[Alboin], king of the Lombards in the 6th century, from 561 to 573; invaded Italy as far as the Tiber, and set up his capital in Pavia; incurred the resentment of his wife, who had him assassinated for forcing her to drink wine out of the skull of her father.
[Alborak], a wonderful horse of Mahomet, an impersonation of the lightning as his steed.
[Albor`noz], a Spanish statesman, archbishop of Toledo, a bold defender of the faith against the Moor and a plain-spoken man in the interest of Christianity (1310-1367).
[Albrecht]. See [Albert].
[Albrizzi], a powerful Florentine family, rivals of the Medicis and the Alberti.
[Albue`ra], a Spanish village 12 m. SE. of Badajoz, scene of a victory (May 16, 1811) of General Beresford over Marshal Soult.
[Albufe`ra], a lake on the coast of Spain, 7 m. S. of Valencia, near which Marshal Suchet gained a victory over the English in 1811.
[Al`bula], Swiss mountain pass in the canton of Grisons, 7595 ft. high.
[Albumen], a glairy substance a constituent of plants and animals, and found nearly pure in the white of an egg or in the serum of the blood.
[Albuquerque`, Alfonso d'], a celebrated Portuguese patriot and navigator, the founder of the Portuguese power in India, who, after securing a footing in India for Portugal that he sought for, settled in Goa, where his recall at the instance of jealous rivals at home gave him such a shock that he died of a broken heart just as he was leaving. The Indians long remembered his benign rule, and used to visit his tomb to pray him to deliver them from the oppression of his successors (1453-1513).