Without swearing allegiance to Edward III, David was released for a ransom of 100,000 marks in 1357, but he was unable to pay, resulting in secret negotiations with the English and attempts to secure succession to the Scottish throne for an English king.
When Charles was overthrown in 1830, she tried to secure the succession for her son but was forced into exile.
Cyrus was the favourite of his mother, who hoped to secure the succession for him instead of her eldest son, Arsaces.
After the murder of Alessandro in 1537, he helped secure the succession for Cosimo, probably hoping to limit the ducal powers which he considered excessive.
In Germany the Hohenstaufen future rested with the efforts of Henry's younger brother, Philip of Swabia, to secure the succession for Frederick Roger.
Political collapse would ensue once Kim Jong-il died, despite the dictator's efforts to obtain Chinese help and to secure the succession for his son, Kim Jong-un.
They blame the ambitions of Mukesh's wife, and his determination to secure the succession for her and for their children.Both brothers have bragged of their companies' professionalism and ability to compete internationally a rebuff to critics who accuse Reliance of thriving through political influence rather than sheer commercial merit.
By the time of Stephen's coronation, Coloman had demonstrated his intention to secure the succession for his son.
The next year, the archbishop refused to crown Eustace and was again exiled by Stephen, who was attempting to secure the succession for his son by imitating the Capetian dynasty of France, which usually saw the king's heir crowned during his father's lifetime.
But the longer he can last, the more chance he has of securing the succession for Kim Jong-un.
Eager to secure the royal succession for his daughter's son Duncan, he tried to eliminate possible rival claimants; but Macbeth, with royal connections to both Kenneth II and Kenneth III, survived to challenge the succession.
