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Both organisations welcomed Mbeki's acknowledgement of their continuing role in the tripartite alliance.
It accepted dependence on the western military alliance but decided to develop its own nuclear weaponry.
King Philip's War, waged between the English and an alliance of Wampanoag, Nipmuk, and Narragansett Indians, devastated Eliot's missions.
When de Gaulle returned to power in 1958, the western alliance was weakening.
Locke's political ideas reflect the alliance of classes that jointly opposed the drive to absolutism in mid and late seventeenth century England.
The book details his confrontations with neoconservatives, and his alliance with Condoleezza Rice.
But with this marriage alliance queering the pitch as far as India is concerned, it could be a long time before he appears on Indian TV screens again.
A minority still believed that it was possible and necessary to resist Germany, and refused to let anti-Communism blind them to the necessity for a Soviet alliance.
The government decided to join a defensive alliance with several other nations.
He entered in an awkward alliance with Lapid to join the government but quickly distanced himself from it.
First, one fights with another, then they make an alliance, then they go back to fighting each other.
Its allies have fared little better, and even with them accounted for, a Congress-led alliance barely limps to 60 seats.
America's 18 Nato allies stated last night that attacks could be considered an attack on the whole alliance if it turned out they were directed from abroad.
To McCain, that amounts to an American alliance with those countries, whether that was intentional or not.
This alternative alliance is precisely what Labor's Isaac Herzog and Livni's partner, Amram Mitzne, have been calling for.
The alliance between America and rebel forces has been strained by the U.S. refusal to directly attack the Assad regime.
An amended bill eventually passed that created a new board without all the power Mitchell and the alliance had sought.
That alliance between the spy agency and the military, forged in Iraq, would forever change the way America fights wars.
Despite ASEAN's strong request, Japan was earlier reluctant to accede to the treaty amid worries that the pact could constrain its security alliance with the United States.
However, a federation is more than a mere loose alliance of independent states.
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To build an alliance with the gens de couleur and slaves, the French commissioners Sonthonax and Polverel abolished slavery in the colony.
The French occupied Spain and formed a Spanish client kingdom, ending the alliance between the two.
An alliance with these two counties was then logically sealed by this wedding and the concessions of manors.
In 1171 Henry II set an alliance with Humbert of Maurienne adding one more enemy of Raymond V to his alliance.
The alliance with Navarre helped again when Philip attempted to incite revolt in Aquitaine but failed.
Despite this alliance between the Plantagenets and the Capetians, the dynasty on the French throne, the two houses were sometimes in conflict.
In March 1259, he entered into a formal alliance with one of the main reformers, Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester.
Meanwhile, Montfort had made an alliance with Llywelyn and started moving east to join forces with his son Simon.
As long as Scotland and France were in an alliance, the English were faced with the prospect of fighting a war on two fronts.
The alliance was sealed with the marriage of Henry's son Edward to Anne, Warwick's daughter.
Margaret built up an alliance against Richard and conspired with other nobles to reduce his influence.
He was convinced of the need for an alliance with France and had been negotiating a match between Edward and a French bride.
Henry decided to keep Brittany out of French hands, signed an alliance with Spain to that end, and sent 7,000 troops to France.
In 1510, France, with a fragile alliance with the Holy Roman Empire in the League of Cambrai, was winning a war against Venice.
The 1539 alliance between Francis and Charles had soured, eventually degenerating into renewed war.
Over 1539, the king's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, negotiated a potential alliance with the Duchy of Cleves.
This last proposal was tied to a planned alliance against Spanish control of the Southern Netherlands.
She proposed an alliance, something which she had refused to do when offered one by Feodor's father, but was turned down.
Francis's defeat in 1544 led to the annulment of the alliance with the Protestants, and Charles took advantage of the opportunity.
In response, the Netherlands created the Union of Utrecht, as an alliance between the northern provinces, later that month.
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Don Balthasar believed that the key to restraining the resurgent French and eliminating the Dutch was a closer alliance with Habsburg Austria.
Charles briefly escaped captivity in 1647, made a secret alliance with the Scots, and incited fresh Royalist rebellions.
Faced with the prospect of an Irish alliance with Charles II, Cromwell carried out a series of massacres to subdue the Irish.
In 1670, he entered into the secret treaty of Dover, an alliance with his first cousin King Louis XIV of France.
When the leaders of the Irish Gaelic alliance fled Ireland in 1607, their lands were confiscated.
For Vajpayee, who is keen that he alone does not carry the can for his unwieldy alliance, it is a tough decision.
In an unusual alliance, Minnesota is trading walleye fingerlings, above, for Wisconsin frylings.
It should be noted that the existence of a basis for guanxi does not imply that such an alliance will develop.
Instead the Scottish parliament sent envoys to France to negotiate an alliance.
This alliance later broke down and Anarawd came to an agreement with Alfred, king of Wessex, with whom he fought against the west Welsh.
The Liberals were in power with a progressive alliance of Labour and, off and on, Irish Nationalists.
The Frankish kingdom grew through a complex development of conquest, patronage, and alliance building.
It was, therefore, more likely to seek an alliance of protection with Rome.
Philip sent ambassadors to Hannibal's camp in Italy, to negotiate an alliance as common enemies of Rome.
Macedonia and the Seleucid Empire agreed to an alliance to conquer and divide Egypt.
Fearing this increasingly unstable situation, several small Greek kingdoms sent delegations to Rome to seek an alliance.
Now not only Rome's allies against Philip, but even Philip himself, sought a Roman alliance against the Seleucids.
Along with Marcus Lepidus, they formed an alliance known as the Second Triumvirate.
Tacitus records that the Iceni were not conquered in the Claudian invasion of AD 43, but had come to a voluntary alliance with the Romans.
In return, Constantine would reaffirm the old family alliance between Maximian and Constantius, and offer support to Maxentius' cause in Italy.
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The alliance between the Norse and the Scots was cemented by the marriage of Olaf to Constantine's daughter.
The marriage was the third attempt of Geoffrey's father, Fulk V, Count of Anjou, to build a political alliance with Normandy.
Under this alliance, Henry and Ranulf agreed to attack York, probably with help from the Scots.
The alliance plans to allow tickets to be booked from one end of Europe to the other on a single website.
It has a friendship alliance and dual citizenship treaty with its former colony, Brazil.
BirdLife International is an important global alliance of bird conservation organizations.
With such an alliance, Japan felt free to commence hostilities, if necessary.
The alliance treaty expected that the Ottoman Empire would become involved in the conflict in a short amount of time.
In 60 BC, Caesar, Crassus and Pompey formed a political alliance that dominated Roman politics for several years.
John began to explore an alliance with the French king Philip II, freshly returned from the crusade.
John seized the opportunity and went to Paris, where he formed an alliance with Philip.
Today, the alliance consists of 29 independent member countries across North America and Europe.
In 1474, Edward IV contracted a marriage alliance with James III of Scotland, whereby Cecily was betrothed to the future James IV of Scotland.
James's policies during the 1470s revolved primarily around ambitious continental schemes for territorial expansion and alliance with England.
Albany fled to France in 1479, accused of treason and breaking the alliance with England.
Obsessive attempts to secure alliance with England continued, although they made little sense given the prevailing politics.
The limited actions taken by the Western powers pushed Mussolini's Italy towards alliance with Hitler's Germany anyway.
Cabral forged an alliance with Kochi's ruler, as well with rulers of other Indian cities, and was able to establish a factory.
In 418 an alliance between Athens and Argos was defeated by Sparta at Mantinea.
Henry responded by mounting campaigns against the rebel barons and deepening his alliance with Theobald.
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In an effort to disrupt the French alliance with William, Henry mounted an attack into France in 1128, forcing Louis to cut his aid to William.
Meanwhile, Henry rebuilt his alliance with Fulk of Anjou, this time by marrying Matilda to Fulk's eldest son, Geoffrey.
The Netherlands sought to maintain their alliance with England and had chosen to ally with the side likely to win the Civil War.
It became apparent that the only way a serious war administration could be put together was by an alliance of leading figures.
The Ottoman Empire soon joined the Central Powers becoming one of the three empires participating in that alliance.
He also describes the Marcomanni as a tribe distinct from the Suebi, and also active within the same alliance.
Within his own alliance were various Suebic peoples, Hermunduri, Quadi, Semnones, Lugii, Zumi, Butones, Mugilones, Sibini and Langobards.
On the foreign affairs side, Authari managed to thwart the dangerous alliance between the Byzantines and the Franks.
After the death of Louis, Landulf II of Capua briefly flirted with a Saracen alliance, but Pope John VIII convinced him to break it off.
Their king Hermegisclus had made a strategic alliance with the Frankish ruler Theudebert I, marrying his sister Theudechild.
Today, most countries west of Russia belong to the NATO military alliance, along with the United States.
He and his father received substantial help from an alliance with the Pope, who wanted help against the Lombards.
Each alliance was intended to defend against a potential invasion by the other.
Roman attempts to reconquer Germania failed although they managed to break Arminius's alliance.
It was with these two tribes, that the Eburones could quickly form a military alliance against Caesar's forces.
Caesar's forces clashed with an alliance of Belgic tribes in 57 BCE in the Battle of the Sabis.
These Germani provided one joint force to the alliance, and apparently the number of men they committed was uncertain to the Remi.
Simultaneously with the success of the Russian attack, Romania broke the military alliance with the Axis and changed sides.
This alliance would not mark the last time in the history of the peninsula that political unity would be sought through religious unity.
Meanwhile, Antony formed an alliance with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, another leading Caesarian.
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Vespasian accepted and entered an alliance with Gaius Licinius Mucianus, the governor of Syria, against Vitellius.
Despite its initial recklessness, the alliance was very prestigious for both families.
In 1743 the Treaty of Worms was signed, forming a political alliance between Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia.
Another hypothesis is that the rulers of Charax had expansionist designs on Parthian Babylon, giving them a rationale for alliance with Trajan.
However, he did try to appease the Pope and tried to keep his alliance with the church strong.
It was because of the alliance against the Arabs that Charles was unable to support Pope Gregory III against the Lombards.
His son Waifer took an early inheritance, becoming duke of Aquitaine and ratified the alliance with Lombardy.
The name of Germany and the German language in several languages is derived from the name of this early Germanic tribal alliance.
In 53 BC the Treveri broke their alliance and attempted to break free of Rome.
The confederation had become so close a political alliance that it no longer tolerated separatist tendencies in its members.
The northern alliance collapsed after Urien of Rheged was murdered and a feud broke out between two of its key members.
The Old Swiss Confederacy was an alliance among the valley communities of the central Alps.
The Athenians, led by Demosthenes, voted to seek alliance with Thebes against Macedonia.
In 1016 an alliance of Pisa and Genoa defeated the Saracens, conquered Corsica and gained control of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Around the middle 15th century, Genoa entered into a triple alliance with Florence and Milan, with Charles VII of France as its head.
Due to the limited forces available, the alliance was unable to occupy the large Tyrrhenian island for long.
Spain and the pope broke off their alliance with France, and Venice regained Brescia and Verona from France, also.
On February 2, 1913 the Treaty of friendship and alliance between the Government of Mongolia and Tibet was signed.
Various affinities led to a more or less natural alliance between the Mongols of the Golden Horde and the Mamluks of Egypt.
When Baraq died the next year, Kaidu took control of the Chagatai Khanate and recovered his alliance with Mentemu.
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There was the possibility of an alliance between Timur and the European states against the Ottoman Turks attacking Europe.
There was a clear motive for Timur, who wanted to surround his Ottoman and Mamluk enemies in his offensive alliance.
Timur offered an offensive and defensive alliance to Charles VI, as well as the development of commercial relations.
Among these were the Betsimisaraka alliance of the eastern coast and the Sakalava chiefdoms of Menabe and Boina on the west coast.
The treaty also established an alliance of friendship and mutual defense, leading to a peace of 40 years between the two nations.
There he formed an alliance with the Banu Rifa' tribe of Berbers, who had a stronghold in Alhama.
While the queen focused on commerce, Ivan was more interested in a military alliance.
Today, Haiti relies heavily on an oil alliance with Petrocaribe for much of its energy requirements.
Charles was constantly at odds with his father, and because of this, he secretly entered into an alliance with Henry IV of Castile.
A major part of the alliance was that a marriage was to be arranged between Charles and Isabella.
Isabella had been intended for his favourite younger son, Ferdinand, and in his eyes this alliance was still valid.
Through the medium of the Queen and Count of Ledesma, a Portuguese alliance was made.
In Henry's eyes, this alliance would cement the friendship of Castile and France as well as remove Isabella from Castilian affairs.
The political party or party alliance that wins the majority of seats in Parliament forms the government.
The fear of Turkish advances within the Portuguese and Ethiopian sectors also played a role in their alliance.
The Zapotecs concluded an alliance with the Spaniards at contact, and they had already expanded their territory into Zoque and Huave regions.
Tidore established an alliance with the Spanish in the sixteenth century, and Spain had several forts on the island.
Tikal and Calakmul engaged in the manoeuvering of their alliance networks against each other.
In other cases, loose alliance networks were formed around a dominant city.
The role of the Nahua wife acquired through an alliance would have been to assist her husband achieve his military and diplomatic objectives.
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The alliance waged wars of conquest and expanded rapidly after its formation.
Even though the alliance still technically ran the empire, the Mexica Emperor now assumed nominal if not actual seniority.
After the death of Nezahualcoyotl, the Mexica Emperors had become the de facto rulers of the alliance.
By 1525, Charles was no longer interested in an alliance with England and was determined to have legitimate children and heirs.
Out of this marriage alliance the Atahualpa the future King of Quito was born.
However, she delayed in answering, and in that time learned Philip was also considering a Valois alliance.
The resistance to the French alliance by the moderate regents caused a rupture in the relations with the stadtholder.
These were initially rebuffed by the stadtholder, who did not wish to endanger the alliance with France.
They discussed the possibility of an alliance between Holland, the Ottoman Empire, Morocco and the Moriscos, against the common enemy Spain.
He made an alliance with one clan and went downriver and burned a village of their enemies.
In 1508, he married Maria Salviati, the daughter of Alamanno Salviati, cementing an oligarchical alliance with the powerful Florentine family.
Zwingli formed an alliance of Reformed cantons which divided the Confederation along religious lines.
Even before the Bern disputation, Zwingli was canvassing for an alliance of reformed cities.
With the failure of the Marburg Colloquy and the split of the Confederation, Zwingli set his goal on an alliance with Philip of Hesse.
They defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War in alliance with France and others.
The Coalbrookdale Company became part of an alliance of ironfounding companies called Light Castings Limited.
Miskito Kings renewed their alliance with Great Britain, and Belize replaced Jamaica as the principal British connection to the kingdom.
The alliance between Bush and Blair seriously damaged Blair's standing in the eyes of Britons angry at American influence.
On October 16, 1936, Belgium repudiated the 1921 alliance with France and declared its absolute neutrality.
This alliance helped the North American and European powers protect each other's claims to territory in the south.
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The family later became famous for their alliance with the neighbouring de Bruce family who went on to become ancestors of the Kings of Scotland.
After putting away the cause of the younger and less popularly supported one, he formed an alliance with Brancus.
Denmark had originally tried to form an alliance with Norway and Sweden only, but this attempt had failed.
After his death in 960, war broke out between the Fairhair dynasty and the Earls of Lade in alliance with Danish kings.
In this contradictory process, the class balances within the nationalist alliance would also begin to shift against the semiproletariat.
Thanks to Pitt's efforts, Britain joined the Third Coalition, an alliance that also involved Austria, Russia, and Sweden.
When Spain failed to maintain the Continental System, the uneasy Spanish alliance with France ended in all but name.
It collapsed in 1807, when France and Russia themselves formed an unexpected alliance.
By 1811, however, tensions had increased and Alexander was under pressure from the Russian nobility to break off the alliance.
He regained control of the country by May and faced a renewed alliance against him.
After Germany declared war on Russia, France with its alliance with Russia prepared a general mobilization in expectation of war.
The alliance between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union had begun to deteriorate even before the war was over.
The Allies promoted the alliance as seeking to stop German, Japanese and Italian aggression.
Prior to the alliance of Germany and Italy to Japan, the Nationalist Government held close relations with both Germany and Italy.
Hundreds of princely states, states ruled by monarchs in treaty of subsidiary alliance with Britain, were integrated into India and Pakistan.
Britain itself was now just one part of the NATO military alliance in which the Commonwealth had no role apart from Canada.
The Conservative Party upholds the view that NATO should remain the most important security alliance for the United Kingdom.
Cameron attended a gathering at Warsaw's Palladium cinema celebrating the foundation of the alliance.
In April 1995 the Green National Executive ruled that the party should withdraw from this alliance due to ideological differences.
At the 1992 general election, local Greens entered an electoral alliance with Plaid Cymru in the constituency of Ceredigion and Pembroke North.
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Wessex and Mercia gradually established an occasionally unstable alliance, with Wessex gaining the upper hand.
Hence the close alliance between those two great political forces, the State and the Church.
This saw many airlines move so as to be grouped in terminals by airline alliance as far as possible.
The war ended in defeat for the Irish Gaelic alliance, and brought an end to the independence of the last Irish Gaelic kingdoms.
Threatened by Wessex, the South Saxons sought to secure their independence by alliance with Mercia.
In the early years of Bangladesh's independence, Dhaka and Delhi enjoyed a strong alliance.
Although Bede's account gives all the initiative to Edwin, it is likely that Eadbald also was active in seeking such an alliance.
In 1552 Protestant princes, in alliance with Henry II of France, rebelled again, which caused Charles to retreat to the Netherlands.
The German Prince Philip of Hesse saw potential in creating an alliance between Zwingli and Luther.
Therefore, negotiations were hurriedly carried out, and an alliance was formed between Adrian and Manuel.
Hopes for a lasting alliance with the Byzantine Empire had also come up against insuperable problems.
He formed an alliance of pirates and blockaded the port of Charles Town, South Carolina.
This was effectively an embarrassment to France, which potentially could have jeopardised the alliance.
The alliance then sat back and waited to see what sort of results the forerunners came up with.
The resulting new alliance was to develop a replacement for the Smart based on the Twingo.
The alliance led to the loss of 21,000 jobs, the closure of three assembly and two powertrain plants.
In 1684 the city was heavily bombarded by a French fleet as punishment for its alliance with Spain.
Their alliance with the Scottish Covenanters had also broken down, and the Scots crowned Charles II as king.
Similarly, a formal alliance does not necessarily mean that one country lies within another's sphere of influence.
The NATO countries, fearing that the Soviet Union's motive was to weaken the alliance, ultimately rejected this proposal.
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New membership in the alliance has been largely from Central and Eastern Europe, including former members of the Warsaw Pact.
Accession to the alliance is governed with individual Membership Action Plans, and requires approval by each current member.
This defeat was then attributed as divine retribution for Domnall Brecc turning his back on his prior alliance.
Hertford, now Protector and Duke of Somerset, renewed the attempt to enforce an alliance, and also to impose an Anglican Reformation on Scotland.
The alliance dates from the treaty signed by John Balliol and Philip IV of France in 1295 against Edward I of England.
Even if more symbolic than actual, the benefits of the alliance mattered greatly to Scotland.
In 1326, Robert the Bruce renewed the alliance, with the Treaty of Corbeil.
The alliance was renewed between the two kingdoms in 1371, with the embassy of the Bishop of Glasgow and the Lord of Galloway to France.
Through the rest of the 15th century the alliance was formally renewed four times.
His desire to form close links with England meant that the alliance had outlived its usefulness.
At the height of the alliance, French was widely spoken in Scotland and French still has an influence on the Scots language.
In 1995, celebrations were held in both countries for the 700th anniversary of the beginning of the alliance.
The German Prince Philip of Hesse saw potential in creating an alliance between Zwingli and Luther, seeing strength in a united Protestant front.
Mar's proclamation brought in an alliance of clans and northern Lowlanders, and they quickly overran many parts of the Highlands.
This split the alliance between the working class and the middle class, giving rise to the Chartist Movement.
This alliance expanded in 1882 to include Italy, in what became the Triple Alliance.
In alliance with Italy and smaller Axis powers, Germany conquered most of Europe by 1940 and threatened Great Britain.
The trade relations fostered by the Marshall Plan helped forge the North Atlantic alliance that would persist throughout the Cold War.
An alliance was soon formed between Eden and Guy Mollet, French Prime Minister, with headquarters based in London.
Bush wanted to make NATO more of a political than a military alliance, Thatcher, spoke out for the importance of the military role.
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Some uses of this system have fostered the creation of an electoral alliance between political parties or groups as opposed to a coalition.
Historically, the term referred to the broad liberal political alliance of the nineteenth century, formed by Whigs, Peelites, and radicals.
The IUA was an alliance of Irish Conservatives and Liberal Unionists, the latter having split from the Liberal Party over the issue of home rule.
In 1974, in protest over the Sunningdale Agreement, the Westminster Ulster Unionist MPs withdrew from the alliance.
Singapore is part of the Five Power Defence Arrangements, a military alliance with Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Because of Austria's alliance with France to recapture Silesia, which had been lost in a previous war, Prussia formed an alliance with Britain.
In 1756 Austria was making military preparations for war with Prussia and pursuing an alliance with Russia for this purpose.
Britain's basic framework for the alliance itself was to protect Hanover's interests against France.
At the same time, Kaunitz kept approaching the French in the hope of establishing just such an alliance with Austria.
Years later, Kaunitz kept trying to establish France's alliance with Austria.
It provided for a military alliance between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, if one of them were to be attacked.
Britain signed a formal alliance and the United States made an informal agreement.
According to official reports, the alliance suffered no fatalities as a direct result of combat operations.
Oneworld began operations on 1 February 1999, and is the third largest airline alliance in the world, behind SkyTeam and Star Alliance.
On 6 October 2010 the alliance between British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia formally began operations.
British Airways is a member and one of the founders of Oneworld, an airline alliance.
The alliance of priests and patriots that was being forged required some clerical tergiversation.
The United States and Western Europe established the NATO alliance and later the Soviet Union and Central Europe established the Warsaw Pact.
Britain alone among the nations of Europe never submitted to or formed an alliance with France.
It made a military alliance with Japan, and buried old controversies to forge a close relationship with the United States.
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An alliance of Britons fought against another alliance of Britons at the Battle of Arfderydd.
He defeated and then allied with Madog ap Maredudd of Powys in 1157, and used this alliance to overwhelm Owain Gwynedd.
France had an alliance with Belgium and with the states of the Cordon sanitaire, as the French alliance system in Eastern Europe was known.
In 1295 John, on the urgings of his chief councillors, entered into an alliance with France, the beginning of the Auld Alliance.
The new duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good, blamed Charles for the murder and entered into an alliance with the English.
With rumours that James would renew the Auld alliance, in April 1508 Thomas Wolsey was sent to discuss Henry VII's concerns over this.
To prevent this, France formally recognized the United States on February 6, 1778 and followed with a military alliance.
Meanwhile, France, to secure its alliance, allowed Italy a free hand in Ethiopia, which Italy desired as a colonial possession.
In 1296 England went to war with France, with which Scotland was in alliance.
Another story states that Achaius founded the Order in 809 to commemorate an alliance with the Emperor Charlemagne.
The marriage alliance reinforced links with neighboring clans as well as with families within the territory of the clan.
On 20 January 2017 the Managing Director of ScotRail and the ScotRail alliance stepped down from his role after 18 months in the company.
Llywelyn refused to accept this, and Owain and Dafydd formed an alliance against him.
In response, Mortimer negotiated an alliance with Owain and married one of Owain's daughters.
With his main rival dead Dafydd formed an alliance with other Welsh rulers and began a campaign against the English occupation of parts of Wales.
Dafydd formed an alliance with Owain and at the Battle of Bryn Derwin met Llywelyn in battle.
Following the death of Henry I in 1136, Gruffydd formed an alliance with Gwynedd for the purpose of a revolt against Norman incursions.
After that alliance proved unsatisfactory, he came to an agreement with Alfred the Great of Wessex, visiting Alfred at his court.
No Welsh forces joined this alliance, and this may well have been because of the influence of Hywel.
In 1163 he formed an alliance with Rhys ap Gruffydd of Deheubarth to challenge English rule.
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The invasion was met by an alliance of all the Welsh princes, with Owain as the undisputed leader.
Llywelyn formed an alliance with Gwenwynwyn of Powys and the two main rulers of Deheubarth, Maelgwn ap Rhys and Rhys Gryg, and rose against John.
Llywelyn made an alliance with Richard, and in January 1234 the earl and Llywelyn seized Shrewsbury.
After this, Henry relied on diplomacy, cultivating an alliance with Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.
The idea of an alliance between the rich County of Flanders and a close associate of Henry III of England did not sit well with the French crown.
When the King refused, an alliance of local Welsh men and Marcher Lords raided Despenser's lands in Glamorgan over some ten days.
This alliance was probably linked to Cadwaladr's marriage to Alice de Clare, daughter of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare.
For this it was brought to an end in 1258, when its capital, Santa Igia, was stormed and destroyed by an alliance of Sardinian and Pisan forces.
Though he had carefully avoided making it public, William's main motive in organising the expedition had been the opportunity to bring England into an alliance against France.
The rise and fall of the earlier Tory alliance with the Jacobites forms a major part of the background for Sir Walter Scott's Bride of Lammermoor.
On July 2008 British Airways announced a merger plan with Iberia, another flag carrier airline in the Oneworld alliance, wherein each airline would retain its original brand.
Margaret's alliance with Arran inevitably alienated other noble houses.
By 1945, Soviet refused to support them after its alliance with the Communist Party of China and Mongolia interrupted its relations with the separatists under pressure.
By April 1805, Britain had also signed an alliance with Russia.
Nevertheless, the French were pushed out of Italy soon after, and the alliance survived, with both parties keen to win further victories over the French.
Hoping to cement the recent alliance with Austria through a family connection, Napoleon married the Archduchess Marie Louise, who was 18 years old at the time.
When Li Zicheng moved against the Ming general Wu Sangui, the latter made an alliance with the Manchus and opened the Shanhai Pass to the Manchu army.
In running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance.
Henry VII renewed his efforts to seal a marital alliance between England and Spain, by offering his second son in marriage to Arthur's widow Catherine.
The collapse of the alliance with the Prussians ended that costly involvement, and by late 1762 the war around the world was winding towards a close.
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Henry, in exile in Brittany, enjoyed the support of the Breton treasurer Pierre Landais, who hoped Buckingham's victory would cement an alliance between Brittany and England.
Furthermore, France was taking an interest in forming an alliance with Geneva and as the two ministers were Frenchmen, councillors had begun to question their loyalty.
The Soviet Union soon entered in alliance with the United Kingdom.
This alliance formed in the 18th century provided the ideological impetus to Saudi expansion and remains the basis of Saudi Arabian dynastic rule today.
This can sometimes be part of a reciprocal deal, as when multiple airlines are part of the same alliance, or as a ploy to attract premium customers away from rival airlines.
The ANZUS treaty of 1955 linked Australia, New Zealand, and the United States in a defensive alliance, with Britain and the Commonwealth left out.
The SDP formed an alliance with the Liberal Party which contested the 1983 and 1987 general elections as a centrist alternative to Labour and the Conservatives.
In 1540, Henry married for the fourth time to the daughter of a Protestant German duke, Anne of Cleves, thus forming an alliance with the Protestant German states.
Garuda Indonesia, the flag carrier of Indonesia since 1949, is one of the world's leading airlines and the 20th member of the global airline alliance SkyTeam.
He overreached himself with his plan to invade Burgundy in alliance with the King of France, tempted by King Louis' promise of territory in the Netherlands as a reward.
By 1469, Warwick had formed an alliance with Edward's jealous and treacherous brother George, who married Isabel Neville in defiance of Edward's wishes in Calais.
The alliance was successful with Cynog Dafis being returned in a surprise result as the MP, defeating the Liberal Democrat incumbent by over 3,000 votes.
Furious, Warwick tried first to supplant Edward with his younger brother George, Duke of Clarence, establishing the alliance by marriage to his daughter, Isabel Neville.
Stewart was promoted to senior office, angering the Earl of Lennox, among others, who promptly entered into an alliance with her estranged husband.
Such being the case, it has been regarded as the political interest of England to balance and divide the enmity of France by a strict alliance with some limitaneous state.
The Engagement was rejected by the militant Covenanters known as the Kirk Party, who wanted the King to endorse their agenda explicitly before an alliance could be reached.
Benjamin Franklin negotiated a permanent military alliance in early 1778, significantly becoming the first country to officially recognize the Declaration of Independence.
In addition to his immediate objectives, Haig was also worried that the Russian Revolution would result in Russia and Germany making peace and forming an alliance.
Wellspring Solutions, the leading provider of integrated, Web-enabled workflow and process control solutions, today announced a strategic alliance with SolidWorks Corp.
The Hanseatic League, an alliance of trading cities, facilitated the absorption of vast areas of Poland, Lithuania and Livonia into trade with other European countries.

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