Though he was destined to be a strongly counter-reforming emperor, Alexander had little prospect of succeeding to the throne during the first two decades of his life, as he had an elder brother, Nicolas, who seemed of robust constitution.

Though upon his elder brother's death Catullus lamented that their “ whole house was buried along ” with the deceased, the existence ( and prominence ) of Valerii Catulli is attested in the following centuries.

Though they arrived too late to save Danbury from burning, the elder Ludington and the New York militia helped support the Danbury troops and ensuing engagement of the British known as the Battle of Ridgefield on April 27, 1777.

Though he was very close to his younger sister, Princess Helen, Alexander was less warm towards his elder brother George, with whom he had little in common.

Though he had little influence on public policy, Lin was highly respected by the public as an august elder statesman who was above politics.

Though Carloman captured and imprisoned Grifo, it may have been enmity between the elder brothers that caused Pepin to release Grifo while Carloman was on a pilgrimage to Rome.

Though the organizations are similar in structure and doctrine, the major differences reside in the questions of which of the two leaders is the rightful head of the church, which according to this branch is Rogers, and of ordaining women to the office of elder, which this branch does not do.

Though the mountain dulcimer has long been associated with the elder generation, it has gradually attracted a number of younger players who have discovered its charms.

Though she also mentioned that " debutante Priyanka Chopra has precious little to do " and that Revathi's role was of a cliched elder sister.

Though the king's mistress Diane de Poitiers was made baronne of Chalencon and of Privas, and in 1566 the barony was divided between her two daughters, the elder retaining the honour of Privas, in the French Wars of Religion Privas remained a major centre of Huguenots, called the " Rampart of Reform ", and the " Geneva of the country ", a symbol of resistance to the Catholic monarchy.

Though his elder brothers mocked his simple playing style — he used his size and strength to push his way through opponents — Siebert was invited to join the Kitchener Greenshirts in 1922.

Though not specifically stated in the treaty, the two imperial families used familiar terms with one another, with the Khitan Liao holding the status of being elder, which was of great symbolic importance in Chinese culture and somewhat humiliating to the Chinese.

Though his father named his elder brother, Prince Bei, as his heir apparent in 916, upon his death, the Empress Dowager Yingtian favored Deguang because she felt he better embodied the ideals of the steppe.

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

Though he was foreign-born, Weissmuller gave his birthplace as Tanneryville, Pennsylvania, and his birth date as that of his younger brother, Peter Weissmuller.

Though she employed only women and claimed to hate the male gender, Darcy had an intense, incestuous love for her brother David.

Though struggling to make ends meet, Jardine's older brother David provided him with money to attend school.

Though Louis was partly educated in Vienna and became co-regent of his brother Rudolf I in Upper Bavaria in 1301 with the support of his Habsburg mother Matilda and her brother King Albert I, he quarrelled with the Habsburgs from 1307 over possessions in Lower Bavaria.

Though the older brother, Napoleon, had intended for the younger brother to be little more than a French governor of Holland, Louis took his duties as the King seriously, calling himself Koning Lodewijk I ( adopting the Dutch form of his name ), attempting to learn the Dutch language, and trying hard to be a responsible, independent ruler of Holland.

Though not universally liked by the townspeople, the Earps tended to protect the interests of the town's business owners and residents, although Virgil's brother Wyatt helped keep a Cowboy from being lynched after he accidentally killed Tombstone Marshal Fred White.

Though the Young King sent his wife early in 1183 to the French court, it was done most likely to keep her safe in the impending war with his brother, Richard, rather than because she was in disgrace.

Though Spode confesses readily to shooting his brother ( who was dying of radiation poisoning ), he commits suicide by ingesting a cyanide capsule before Archer can take him back to London.

Though she initially trained as a set designer, she became interested in drama school as her brother Jeff attended the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Though, in all the other episodes, Margaux doesn't appear to have a brother again.

Though his brother's vision was not a path he wished to share, it is said that he took great joy in the joy of his brother.

" Though Joe only specifically names himself and his brother as Floobs, he alludes to other Floobs whom he had not met or known of, but were living in the same conditions as he and his brother ; the respect that Floobs had for each other and their family-like embrace of likewise people influenced the philosophy held among Juggalos.

Though thought of in the early stages of his career as only " a moderately talented player ", at one point losing his Test place to his brother Mark, Waugh went on to become one of the leading batsmen of his time.

Though there were probably a handful of V13 members who also became Suicidals, Amery was not a member of V13 but bassist Louiche Mayorga's brother was ( and that's whose hat he's wearing just for the photo ).

Though his father, older brother, and oldest sister were all going themselves the General refused to help Thomas find a position aboard a ship.

Though many of his songs had Southern themes, Foster never lived in the South and visited it only once, in 1852 by river-boat voyage on his honeymoon, on his brother Dunning's steam boat, the Millinger, which took him down the Mississippi to New Orleans.

Though she had no children, Low had many surviving relatives, including her niece, Peggy Seiler, who was the daughter of her brother George Arthur Gordon.

Though the exact etymology is obscure, the English and Frisian forms probably derive from an earlier Anglo-Frisian * bō-ja (" little brother "), a diminutive of the Germanic root * bō-(" brother, male relation "), from Proto-Indo-European * bhā -, * bhāt-(" father, brother ").

Though William's complicity in the lynching has never been proved ( and some 19th-century Dutch historians have made an effort to disprove that he was an accessory before the fact ) he thwarted attempts to prosecute the ringleaders, and even rewarded some, like Hendrik Verhoeff, with money, and others, like Johan van Banchem and Johan Kievit, with high offices.

Though a minor skirmish from a military perspective, Frederick William's victory turned out to be of huge symbolic significance.

Though a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.

Though it may be hard to tell at first, the social centres aren't ghettos, they are windows — not only into another way to live, disengaged from the state, but also into a new politics of engagement.

Though the closest Christian sources do not name his opponents, the battle can be linked with the first major engagement of a series of aggressive campaigns launched against the Asturian kingdom in the 790s.

Though the engagement was broken off, they remained friends.

Though the current government has chosen not to enter into a formal partnership with the PSA, the union remains committed to constructive engagement at all levels of government and with employers. The PSA continues to be an effective voice for its members.

Though the couple's engagement was widely reported, Troyer and his attorney deny that the two ever had any formal wedding plans, saying that Gallen had fabricated the story for her own financial gain.

Though the Republican platform in 2000 criticized Clinton's treatment of China, George W. Bush did not fully embrace the " blue " interpretation of China's aims, nor did he reverse Clinton's policy of constructive engagement.

Though a manuscript was written ( published 1968 ) the unstable economic conditions and Dreyer ’ s own demands of realism together with his switching engagement let it remain a dream.

Though the interpretation of biblical texts is not the exclusive or even primary mode of his theological work ( as it is, for instance, for David Ford his “ scriptural reasoning ” project or Michael Welker his “ realistic biblical theology ” project, many of his books contain sustained engagement with biblical texts.

Though seemingly enthusiastic about the War engagement ( if this is possible ), seen by the fact that Scotland mobilised 22 out of the 157 battalions that made up the British Expeditionary Force, the wartime threat to an exporting economy soon came to be a fore.

Though Schaeffer's interests were primarily cultural and philosophical, his doctrine of engagement with the public sphere influenced a diverse spectrum of theological conservatives, including Jerry Falwell, Tim LaHaye, John W. Whitehead, and others.

Though considerably weakened, the image of the Persian Empire as a fearsome superpower still resonated in the minds of the newly-ascendant Arabs, and Umar was wary of unnecessary military engagement with the Persians.

Though the conflict to this day is known as a battle, it was a relatively small engagement whose primary importance was as the turning point that brought General Marmaduke's second Missouri raid to an end.