He deals with big decisions by first moving to cement a secure alliance with the powers-that-be, no matter how discredited they are, no matter how resounding his previous contempt for them may have been.
The Christian Byzantines and Serbians, as well as the Muslim beyliks of Germiyan, Saruhan, Karaman and Dulkadir were all potential enemies and marriage was seen as a way of securing alliances with them.
Securing future alliances with other luxury brands "can't hurt," he said.
He secured useful alliances with Ferdinand I, king of Naples, whose granddaughter Isabella was married in 1489 to Gian Galeazzo, and with the Borgia pope Alexander VI, through the influence of Ludovico's brother Ascanio, who was a cardinal.
However, Kanter [ 46] also argues that leaders experiencing powerlessness may seek to enhance structural power by allowing selective non-compliance with rules and securing informal alliances with staff through favoritism when it comes to non-compliance.
He also negotiated with General James Wilkinson and others in Kentucky to effect the secession of the trans-Appalachian territories from the United States and to secure their alliance with Spain.
William V of Jülich, through his marriage in 1328 to the daughter of Count William III of Holland, became the brother-in-law of Emperor Louis IV, who made Jülich a margravate in 1336, and of Edward III of England, whom he helped to secure an alliance with German princes at the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War.
Since this grant probably dates to the period after Ragnall's defeat to Áengus, it may be evidence of an attempt made by Ragnall to secure an alliance with Alan fitz Walter, Steward of Scotland (died 1204).
Atangana tried to secure an alliance with him by sending his 20-year-old, German-educated daughter, Katerina, to marry him, but she eventually fled from the much older Atemengue and back to her father.
