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• Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora
• Alfonso Maria Dei Liguori
• Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
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• Aguazzari, Alfonso
• Alarcon, Alfonso de
• Alfonso, de Espina, or Spina
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• Albuquerque`, Alfonso D'
• Alfonso I.
• Alfonso III.
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• Alfonso Capecelatro
• Alfonso de Valdés
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The Wise, or the Astronomer, king of Castile and Leon, celebrated as an astronomer and a philosopher; after various successes over the Moors, first one son and then another rose against him and drove him from the throne; died of chagrin at Seville two years later. His fame connects itself with the preparation of the Alfonsine Tables, and the remark that "the universe seemed a crank machine, and it was a pity the Creator had not taken advice." It was a saying of his, "old wood to burn, old books to read, old wine to drink, and old friends to converse with" (1226-1284).