Despite Bacon's advice to him, James and the Commons found themselves at odds over royal prerogatives and the king's embarrassing extravagance.

Despite being subjected to severe pressure and incarceration for a year at Kraków, the delegation refused to submit to the king's terms, and Giese and Councilor Georg Kleefeld were eventually released in 1570 against a ransom of 100, 000 guilders.

Despite wielding such power over the king, Diane's status depended on the king's welfare, and his remaining in power.

Despite being barely twenty years of age and in love with Mlle du Vigean ( Marthe Poussard, called mademoiselle du Vigean, daughter of the king's gentleman of the bedchamber François Poussard, marquis de Fors and baron du Vigean, by his wife Anne de Neubourg, daughter of Roland, sieur de Sercelles ), he was compelled by his father to marry his fiancée, a child of thirteen.

Despite its minuscule size, the coin took the form of a scaled-down version of the guinea and half guinea, including all the intricate cruciform shields on the reverse and all the king's Hanoverian titles.

Despite the king's repeated efforts, luck each time saves the boy, who ultimately exiles the king.

Despite that some people suspected that it was not the Queen's ghost but closely resembling her king's mistress Barbara Giżanka and the whole event was set up by Giżanka's accomplice Mikołaj Mniszech, king's chamberlain.

Despite this arrangement, Philip seems to have been completely loyal to Baldwin, participating in the king's capture of Ascalon in 1153 and the relief of Banyas in 1157.

Despite his antagonism to James's episcopal schemes, he appears to have won the king's respect.

Despite the historical importance, the king's reign is recorded in the chronicles with what has been identified as a legend by scholarship.

Despite his close connections with the royal family, he showed no eagerness to waste his estates in the king's service during the English Civil War and sat in parliament until 1648 when he was escluded under Pride's Purge.

Despite his long association with and close proximity to the Buddha, Ananda was only a stream-winner prior to the Buddha ’ s death.

Despite Phillip's earlier order that Aboriginal Australians must never be slain, and his insistence that no retaliation be taken to avenge his own non-fatal spearing, Phillip's stance toward Aboriginals changed markedly after the death of his gamekeeper, John MacIntyre.

Despite his subsequent defeat by the Prussians, Russians and British allies, exile and death, no victorious power has reversed that decision or tried to remove Corsica from France.

Despite the fact that four of his sons ( Aban, Abd al Rahman, Muhammad and Ahmad ) were alive at the time of his death, all of them were passed over for succession.

Despite David's reputation, he was more fiercely criticized right after his death than at any point during his life.

Despite those efforts, he failed to gain control over Hungary and Bohemia in the Bohemian War ( 1468-1478 ) and was even defeated in the Austrian-Hungarian War ( 1477-1488 ) by the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus in 1485, who managed to maintain residence in Vienna until his death five years later ( see Siege of Vienna ( 1485 )).

Despite anti-government demonstrations after the untimely death of an opposition leader, the first multiparty National Assembly elections in almost 30 years took place in September – October 1990, with the PDG garnering a large majority.

Despite further anti-government demonstrations after the untimely death of an opposition leader, the first multi-party National Assembly elections in almost 30 years took place in September-October 1990, with the PDG garnering a large majority.

Despite the discomfort of jumping from the boat into swamps, rivers and marshes the film apparently rekindled in Bogart his early love of boats and on his return to California from the Congo he bought a classic mahogany Hacker-Craft runabout which he kept until his death.

Despite the often fierce rivalry with the SS, the Foreign Office played a key role in arranging the deportations of Jews to the death camps from France ( 1942 – 44 ), Hungary ( 1944 – 45 ), Slovakia, Italy ( after 1943 ), and the Balkans.

Despite such voyages ceasing with his death in 1817, his private initiative served to arouse public interest.

Despite deteriorating health, he continued what he called his " Universal Work ," which included fasting and seclusion, until his death on 31 January 1969.

Despite these hindrances, his aim ( and that of his collaborator John Dryden ) was to establish serious opera in England, but these hopes ended with Purcell's early death at the age of 36.

Despite the damage which the affair was inflicting on the church, it was not until after Julius ' death in 1555 that anything could be done to curb Innocenzo's visibility.

Despite such power, the political commissars whose Chekist detachments retreated or broke in the face of the enemy earned the death penalty.

Despite this apparent success the underlying problems remained unresolved and had already resulted in the death or serious injury of 30, 000 civilians.

Despite Germain's intellectual achievements, her death certificate lists her as a “ rentière – annuitant ” ( property holder ), not a “ mathematicienne.

Despite Orbison's death, the remaining group members recorded a second and final studio album, which they intentionally misnumbered Traveling Wilburys Vol.

Despite the higher Arab death toll and the fact that the battle was decided in Israel's favor, Fatah considered themselves victorious because of the Israeli army's withdrawal.

Despite Louis's death in 1483, shortly after Margaret arrived in France, she remained at the French court.

Despite his alleged responsibility for the death of Edward's brother Alfred, Godwin secured the marriage of his daughter Edith ( Eadgyth ) to Edward in 1045.

Despite the Emir's death, the Muslim troops did not flee the battlefield.

Despite this, Hungarian ambitions remained unchanged long after Kulin's death in 1204, waning only after an unsuccessful invasion in 1254.

Despite her condition, the debate as to her fate was the central question of the National Convention after Louis's death.

Despite the lack of formal secondary and tertiary level education, Nobel gained proficiency in six languages: Swedish, French, Russian, English, German and Italian.

Despite the need for an heir, Elizabeth declined to marry, despite offers from a number of suitors across Europe, including the Swedish king Erik XIV.

Despite the close relations between Swedish and Russian aristocracy ( see also Rus '), there is no direct evidence of Orthodox influence, possibly because of the language barrier.

Despite such associations and contrary to stated Social Democratic Party policy, Sweden had in fact secretly maintained extensive military co-operation with NATO over a long period, and was even under the protection of a US military security guarantee ( see Swedish neutrality during the Cold War ).

Despite Garbo's popularity as a silent movie star, the studio feared that her Swedish accent might impair her work in sound and delayed the shift for as long as possible.

Despite the fact that Djupa andetag was officially only released in Scandinavia and the songs were entirely sung in Swedish, a remix album of the single tracks " Även En Blomma ", " Alla Mina Bästa År " ( a duet with Roxette's Marie Fredriksson ) and " Ögonen " was released in Germany in 1998, entitled Frida-The Mixes.

Despite the government decision, the eight municipalities of Södertörn sent another request to the Swedish government that the university college be lifted to full university status.

Despite his injury, Leslie was appointed Field Marshal in 1636 and was one of the Swedish commanders at the Battle of Wittstock in the same year.

Despite interest from both the Liberal Party and the Centre Party, Torsten Kreuger sold Aftonbladet to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation.

Despite initial denials, Chinese company Geely Holding Group was ultimately selected to takeover the Swedish automaker.

Despite going into the tournament as one of Sweden's key players ( in the corresponding NHL season, he was third among Swedish players in points despite missing 19 games ), he ranked seventh among team forwards in total ice time.

Despite the Finnish and Russian demands of including much of today's Swedish Torne River Valley territory into the autonomous Russian Grand Duchy of Finland, the area remained part of the Kingdom of Sweden as a result of the peace treaty signed between Russia and Sweden in 1809.

Despite contradiction in the sources, Håkan's position as a successor of Stenkil in the line of Swedish kings is generally accepted as correct.

Despite the British naval blockade of Nazi Germany and the official proposed intentions from the Swedish government to maintain political neutrality, Sweden exported iron ore to supply Nazi Germany's war industry via the Norwegian port of Narvik.

Despite concerns by the French Government during the Phoney War over possible German reprisals against French waterways it was intended that the operation would take place simultaneously with Operation Wilfred, a scheme to mine the waters around Norway to force German convoys using them for transporting Swedish iron ore into international waters where they could be attacked by the Royal Navy.

Despite this finding, the Swedish weapon-historian Josef Alm repeated the rumor in a book in the 1930s, leading many to believe that there was a significant difference.

The Swedish language ( 6 % of the people ) is a valid language everywhere in Finland, whereas the Finnish language ( 92 % of the people ) is most widely used, but the latter is not legally valid everywhere .< ref name = CIAFinland > Despite the large difference in the numbers of users, Swedish is not officially classified as a minority language but equal to Finnish.

Despite another Swedish victory over the Danes at Gadebusch in December 1712, Stenbock ’ s army was forced to surrender at Tønning in May 1713.

Despite Torbjörn Nilsson's so-so stays abroad, and his short career in the Swedish national team — for whom he played only 28 matches and scored nine goals — he is considered to be one of the greatest Swedish footballers of all time.

Despite being on or near the top of the tables in the new Speedway Grand Prix series, organised as six events where points were tallied at the end, Rickardsson failed to win a single individual Grand Prix event in the next three years, and only won a World Championship silver and a Swedish Championship in that time.

Despite being the highest league, the winner of Svenska Serien did not become Swedish Champions, instead that title was awarded to the winner of the cup tournament Svenska Mästerskapet between 1896 and 1925.

Despite reaching the semifinal of Estoril and six quarterfinals ( including three Masters quarterfinals ) in 2007, Robredo also lost his opening match at numerous events: At Dubai ; at the Hamburg Masters and the Swedish Open where he was defending champion ; and at three other Masters tournaments.