Despite the problems they encountered because of the fencing, the Byzantines ultimately managed to ferry the Magyar forces led by Árpád's son Liüntika across the Danube, possibly near modern Galaţi, and assisted them in pillaging the nearby Bulgarian lands.

Despite the pillaging of the Native River-Settlement in Ah-Wa-Ga Owego, New York, by generals Clinton and Sullivan during the Revolutionary War, the Society made peace with the then-wary Seneca tribe of the Iroquois.

Despite the example of the burghers, many ordinary citizens in Mainz and other the towns were caught up in the frenzy and joined in the persecution and pillaging.

Despite this reverse, under Ezana and Kaleb the kingdom was at its height, benefiting from a large trade, which extended as far as India and Ceylon, and were in constant communication with the Byzantine Empire.

Despite the comparative obscurity of the kingdom, there were strong connections between Essex and the Kentish kingdom across the river Thames which led to the marriage of King Sledd to Ricula, sister of the king, Aethelbert of Kent.

Despite its small size and relatively short existence, the exact nature of the kingdom and its origins, customs, laws, and population is still debated.

Despite the clear collapse of their power, and the decline of their kingdom around them, nobles continued to play kingmakers on a regular basis, with occasional intervention from Ptolemaic Egypt and other outside powers.

Despite the efforts of previous kings, western, democratic style of the government was alien to the kingdom.

Despite the breakup of their kingdom, the Baoulé strongly resisted French subjugation.

Despite its establishment within his kingdom, Afonso believed that the slave trade should be subject to Kongo law.

Despite the traditional nature of the system, harmony and cohesion had been established among Rwandans and within the kingdom since the beginning of Rwanda.

Despite this, he was successful in the few battles he engaged in and his kingdom grew.

Despite the fact that Hergé was in favor of the neutrality of Belgium, King Ottokar's Sceptre ( 1938 – 1939 ) could be read as anti-Nazi: Müsstler ( a possible contraction of Mussolini and Hitler ) is the leader of a conspiracy that seeks to merge the kingdom of Syldavia with its old enemy Borduria.

Despite his upbringing, however, he didn't experience a true conversion to Christianity until 19 September 1965, when he repented in the Ravenhill Free Presbyterian Church after listening to Ian Paisley preach on Matthew 8: 12 (" But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth ").

Despite enjoying relative geographical uniformity and history East Anglia is often seen as the region of England with the weakest attachment to regional identity, at least outside of the historical kingdom of East Anglia.

Despite the party's efforts, the kingdom was established, and the HSS became an opposition party in parliament.

Despite the fact that he overthrew the kingdom of Goryeo, and purged officials who remained loyal to the old regime, many regard him as a revolutionary and a decisive ruler who disposed the inept, obsolete and crippled governing system to save the nation from many foreign forces and conflicts.

Despite this alliance with the stronger northern kingdom, Jehoram's rule of Judah was shaky.

Despite his defeat at Chaldiran, Ismail quickly recovered most of his kingdom, from east of the Lake Van to the shores of the Indian Ocean.

Despite living in a landlocked kingdom, William II was a ship enthusiast.

Despite this reverse, Bagrat was able to become the first ruler of the unified Georgian kingdom ( officially called the Kingdom of the Georgians and Abkhazians ) on his father ’ s death in 1008.

Despite its small size, the kingdom played a central role in the maritime trade networks of medieval East and Southeast Asia.

Despite an intervening year of relative peace, by 1179 Saladin was able to renew his attacks on the kingdom, including his victory at the Battle of Marj Ayyun that year.

Despite the withdrawal, Britain maintained an unofficial protectorate over the kingdom, often intervening to protect Miskito interests against Spanish encroachments.

Despite once being a model for fashion and modernity throughout the Old World, Bretonnia had degenerated into a kingdom thoroughly riven with corruption.

Despite this huge personal loss, Fitz rallies his loyalty to his King and kingdom.

Despite the cancellation, the planning and development of the Voyager Mars program was eventually carried out by NASA's Viking program in the mid-1970s.

Despite being cheaper and simpler than the Voyager Mars program ( using the same Mariner 8 / 9 design for the orbiter, but with an automobile-sized lander with a very expensive microbiology lab ), the Viking 1 and Viking 2 probes were launched to Mars on separate Titan IIIE / Centaur rockets in 1975 and reached Mars in 1976.

Despite narrowly losing, 20 – 19, to the Queensland Reds on the road in Brisbane, the Brumbies won the right to face the Reds in the final back in Viking Park.

Despite the Viking settlement, Northumbrian Angles remained major landowners along the banks of the Tees in Viking times.

Despite this, the spear held great cultural significance to the Viking warrior, as the primary weapon of Odin, the king of the Norse gods and the god of warfare, was the spear Gungnir.

Despite its initial lack of publicity, The Little Disturbances of Man went on to build a sufficient following for it to be reissued by Viking Press in 1968.

Despite having the big Viking Sally on the Stockholm-Turku route plus two new large ships on the capital route between Stockholm and Helsinki, Sally was not able to invest in more new ships.

Despite his imperial claims, Frederick's rule was a major turning point towards the disintegration of a central rule in the Empire.

Despite the Kuwaiti government's desire to either be independent or under British rule, in the Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913, the British concurred with the Ottoman Empire in defining Kuwait as an autonomous caza of the Ottoman Empire and that the Shaikhs of Kuwait were not independent leaders, but rather qaimmaqams ( provincial sub-governors ) of the Ottoman government.

Despite the failure of his attempt at unifying the nation under his rule, Kim Il-sung considered the war a victory in the sense that he remained in power.

Despite that, states like Virginia enacted laws based in eugenics, such as its 1924 Racial Integrity Act, which established the one-drop rule as law.

Despite social and political unrest, the economy continued to flourish under the authoritarian rule with the export-based industrialization policy.

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 the efforts of groups like the Ku Klux Klan to intimidate black voters and white Republicans, assurance of federal support for democratically elected southern governments meant that most Republican voters could both vote and rule in confidence.

Despite Harry's suggestions of exceptions to that rule, they separate concluding that they will not be friends.

Despite the newly elevated role of courts in Chinese society, there still remains some consensus about defects in China ’ s legal system in regards to progressing towards the rule of law.

Despite Thomas II's efforts to subordinated the local clergy under his rule, several religious Orders remained faithful to Henry IV, among others, the Franciscans.

Despite home rule under democratic principles Lycia was not a sovereign state and had not been since its defeat by the Carians.

Despite Plaid Cymru's ambivalence toward home rule ( as opposed to outright independence ) the referendum result led many in the party to question its direction.

Despite his low social status among Xianbei herdsmen, he managed to unify all the Xianbei tribes under his rule in a confederacy against the Han court.

Despite his firm abolitionist stance, throughout his life he continued to express fears of uprising and rule by pardos ( mixed-race people ) and claimed that the governance of heterogeneous societies like Venezuela " will require an infinitely firm hand.

* Despite an attempt at rebellion, the land and city of Babylon remains solidly under Persian rule.

Despite a lack of consensus on the exact dates for the beginning and end of this period, many scholars agree that the process began in 1815 with the Congress of Vienna and the end of Napoleonic rule, and ended in 1870 with the Capture of Rome.

Despite his authoritarian methods, Balaguer had far less power than Trujillo, and his rule was much milder.

Despite reaching this agreement with Taraki, the Soviets continued to be reluctant to intervene further in Afghanistan and repeatedly refused Soviet military intervention within Afghan borders during Taraki's rule as well as later during Amin's short rule.

Despite the fact that all major fortresses along the seacoast were occupied by the Romans, their rule was relatively loose.

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 initial success, the democratic state was crushed by Russian troops descended to attack Hungary and restore the rule of the Habsburg dynasty.

Despite being under a home rule charter since 1977, it continues to operate under a Board of Commissioners divided into wards, as do " First Class " townships that are still under the Pennsylvania Township Code.