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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

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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

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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

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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,