Brian's essay, O ' Brian's stepson Nikolai Tolstoy through O ' Brian's marriage to Mary Tolstoy disputes this, although he confirms that O ' Brian worked as a volunteer ambulance driver during the Blitz, where he met Mary, the separated wife of Russian-born nobleman and lawyer Count Dimitri Tolstoy.

Despite all of the innovations of painters of the Madonna during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Mary can usually be recognized by virtue of her attire.

Despite a bequest from Mary Peabody Mann and efforts to turn the school into a technical training center, Sarah's funds were depleted by the time of her husband's death in 1887, and she spent the last four years of her life retired from public activity.

Despite her enjoyment of life, her friendships, and dating, Mary Jane refuses to be tied down for too long.

Despite the one-shot graphic novel " Parallel Lives " and Untold Tales of Spider-Man # 16 revealing that Mary Jane discovered Peter's secret when she noticed Spider-Man climbing out of Peter's bedroom window, many comics published before this revelation claimed that she had simply " figured it out ", with the details of how and when left ambiguous to the reader.

Despite the names " Mary Jane " and " MJ " being common slang terms for marijuana, Lee has claimed that it was coincidental as he had no experience with drugs and was unfamiliar with such terminology.

Despite their modest income, Mary Adelaide had expensive tastes and lived an extravagant life of parties, expensive food and clothes, and holidays abroad.

Despite his Protestantism, Mary made him one of the original members of the Stationers ' Company.

Despite Mary's actions, Elizabeth still seemed to support her cousin's claim to the Scottish throne, and Mary wrote regularly to her supporters in Scotland asking them to be faithful and to await the help she believed Elizabeth would provide.

Despite these changes, the Drapers have retained the Blessed Virgin Mary as patron saint.

Despite their religious differences, Moray became the chief advisor to his Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1561 after her return from France.

Despite the fact that shortbread was prepared during much of the 12th century, the refinement of shortbread was actually accredited to Mary, Queen of Scots in the 16th century.

Despite his break away from the Catholic Church, Hubmaier never abandoned his belief in the perpetual virginity of Mary and continued to esteem Mary as theotokos (" mother of God ").

Despite his leanings toward Deism, Alexander has retained a respect for the Catholic Church, believing it to embody a great deal of accumulated human truth within its rituals.

Despite the close friendship and shared heritage that exists between adherents to Unitarian Universalism and Unitarian Christianity, there is an element within Unitarian Universalism that opposes specifically Unitarian Christian groups, believing them to be exclusive and intolerant of non-Christian thought.

Despite being told by one of his officers that the mess boys had eaten them, Queeg insists on believing otherwise.

Despite overcoming the inevitable troubles with each other, their relationship ends when Julia's ex, Joe, a soldier, returns from the front line believing Julia to still be his girlfriend.

Despite these dictatorial measures, a majority of Americans approve of them, believing them to be necessary though painful steps to restore American power.

Despite the failure of Rochefort, Pitt pushed for fresh landings on the French coast, believing they would be a useful distraction-preventing the French from sending troops to Germany or to the relief of their colonies around the globe.

Despite the current vogue for believing Cavendish was speaking of homosexuality, his 16th century interpretation was that George was apologising for his promiscuity, which he may or may not have been.

Despite fluency in Japanese, he refused to use the language to interact with local Taiwanese elites, many of whom could not speak Mandarin, believing that the island must abandon the colonial language in favor of the new national tongue.

Despite believing themselves to be " freedom fighters ", many right-wing populist conspiracy theorists hold views that are incompatible with their professed libertarianism, such as dominionism, white supremacism, and even eliminationism.

" Despite his love of archaeology, he instead decided to study history at university, believing that he had " probably more aptitude " for it.

Despite overwhelming odds, he retains his principles of not killing and of believing that good will still come while one is alive.

Despite fleeing the country twice when his life was under threat, he continued to return to his native Haïti, firmly believing in the cause of the Haitian plight.

Despite being fervent nationalists and personally believing that each nation and people had a unique cinema, the authors instead focused on international trends rather than local particularism.

Despite the pleadings of Kate and FBI Special Agent Lonnie Hawkins, Tom sticks to his plan, believing it is the best chance of having Sean returned.

Despite the fact that many authorities and collectors declared the objects fraudulent, Scotford and Soper had a large number of believing customers.

Despite not agreeing fully with the ideas of Theodore Herzl, and in fact believing that Zionism would cause Americans to question his loyalty, he donated to many Jewish projects in Palestine, including the Technical Institute of Haifa.

Despite her own involvement in politics, his mother tried to dissuade him from entering politics, due to his childhood struggles with asthma, believing that the stress of campaigning would be detrimental to his frail health.

Despite his contributions, De Graaf made a number of errors in addition to believing that the ovum was the follicle.

Despite believing that the Kingdom of God, as he envisioned it, was divinely preordained, Monk had few or no reservations about using political will and power to achieve his vision.

Despite his leftist sympathies, Mille found himself in conflict with Romania's labor movement: believing that the Linotype machines would render their jobs obsolete, they went on strike, before the editor himself resolved to educate them all in the new techniques.

Despite believing strongly that the Union should not be dissolved, he returned to Virginia to fight for his native state and the Confederacy.

Despite some Acolyte's objections, Exodus ordered the cocoon to be brought on board, believing it to be a sign of things to come.

Despite being offered a handsome salary for the time, she turned it down, believing that she could have a greater impact branching off on her own.

Despite the gravity of the situation, Tobin discusses his optimistic viewpoint of the situation with correspondent Eric Sevareid, believing that, " Reasonable people, once they've looked the Devil in the face, aren't going to shake hands with him.