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son of Nicholas II  Alexius IV   - brief biography (BBCi)  Alfano, Franco - brief biography (Karadar)  Alfaro, Eloy - president of Ecuador  Alfa Romeo - brief history of car (Cars from Italy)  Alf Garnett - Till Death Us Do Part  Alfonsín, Raúl - president of Argentina  Alfonso V - and Naples in 1442  Alfonso VI - captures Toledo  Alfonso X - brief biography (Malaspina)  Alfonso XII, king of Spain  Alfonso XIII, king of Spain  Alford, Andrew - brief biography (Inventors)  Alfred the Great   - at the battle of Ashdown   - brief biography   - and the Alfred Jewel   - biography (Royal Insight)   - and Viking raid, 897 (Royal Navy)  Alfred Jewel   - in Ashmolean