Initially, Hou defeated Murong in battle, forcing him to flee, but Murong then regrouped.

Initially, the Mononobe clan, a rival clan of the Sogas, allied with Prince Anahobe, another son of Kimmei, and attempted to have him installed as emperor.

Initially the conflict went badly for King Henry, and after the Battle of Lewes in 1264 he was forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, under which his son, Prince Edward, was given over to the rebels as a hostage.

Initially, the queen rejected the plan because it required her to leave with only her son.

Initially her son is vain and headstrong and only after her perseverance does he become a good son who listens to his mother.

Initially named Boguslaw, he was son to the only surviving granddaughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark and also a descendant of Magnus III of Sweden and Haakon V of Norway.

Initially, Khama ’ s father, Chief Sekgoma I, grudgingly accepted his son ’ s affiliation with the church, although he did not embrace church doctrine himself.

Initially, his son King Ramesuan became ruler of Ayutthaya, but King Ramesuan later abdicated in favor of King Ramathibodi's brother-in-law, King Borommaracha I.

Initially light cavalry companies formed by Polish Tatars ( the very word ulan came from Lithuanian Tartar surname that might have come from an honorific name for a young, skilled warrior known as oglan ) for one of the magantes, Sapieha, the uhlans joined the forces of Augustus der Starke, the king of Poland-Lithuania-Saxony, and in early 1740s 18th century the first uhlan ' pulks ' ( regiments )-known as uhlans-were formed for his son, king Augustus III.

Initially a Conservative, she married David Julian Gibson-Watt, second son of David Gibson Watt, Conservative MP for Hereford, and Diana Hambro, in 1970.

Initially Stephenson's son Robert assisted him, but then went to join William James in surveying a proposed new line between Liverpool and Manchester.

Initially, Perdiccas ruled the empire as regent for Alexander's half-brother Arrhidaeus, who became Philip III of Macedon, and then as regent for both Philip III and Alexander's infant son Alexander IV of Macedon, who had not been born at the time of his father's death.

Initially he had a rival in his cousin, Hakon Magnusson who was the son of Olaf's short-lived brother King Magnus II of Norway.

Initially, their sound was a fusion of son montuno, rumba, and North American rock and pop.

Initially, the book was also criticised by the composer ’ s son, Maxim, but later he and his sister Galina have become supporters of Volkov.

Initially he struggled to attract clients, but Henry Hicks became associated with the London General Omnibus Company and this connection gained his son much legal work.

Initially, she has exhibited all of Liza's worst character traits from the 80s, including consistent spoiled behavior, and a false statutory rape allegation against Erica Kane's son Josh Madden.

Initially Galla Placidia sought Honorius's favour in the hope that her son might ultimately inherit.

Initially, he lives in a small house on the Esquiline Hill in Rome with his family ; but he later inherits a farm in Etruria, then exchanges it for a house on the Palatine Hill, giving his older house to his son Eco.

Initially Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, contradicted Sarkozy's claim that no additional agreements had been made.

Initially built in 1617, during the Edo period, while Ieyasu's son Hidetada was shogun, it was enlarged during the time of the third shogun, Iemitsu.

Initially Sir Jack Brabham's son Gary Brabham was signed to drive but when he failed to prequalify twice he left the team for good, in the second of his two races the car coasted to a halt after 400 yards with the mechanics on strike revealing they never put oil in the engine.

Initially the pickles were sold in large barrels, but according to the official Vlasic Pickles website, Joe and his son Bob invented the concept of packaging pickles in small glass jars in 1942 when the Vlasic Pickle brand was officially born.

Initially, HKT owner Cable & Wireless entertained a bid from Singapore Telecom, chaired by Lee Hsien Yang, son of Singapore's former premier Lee Kuan Yew.

Initially, the emperor's stepmother, Empress Dowager Yang, exerted the most power at court, and empowered her family, the Yang consort clan, with her father Yang Jun given the most power.

Initially Sorel had officially been a revisionist of Marxism, but by 1910 announced his abandonment of socialist literature and claimed in 1914, using an aphorism of Benedetto Croce that " socialism is dead " because of the " decomposition of Marxism ".

Initially it was claimed by David Cameron that Adams had accepted the title but Downing Street has since apologised for this and Adams has publicly rejected the title stating, " I have had no truck whatsoever with these antiquated and quite bizarre aspects of the British parliamentary system ".

Initially invited to arbitrate a succession dispute, Edward claimed feudal suzerainty over the kingdom.

Initially, both governments claimed that they represented the entire German nation.

Initially, Franz Joseph Gall ( 1758 – 1828 ) claimed his very popular theory of Phrenology and localization of function in the brain, but it was attacked by Pierre Flourens ( 1794 – 1867 ) who claimed that, by careful ablation of various brain regions, he had disproved Gall's hypotheses.

Initially the soldier claimed the shooting occurred during an armed firefight between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants but the prosecuted soldier later admitted firing at him " as a deterrent ".

Initially, it looked as though the eagle would win easily, but as he began to tire, a small bird which had hidden under the eagle's tail feathers, emerged to fly even higher and claimed the title.

Initially, it looked as though the eagle would win easily, but as he began to tire, a small bird which had hidden under the eagle's tail feathers emerged to fly even higher and claimed the title.

Initially, the White House claimed to have fired Ruckelshaus, but as The Washington Post article written the next day pointed out, " The letter from the President to Bork also said Ruckelshaus resigned.

Initially in Bohemia, the town was also claimed by the Kingdom of Poland, which led to a series of conflicts which in turn devastated the city completely by the beginning of the 12th century.

Initially, officer Castillo Cano claimed that Bithorn was violent and also claimed that

Initially reported as a sleeping pill overdose for legal reasons, he later claimed it was a combination of alcohol, crack, heroin, and a bottle of sleeping pills.

Initially, Hatch ( who claimed to have remortgaged his house to make the trailer ) was bitterly disappointed by this turn of events and was highly critical of the prospective new series on his web site.

Initially it was claimed that his driver was responsible for the crash, but further investigation by the ICAC revealed the story was fabricated, involving three other men and a police officer.

Initially after the accident, Jarvis claimed that the points ' poor condition was due to sabotage of some sort, and that its maintenance was not to blame.

Initially, both national councils claimed the whole of Cieszyn Silesia for themselves, the Polish Rada Narodowa Księstwa Cieszyńskiego in its declaration " Ludu śląski!

Initially he claimed that he had Tarkalean flu to the crew to spare the embarrassment of discussing his actual condition.

Initially Emoto claimed that high-quality water forms beautiful and intricate crystals, while low-quality water has difficulty forming crystals.

Initially, he claimed that he was attempting the give the ball back to the fielder at short leg, but he later admitted that he " should have just held up &# 91 ; his &# 93 ; hands and said ' I got it all wrong, I'm an idiot.

Initially, Gohmert had claimed ( in a speech made on the House floor in June 2010 ) that an ex-FBI agent had told him about " terror baby " plots.

Initially, he claimed that he had seized control of the city with only 200 men ( later claiming in a radio interview that he had done so with only 15 soldiers ).

Initially IMRO was declared as a Bulgarian organization, but later it was opened to all ethnic groups in Macedonia and IMRO's claimed that it was fighting for the autonomy of Macedonia and not for annexation to Bulgaria.