Though a practicing Christian, he had been born into a Jewish family with origins from Portugal, and had converted at a young age.

Though his family originally lived in Hamburg, Jacob and his brother were both born in Spain.

Though born in Rīga in 1937, she settled in Canada during the years of the Soviet occupation, becoming a well-respected academic in the subject of Latvian culture.

Though born in Oxford, he spoke no English.

Though born into a wealthy slave-owning family, Jefferson had many financial problems, and died deeply in debt.

Though Don Rosa hasn't used him in his family tree or his timelines it has been purposed that he could be an illegitimate son of Fergus McDuck born somewhere between the death of Fergus ' wife on 1897 and Fergus ' own death on 1902.

Though Otto I preferred Byzantine Princess Anna Porphyrogenita, daughter of former Byzantine Emperor Romanos II, as she was born in the purple, her age ( then only five years old ) prevented serious consideration by the East.

Though he is known to most likely be Parsee / Persian, his birthplace is uncertain, but it is now generally thought that he was born in the eastern part of ancient Greater Iran.

Though there are many important precedents and developments, free improvisation developed gradually, making it difficult to pinpoint a single moment when the style was born.

Though accounts of their birth are varied, they are sometimes said to have been born from an egg, along with their twin sisters Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra.

Though Findley had declared his homosexuality as a teenager, he married actress / photographer Janet Reid ( born 1930 ) in 1959, but the union lasted only three months and was dissolved by divorce or annulment two years later.

Though Paris was indeed born before nightfall, he was spared by Priam ; Hecuba, too, was unable to kill the child, despite the urging of the priestess of Apollo, one Herophile.

Though married to Theseus, Phaedra fell in love with Hippolytus, Theseus ' son born by either Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, or Antiope, her sister.

Though he died in Padua, he was born and raised in a wealthy family in Lisbon.

Though born in Mississippi, Waldrop has spent most of his life in Texas.

Though it is said that these horoscope have been recorded for all mankind who were, have and will be born till eternity.

Though primarily associated with Columbia, former Governor John J. McKeithen was born in Grayson in 1918.

Though born in Traverse City, actor David Wayne was raised in Bloomingdale.

Though Ferdinand was likely hoping to produce another male heir, there were no children born of this second marriage.

Though born in Borger, Anderson graduated in 1961 from Stinnett High School.

Though Leif's birthplace is not accounted for in the sagas, it is likely he was born in Iceland, where his parents met — probably somewhere in Breiðafjörður, and possibly at the farm Haukadal where Thjodhild's family is said to have been based.

Though he was born Bruno Schlesinger, he began using Walter as his surname in 1896, and officially changed his surname to Walter upon becoming a naturalised Austrian in 1911.

Though it seems now that the critical response to Styron's next novel, Sophie's Choice ( 1979 ), could hardly match the reception sparked by the publication of The Confessions of Nat Turner ( a novel reflecting the turbulent decade in which it was born even as it seems to reinforce the social and political turmoil of that time ), Styron's decision to portray a non-Jewish victim of the Holocaust generated various debates of its own.

Though born in exile, he and his family held the ranks of princes and princesses of the blood and the title of " Serene Highness ".

Though Williams had the support of the influential Knoxville Register and rising politician Davy Crockett, he lost to Jackson by a margin of 35 votes to 25 at a contentious meeting of the state legislature on October 1, 1823.

Though Bragg's army had not been captured, the decisive battle opened Georgia and the heartland of the Confederacy to Union invasion by Maj. Gen. Sherman.

Though a majority of Cherokees opposed the treaty and refused to leave, the U. S. and Georgia considered it binding.

Though surrounded by controversy it is widely accepted that in 1932 a 22 pound 4 ounce bass was caught by George Perry in Montgomery Lake, Georgia.

Though the University's traditional students are transitioning to West Point, Georgia in Fall 2012, the East Point location will remain active for the school's adult studies program.

Though Mendenhall moved to Georgia in 1775, his son George remained, and by 1816, he founded the village of Jamestown in honor of his father.

Though the Spartans did not win the Big Ten Conference Championship they did gain some revenge by beating the SEC's University of Georgia Bulldogs in the 2012 Outback Bowl.

Though Georgia was not initially represented in the First Continental Congress, through Hall's influence, the parish was persuaded to send a delegateHall himselfto Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Second Continental Congress.

Though she was very different from Frank, and laughed at the idea of speaking Yiddish, they were married on November 30, 1910, at the Selig residence on 68 East Georgia Ave in Atlanta.

Though most of the Klan today is non active, it can be seen in another form, calling themselves the " White Brotherhood " in areas as far south as Georgia, to as far north as Maryland.

Though similarly named, the Georgia International Convention Center is a smaller unrelated facility located near Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Though its headquarters are in Mexico, the center supports 13 regional offices ( Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Georgia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Nepal, Turkey, and Zimbabwe ).

Though he has headed several Abkhaz delegations to United Nations-sponsored talks with Georgia, Abkhazia has failed to receive any international recognition.

Though born in Virginia, Walton later became a planter near Augusta, Georgia.

Though there are inscriptions dating to the 1160s, the main church was built in 1215 under the auspices of the brothers Zakare and Ivane, the generals of Queen Tamar of Georgia, who took back most of Armenia from the Turks.

Though there are inscriptions dating to the 1160s, the main church was built in 1215 under the auspices of the brothers Zakare and Ivane ( of the Zakarid-Mkhargrzeli family ), the generals of Queen Tamar of Georgia, who took back most of Armenia from the Turks.

Though it is proved in history that Alexander the Great never invaded Georgia but Rustavi itself is mentioned among such ancient towns as Uplistsikhe, Urbnisi, Mtskheta and Sarkineti.

Though as it was winter they left Georgia and as the enemy was leaving on the way home they took Tbilisi and Rustavi and gave them to Phadlon ( Amira ).

Though he had been pledged to maintain the County Unit System, a type of electoral college that had been employed to elect Georgia governors, Vandiver was trumped by the United States Supreme Court, which struck down the system as unconstitutional.

They point out that the Bagration-Mukhranskys were demoted from dynastic status and incorporated into Russia ’ s ordinary nobility by 1833: Though the princess descended patrilineally from a dynasty that had ruled as kings in Armenia and Georgia since the Middle Ages, it had been reduced to the status of Russian nobility for over a century prior to the Russian Revolution.

Though he earns the Medal of Honor, he returns to Georgia and lives a shadowy life as a drunk, golf being just a distant memory.

Though Leonida's dynasty, the Bagrationi, had been kings in Georgia since the early medieval period, Leonida's branch had not been regnant in the male line as Kings of Georgia since 1505 and had been simply Russian nobility since then.

Though Abashidze's faction strongly advocated the union with Georgia, the drive towards autonomy was strong, even among the pro-Georgian Adjarians.

Though the Cryme Tyme gimmick was mostly parody, Gaspard has been arrested numerous times, including arrests for assault in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Georgia, Illinois, and California ; looting and robbery in New York and Georgia ; and drug-trafficking in Atlanta.