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Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of: and daughter Anne’s marriage to James, Duke of York, 54; commissions Lely portraits, 135; on Downing’s financial reforms, 347–8

Clarendon, Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of: sees William’s Declaration, 30; as Anne Hyde’s brother, 56; on Maria of Modena’s pregnancy, 56

Cleves, 256

Clifford, Anne see Pembroke, Anne, Countess of

Clingendael, 234, 241, 242–3, 245

clocks and watches: mechanisms, 263, 266–83, 267, 289–90, 306, 329; see also longitude

Colbert, Jean-Baptiste, 308

Coligny, Louise de (William the Silent’s widow), 98

Compton, Henry, Bishop of London, 250, 252

Coninckloo, Gillis van, 123

Connecticut, 316–17, 330

Coques, Gonzales, 90, 177

Cortlandt, Maria van, 333

Corus Steel, 358

Coster, Salomon, 270, 278

Cousyns, Stephanus, 249

Couwenbergh, Christiaan van, 90

Craven, William, Earl of, 20, 191

Crayer, Caspar de, 90–1

Crofts, William, 171

Cromwell, Oliver, 113, 118, 134–5, 161, 197, 336, 349

Cromwell, Richard, 197

Culross, Fife, 273

Cusance, Béatrice de, 198

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Danby, Thomas Osborne, 1st Earl of (later Duke of Leeds), 17, 57

Danckerts, Hendrick, 24–5, 147

Danvers, Henry, Baron (later Earl of Danby), 102, 106

Davenant, Sir William, 173

Davidson, Sir William, 293

Delft faïence, 240, 261–2

Descartes, René, 153; Discours de la méthode, 153–4

Desmarets, Daniel, 250

Desolate Boedelkamer (bankruptcy chamber): art auctions, 122

Devonshire, William Cavendish, 4th Earl of, 56

Dieussart, François, 138–9, 160–1

Dijkvelt, Everard van Weede van: prepares invasion of England, 4; correspondence with William, 28; and William’s Declaration, 29; as ambassador to England, 37

Donne, John, 167

Doort, Abraham van der, 108, 115

Dorp, Dorothea van, 149, 152

Dou, Gerrit, 143–4; The Young Mother (painting), 140, 141, 145

Doublet (or Doubleth), Gertruyd (née Huygens), 211, 242

Doublet (or Doubleth), Philips, jr, 93, 211, 234, 241, 242, 245–6, 290

Doublet (or Doubleth), Philips, sr, 245

Doublet, Susanna (née Huygens), 93, 241–3, 242, 244, 308

Dover, Treaty of (1670), 353

Downing, Sir George, 330–1, 345–8

Drebbel, Cornelius, 167

Dryden, John, 173

Duarte family, 177–8, 177, 182–4, 195, 198

Duarte, Constantia, 178

Duarte, Diego (Gaspar’s father), 177

Duarte, Diego (Gaspar’s son), 120, 177, 183

Duarte, Francesca, 182

Duarte, Gaspar, 120–1, 169, 176–8, 180–1, 183, 186, 259

Duarte, Jacob, 177, 180–1

Dugdale, William, 291

Dumanoir, Guillaume, 192

Durham, 31–2

Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie; VOC): activities, 241, 247, 319, 339–40; founding charter, 338; financing, 339–40; relations with English East India Company, 340–1, 349; protected by state, 347

Dutch Republic see United Provinces

Dutch West India Company (West-Indische Compagnie; WIC): captures Spanish treasure, 84–5; influence, 241; activities, 319; formed, 321; in North America (New Netherland), 321–2, 324–6, 332; protected by state, 347

Dyck, Sir Anthony (Anton) van: portraits of Charles I, 55, 75, 117, 148; wedding portrait of William III, 70, 71; Webb purchases Stuart portraits by, 116; Duarte deals in paintings, 120–1; Sir Constantijn Huygens praises, 126; Huygens introduces Lievens to, 129; at English court, 130–1; self-portrait, 130; travels, 130; death, 134; mourning picture of Thomas Killigrew and William Crofts, 171, 172

Dyrham Park, near Bath, 260–1

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East India Company (English), 340, 349

Elizabeth I, Queen, 54

Elizabeth, Princess (daughter of Charles I), 67

Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia and Electress Palatine (’The Winter Queen’): served by Lord Craven, 20; in Heidelberg, 48, 86, 228; Princess Mary Stuart serves, 67; courtly life and culture, 81–2, 84, 86, 88–9, 191, 198; life and career, 86–7, 87; progress to Heidelberg, 86, 108; commissions art works, 129, 131; Dieussart’s bust of, 138; permanent residence in The Hague, 167, 174, 189, 229; aids Thomas Killigrew, 172; and George Morley, 176; and Anne de la Barre,