Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory (48 page)

I

Isham, Justinian, 239

Israel, Jonathan, 27, 41

J

James I, King of England (James VI of Scotland): and Sir Constantijn Huygens, 94–8, 212, 237

James II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (
earlier
Duke of York): abdicates on William’s invasion, 1,
6
, 16, 26; nosebleeds, 5; first attempted flight, 17, 20; reaches France, 18, 21, 23; Catholicism, 26, 37, 40; and English succession, 29, 66; and William’s
Declaration
, 29–30, 33; birth of son, 37, 63–4, 78–9; marriage to Maria of Modena, 37–8, 66, 78; pro-French stance, 40; Burnet writes against, 43; as patron of Lely, 135; and Huygens’s ballet, 188; in Antwerp, 198; Holmes serves, 285, 287–8; Hooke supports, 308; interference at Cambridge University, 310; Albany (New York) named after, 326; and West African slave trade, 327; granted Dutch territories in North America, 329

James Francis Edward Stuart, Prince of Wales (’the Old Pretender’), birth and doubts over legitimacy, 37–8, 53–4, 63–4, 78–9

Janssens, Cornelius, 126

Jeffreys, George, 1st Baron: holds Great Seal, 17; Newton confronts at Cambridge, 310

Jersey
(ship), 283, 286–7

Jews: in Antwerp, 176–7; settle in New Amsterdam, 323

Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen
see
Nassau-Siegen, Johan Maurits van

Jones, Inigo, 102, 108

Jonson, Ben, 167

Jordaens, Jacob:
The Triumph of Frederik Hendrik
(painting),
89
, 90

Journal des sçavans
, 283, 304–5, 307–8

Jupiter (planet), 317–18

K

Karl Ludwig (Charles Lewis), Elector Palatine, 88

Kensington Palace: gardens, 50

Kerckhoven, Jan van der
see
Heenvliet, Lord of

Keyser, family de, 205–7

Keyser, Hendrick de, 205, 354

Keyser, Hendrick, the younger, 206

Keyser, Thomas de, 159

Keyser, Willem de, 206

Killigrew, Anne, 168

Killigrew, Cecilia (
née
Crofts),
171
, 172

Killigrew, Charles: death, 167–8

Killigrew, Charlotte (
née
van Hesse-Piershil), 172–3

Killigrew, Elizabeth
see
Shannon, Elizabeth, Viscountess

Killigrew, Mary, Lady (
née
Woodhouse;
later
Lady Stafford), 167–8, 173

Killigrew, Sir Robert, 164, 166–7, 169, 198

Killigrew, Robert (son of Thomas and Charlotte), 173

Killigrew, Thomas, 168, 170,
171
, 172–4

Killigrew, William, 167

Kincardine, Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of: and Christiaan Huygens’ clock mechanism, 268–79, 281–4, 289, 291

Kincardine, Veronica, Countess of (
née
van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck), 271,
272
, 273–4

King’s College, Cambridge, 312

L

la Barre, Anne de, 185–7

landscaping
see
garden design

Lanier, Nicholas, 164,
165
, 167, 169, 198

Leake, John, 239

le Blon, Michel, 83, 110

Leers, Arnold, 31

Leeuwenhoek, Anton van, 264, 292, 343

Leeuwenhorst: garden, 246–7, 249

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, 312

Leiden: gardens, 226, 250

Lely, Sir Pieter, 134–6,
136
, 147,
195

le Nôtre, André, 245

lenses, 292, 296–302, 304–6

Leon, Jacob Judah (’Templo’), 356–7

Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke, 90

Lievens, Jan: paintings in Huis ten Bosch, 90; Sir Constantijn Huygens promotes, 126–7; qualities, 127; portrait of Huygens senior,
128
, 144, 156–7; paintings for Frederik Hendrik, 129; reputation, 129; in England, 131; few works in English royal collection, 131, 145; works with van Ravenstijn, 132; crucifixion painting, 137; with Dou in Rembrandt’s studio, 143;
Soothsayer
(painting), 129

Locke, John, 309;
Two Treatises on Government
, 35–6

Lombeek,
264

London: William arrives in, 18–23,
44–5
; Dutch occupation, 27;
see also
England; Royal Society

London, George, 252

Long Island, 321, 326

longitude: and timekeepers, 275–7, 279, 281–4, 286–7, 289–90

Loo, Het, near Appeldoorn, 50, 145, 148

Lope, Alonse de, 181

Lopes Suasso, Francisco, 6,
51
, 52

Lorraine, Duchess of, 200

Louis XIV: as threat to Dutch Republic, 37–8, 62–3; trade war with Dutch, 39, 42; anti-Protestant measures, 41; seizes Orange, 63, 315; Versailles garden, 242; Christiaan Huygens dedicates
Horologium Oscillatorium
to, 290; and Auzout’s ambitions, 308; and Treaty of Dover (1670), 352

Louise de Coligny, Princess of Orange, 230

Louise Henriette, Princess, 75

Louise, Princess Palatine (Amalia von Solms’s daughter), 190

Louise-Juliana of Orange-Nassau, Electress, 229–30

Lovelace, John, 3rd Baron, 32

Lower, Sir William:
Enchanted Lovers
, 188

Lucas, Margaret (Duke of Newcastle’s first wife), 195

Lumley, Richard, Baron (
later
1st Earl of Scarborough), 32

Lundi, Sir Arnout, 180

Luxembourg: France annexes (1684), 63

M

Manhattan Island, 317, 321–3,
324–5
, 331–2, 341

Marchin, General, 197

Maria of Modena, Queen of James II: pregnancy and birth of son, 37–8, 53–4, 56, 63–4, 78–9; marriage and daughters, 66, 78

Marnix, Elizabeth (Lady Morgan), 160

Marnix, Philips, Heer van St Aldegonde, 160

Marvell, Andrew: poems on gardens, 216, 219, 232

Mary II (Stuart), Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland: and William’s invasion, 1, 42, 179; sees off William’s invasion fleet, 15; accepted as monarch, 26; in William’s
Declaration
, 33; pictured,
34
; claims to English throne, 36, 62–3, 66, 79, 247, 310; porcelain collection, 52; marriage and residence in The Hague, 53, 62, 66, 69–70,
71
, 72, 75,
76–7
, 163, 212, 239, 352; and Maria of Modena’s pregnancy, 56, 182; bust,
61
; influence, 78; Hanneman portrait, 132; art collection, 145, 148; and Boyle brothers, 170; in Antwerp, 175, 178; given wedding jewel by William, 180–3,
182
; status in Netherlands, 213; garden interests, 249; and Dutch economic decline, 357;
Mémoire
, 79

Mary Queen of Scots, 54

Mary
(ship), 139

Mary (Stuart), Princess Royal (William’s mother): death, 62; as sister to Charles II, 62; status, 64, 91, 118; marriage to William II, 67, 111; court in The Hague, 81–2, 85–6, 91; forbidden to give sanctuary to English royal exiles, 113; portraits,
119
, 188,
189
; as patron of Hanneman, 132, 134; Huygens and, 161; in Spa, 161–2; and Anne de la Barre, 186; and
Ballet de la Carmesse
, 188–90; dancing, 192; in Antwerp, 198; and son William’s education, 204

Matthew, Toby, 108

Maurits of Nassau, Stadholder, 82, 97, 235

Mauritshuis, The Hague, 157,
158
, 204, 207, 333; garden, 256

medicine: new knowledge imported from overseas, 341–4

Meester, Willem, 11

Meurs, Jan, 123–4

microscopes, 292, 296

Mierevelt, Michiel van, 88, 126

Minuit, Paul, 321–3

Mitjens, Daniël, 132

Moer, Elizabeth van der, 122

Mollet, André, 222–4, 237, 259;
The Garden of Pleasure
, 21–2, 223,
223

Moluccas, 241

Molyneux, Thomas, 309

Monconys, Balthasar de, 202

Monmouth, James Scott, Duke of: birth, 77

Montias, John Michael, 120

Moray, Sir Robert: and Burnet, 43; as President of Royal Society, 202; in Low Countries, 268–9; and Christiaan Huygens’ watch and clock mechanism, 269–72, 274–5, 277–80, 282, 284, 289, 301; serves Charles II, 272; as founder member of Royal Society, 273; friendship and correspondence with Christiaan Huygens, 274, 277, 300, 306, 308; and Huygens’ questioning of Holmes’s report, 285–6; recommends Hooke’s
Micrographia
to Christiaan Huygens, 293, 298; on Hooke’s lens-grinding, 298, 300, 306; in Hooke-Auzout controversy, 304, 308; with Royal Society in Oxford, 305; letter from Winthrop on astronomy, 317

Mordaunt, Charles, 50

Morgan, Anna (
later
Lady Strickland), 160–2

Morgan, Sir Charles, 160

Morgan, Sir Lewis, 160

Morley, George, Bishop of Worcester, 176

Morrice, William, 281–2

Münster, Treaty of (1648), 175

Mytens, Daniel, 108–9

N

Nantes, Edict of: Revocation (1685), 31, 41

Nassau-Dietz, Willem Frederik van, Stadholder of Friesland, 172

Nassau-Siegen, Johan Maurits van, 138, 157, 252–3, 333

Nassau-Zuijlenstein, Frederick van, 28, 170

Nassau-Zuijlenstein, Mary van (
née
Killigrew), 170

Neile, Sir Paul, 202

Netscher, Gaspar: portrait of Susanna Huygens,
244

New Amsterdam (
later
New York),
322
, 323,
324–5
, 326, 331–3

New Netherland (North America): settled by Dutch, 320–1, 323–6; appropriated by British, 326, 329, 331–2, 341, 346

New Netherland Company, 321

Newcastle, Duchess of
see
Cavendish, Margaret

Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 175, 195–8,
199
, 200, 203, 208–9;
Méthode et invention de dresser les chevaux
, 197

Newton, Sir Isaac: political activities, 310–11,
311
, 313; preferment at Cambridge, 311–12; relations with Christiaan Huygens, 312–13; at Royal Society meetings, 313–14; as Master of Royal Mint, 313;
Principia
, 309–10, 313

Nicholas, Sir Edward, 134, 190

Nicolls, Richard, 329–31

Nijmegen, Treaty of (1678), 38

North-East Passage, 321

North-West Passage, 321

Nys (or Nice), Daniel, 100–1