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166, 180, 185–7, 192–3, 354; art interests, 98–9, 107, 109; as personal secretary and adviser to Frederik Hendrik and William II, 100, 110, 126, 152; marriage to Susanna van Baerle, 122, 149, 152, 155–6; commends Rubens’ Head of Medusa, 125, 126; praises and encourages Lievens and Rembrandt, 126–9, 131, 137; aids Hanneman, 132; acquires Rembrandt painting, 137; and ‘Dutch Gift’ to Charles II, 139–40, 142–3; attachment to talented women, 149, 163–4, 266; poetry, 149, 153, 157, 160, 210, 215–16, 227, 233, 354; and Susanna’s death, 152–3, 210; and Descartes, 153–4; houses and properties, 157–8, 158, 164, 166, 183, 204, 207–10, 209, 211, 212–13, 214, 215–17; relations with Anna Morgan, 160–2; and Anglo-Dutch wars, 162; friendship with Killigrews, 166–9; helps Mary Killigrew find house in UP, 173; and Duarte, 178, 180–3; and Ballet de la Carmesse, 192; friendship with Lanier, 198; correspondence with Margaret Cavendish, 200–3; and Prince Rupert’s drops, 201–3; architectural interests and taste, 204, 207–8; provides Latin inscription for William the Silent’s tomb, 205; and Rubenshuis, 207; garden designs and interests, 210, 215–19, 224–5, 227, 229, 230, 233–5; entertains exiled English royals in Netherlands, 212–13; helps broker William-Mary marriage, 212; designs road from The Hague to Scheveningen, 225, 226; visits Heidelberg, 230; helps finance Vermuyden’s drainage scheme, 238; owns land in England, 238; and daughter Susanna’s wedding, 242–4; pride in son Christiaan, 270; and Hoefnagel family, 292; sends extracts from Hooke’s Micrographia to son Christiaan, 296; son Christiaan lives with in old age, 308; and son Christiaan’s career, 315; oversees building of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, 333; and new medical knowledge from overseas, 341–3; attempts to recover money owing from Charles II to William, 351–2; role in Anglo-Dutch collaboration, 352–3; proposes inscriptions for Monument to Great Fire of London, 353–5; Pathodia Sacra et Profana (song collection), 159, 163–4, 185

Huygens, Constantijn, jr: on invasion fleet and landing, 7, 9, 11, 14, 46–7; as William’s secretary, 7, 93, 263; portrayed, 9, 158, 159; admires English countryside, 18; paintings and drawings, 18, 211, 214, 215, 264; countersigns William’s Declaration, 46; accompanies William on journey from Torbay to London, 47–9; on Wilton House gardens, 48; and William’s claim to English throne, 65–6; selects art works from English Royal Collection for William and Mary, 147–8; in Arnhem with mother, 158; and father’s relations with Duarte girls, 163; and Duartes’ art dealing, 183; garden, 242; marriage, 242–3, 246, 273; with William on campaign against French, 290; grinds lenses, 292; status and power in England, 308–9; and brother Christiaan’s visit to England, 309–10; influence at William’s court, 312; and William’s acceptance by English, 349–50

Huygens, Gertruyd see Doublet (or Doubleth), Gertruyd

Huygens, Lodewijk: career, 93; in England, 116–17; on low price of paintings in England, 116, 137, 160, 219; with mother in 1635 plague, 158; Anna Morgan’s hospitality to, 160; in First Dutch War, 162; in France, 264; and brother Christiaan, 277

Huygens, Maurits, 152, 211

Huygens, Susanna (née Rijkaert; Constantijn jr’s wife), 246

Huygens, Susanna (née van Baerle; Sir Constantijn’s wife): marriage, 122, 149–51, 155–6, 159; death, 152–4, 163, 210; and Descartes’ writings, 154; portrait, 155, 156, 157–8, 206; helps plan family home, 158

Hyde, Anne seeYork, Anne, Duchess of

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Isham, Justinian, 239

Israel, Jonathan, 27, 41

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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,