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Alexander II was a king of Epirus and the son of Pyrrhus and Lanassa the daughter of the Sicilian tyrant Agathocles.

Ealdred (or Aldred; died 11 September 1069) was Abbot of Tavistock Bishop of Worcester and Archbishop of York in Anglo-Saxon England. He was related to a number of other ecclesiastics […]

Afonso de Albuquerque (Alhandra ca. 1453 – December 16 1515 at sea) commonly known as Albuquerque the Great O Grande (Portuguese: Afonso de Albuquerque also spelt Aphonso d’Albuquerque and Alfonso) […]

Alboin (530s – June 28 572) was king of the Lombards from about 560 until 572. During his reign the Lombards ended their migrations by settling in Italy the northern […]

Albertus Magnus O.P. (1193/1206 – November 15 1280) also known as Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne is a Catholic saint. He was a German Dominican friar and a […]

Alaric I (Gothic: *Alareiks; d. 410) was the King of the Visigoths from 395–410. Alaric is most famous for his sack of Rome in 410 which marked a decisive event […]

Ahmad Shāh Durrānī (1722 – 16 October 1772) (Pashto/Persian: احمد شاه دراني‎) also known as Ahmad Khān Abdālī (Pashto/Persian: احمد خان ابدالي) was the founder of the Durrani Empire and […]

Abraham (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם‎ About this sound listen ) originally Abram is the first of the three biblical patriarchs of Israel whose story is told in chapters 11 through 25 of […]

Alcuin of York (Latin: Alcuinus c. 735 – 19 May 804) also called Ealhwine Albinus or Flaccus was an English scholar ecclesiastic poet and teacher from York Northumbria. He was […]

Saint Angilbert (b. abt. 760 d. 18 February 814) was a Frank who served Charlemagne as a diplomat abbot poet and semi-son-in-law. He was of noble Frankish parentage and educated […]