Despite his distinctly authoritarian personality, Abdur Rahman called for a loya jirga, an assemblage of royal princes, important notables, and religious leaders.

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 regarded as one of the most popular members of the royal family in recent times who helped to stabilise the popularity of the monarchy as a whole, Elizabeth was subject to various degrees of criticism during her life.

Despite Henry's very vocal misgivings, the two were married on 6 January 1540 at the royal Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, London by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.

Despite these signs of royal favour, Cromwell's tenure as the King's chief minister was almost over.

Despite being replaced by a Germanic royal Coat of Arms, it remained a popular symbol, and was used again in the 1930s by the Second Hellenic Republic.

Despite the decline of European settlement and the loss of contact, Denmark – Norway continued to maintain its claim to lordship of Greenland: in the 1660s, a polar bear was added to the royal coat of arms.

Despite this royal prestige, Champagne houses also portrayed Champagne as a luxury enjoyable by anyone, for any occasion.

Despite the Consell de Cent's refusal to accept the concession issued by the King to found an estudi general, on 10 January 1401, Martín founded the Estudi General of Medicine in Barcelona under his royal prerogative, granting it the same privileges as those enjoyed by the University of Montpellier.

Despite being a state prison, the Bastille retained the other traditional functions of a royal castle, and was used to accommodate visiting dignitaries, hosting some lavish entertainments given by Louis XI and Francis I.

Despite the decimation of the cedar, those parts of the island not covered in buildings and tarmac are now densely covered in trees and shrubbery, including allspice ( Pimenta dioica ), fiddlewood, Norfolk Island pine ( Araucaria heterophylla ), bay grape ( Coccoloba uvifera ), Surinam cherry ( Eugenia uniflora ), poinciana ( Delonix regia ), fan palms, coconut palm ( Cocos nucifera ), royal palm ( Roystonea ), pittusporum, Natal plum, loquat ( Eriobotrya japonica ), oleander ( Nerium oleander ), and hibiscus.

Despite her royal duties, Matilda was deeply invested in her children's well-being.

Despite a cold reception from the Spanish royal family, especially by Elisabeth of Parma, the stepmother of her husband, she married Louis of Spain on 20 January 1722 at Lerma.

Despite growing pressure for his deposition, Stigand continued to attend the royal court and to consecrate bishops, until in 1070 he was deposed by papal legates and imprisoned at Winchester.

Despite a very patchy political and military record, he remained at the height of royal favour for the first two years of the reign of Charles I, until he was assassinated.

Despite this shift in policy, Philip does not seem to have been particularly bellicose ; early on he noted that having inherited such a large empire, war somewhere across his domains was an inevitable condition, and he appeared genuinely upset when he came to power and contemplated how much the people of Castile had paid ' in blood ' to support the wars of his royal predecessors.

Despite his anger towards Alexander and Aspasia's union, Venizelos allowed her and her mother to move into the royal palace on the condition that the marriage not be made public.

Despite the courageous resistance, the royal family were overwhelmed and decimated.

John Slezer | Slezer's Edinburgh Castle c. 1693 depicting the Scottish Union Flag. Despite the drawings described in this letter as showing drafts of the two new patterns, together with any royal response to the complaint which may have accompanied them, having been lost in a fire, other evidence exists, at least on paper, of a Scottish variant whereby the Scottish cross appears uppermost.

Despite its evocation of republican virtues, this was a commission by the royal government, which David insisted on painting in Rome.

Despite this recognition, the royal family rigidly opposed her potential marriage to the King's uncle, a rejection that deeply wounded her pride and led her to distance herself from the royal family and embrace grassroots causes, such as her answering the request of the Egyptian legion trapped in Falujah during the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict to sing a particular song.

Despite calls from Clarke for the federal government to use its power of reservation to stop the legislation, Bulyea granted royal assent December 16.

Despite her relinquishment of her royal title, Lady Patricia remained a member of the British Royal Family, remained in the line of succession, and attended all major royal events including weddings, funerals, and the coronations of George VI and Elizabeth II in 1937 and 1953 respectively.

Despite this, the significance of the espousal of human rights within the UN charter must not be understated.

Despite his promises to the contrary, John appealed to Innocent for help, observing that the charter compromised the pope's rights under the 1203 agreement that had appointed him John's feudal lord.

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.

Despite only being home to around 80 people, Tromsø was issued its city charter in 1794 by King Christian VII.

Despite its efforts, the North West Company was at a distinct disadvantage in competing for furs with the Hudson's Bay Company, whose charter gave it a virtual monopoly in Rupert's Land, where the best furs came from.

Despite the lack of an official charter since 1632, the Company held tercentenary celebrations at the beginning of the twentieth century, under the direction of Colonel Thomas Bradney Shaw-Hellier commandant of the Royal Military School of Music.

" Despite its connections, the Council is by charter independent of the US government and NATO, and a registered 501 ( c )( 3 ) nonprofit organization.

Despite only having two air carriers that operate at KGFK, Delta Air Lines and Allegiant, the majority of the operations are from UND, FedEx, charter, and general aviation.

Despite the decline of its abbey, which in 1074 came under the authority of Saint Victor abbey in Marseille, Castres was granted a liberal charter in the 12th century by the famous Trencavel family, viscounts of Albi.

Despite the difficult and financially-strapped first years resulting from the Revolutionary War, the College survived with sufficient viability to be granted a charter by the Virginia General Assembly in 1783 — the oldest private charter in the South.

Despite taking bookings for 2005 they withdrew from the route: a deal that would have seen Transmanche Ferries charter Superseacat One for the route fell through.

Despite restructuring and mass layoffs was the Swissair charter business could be conducted into the profit zone.

Despite this, it never organized a city government, and its city charter was revoked along with dozens of others in 1995.

Despite losing its commercial charter, Loronha's family retained its hereditary capitaincy of Fernando de Noronha island ( heirs are confirmed in documents down to 1580 ).

Despite legislation that capped Chicago charters at 30, former CPS schools chief Arne Duncan and Mayor Daley allowed many new charter schools to open under the auspices of a single charter within the Renaissance 2010 initiative.

Despite the judge demanding a guilty verdict, the jury this time unanimously found Penn guilty of preaching but acquitted him on the charge of disturbing the peace and acquitted Mead of all charges.

Despite competition from photographers such as Irving Penn, Kertész regained commissioned work.

Despite widespread poverty and overall high crime rates for the quadrant, there are Black middle class neighborhoods, such as Hillcrest, Penn Branch, and Fort Dupont.

Despite frequent rumors to the contrary, in a radio interview with Penn Jillette in February, 2006, magician Criss Angel seemed to indicate his unaired performance of the bullet catch was an illusion, saying that it " was so believable " that television network A & E barred it from airing.