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The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain

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by Allan Massie


  Defenestration of Prague

  Derby

  Derwentwater, Earl of (married to Charles II’s illegitimate daughter)

  Derwentwater, Earl of (grandson of Charles II)

  Devereux, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex see Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of

  Devereux, Robert, 3rd Earl of Essex see Essex, Robert

  Devereux, 3rd Earl of Diet of Augsburg (1555)

  Dirleton Castle

  Dissenters

  Dissolution of the Monasteries

  Dol, Counts of

  Donaldson, Gordon

  Donibristle Castle

  Donne, John

  Douglas, Archibald, Earl of Moray see Moray, Archibald Douglas, Earl of

  Douglas, Archibald, 5th Earl of Angus see Angus, Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of

  Douglas, Archibald, 6th Earl of Angus see Angus, Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of

  Douglas, Archibald (uncle of 6th Earl of Angus)

  Douglas, Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of

  Douglas, Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of

  Douglas, Catherine

  Douglas, David

  Douglas, Gavin

  Douglas, George, 4th Earl of Angus see Angus, George Douglas, 4th Earl of

  Douglas, George (in reign of James V)

  Douglas, George (in reign of Mary, Queen of Scots)

  Douglas, Hugh, Earl of Ormond see Ormond, Hugh Douglas, Earl of

  Douglas, James, of Parkhead

  Douglas, James, 4th Earl of Morton see Morton, James Douglas, 4th Earl of

  Douglas, Sir James, of Balveny see

  Douglas, James (the Gross) Douglas, 7th Earl of

  Douglas, Sir James (Robert the Bruce’s general)

  Douglas, James Douglas, 2nd Earl of

  Douglas, James (the Gross) Douglas, 7th Earl of (Sir James Douglas of Balveny)

  Douglas, James Douglas, 9th Earl of

  Douglas, John, of Balveny

  Douglas, Lady (mother of Sir William Douglas)

  Douglas, Margaret, Countess of Lennox

  Douglas, Margaret, Maid of Galloway

  Douglas, Lady Margaret

  Douglas, Robert

  Douglas, Will

  Douglas, William Douglas, 6th Earl of

  Douglas, William Douglas, 8th Earl of

  Douglas, Sir William

  Douglas Castle

  Douglas family, see also names of individuals

  Doune, Lady

  Doune Castle

  Dover

  Treaty of (1670)

  Downs, the

  Drogheda, Battle of (1649)

  Drumlanrig

  Drummond, Annabelle

  Drummond, Euan, of Balhaldie

  Drummond, Lord

  Drummond, Margaret

  Drury, Sir William

  Dryburgh

  Dryden, John: Absalom and Achitophel

  Dublin

  Dudley, Edmund

  Dudley, John, Earl of Warwick, Duke of Northumberland

  Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester see Leicester, Robert

  Dudley, Earl of Dumbarton

  Dumbarton Castle

  Dumfries Abbey

  Dunbar

  Dunbar, Battle of (1650)

  Dunbar, William

  Dundee

  Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouses, Viscount

  Dunkeld Cathedral

  Dunkirk

  Dutch Wars

  East India Company

  Edgar, James

  Edgehill, Battle of (1642)

  Edict of Nantes

  Revocation of

  Edict of Revocation

  Edinburgh

  Edinburgh Castle

  Edward I, King of England

  Edward II, King of England

  Edward III, King of England

  Edward IV, King of England

  Edward V, King of England

  Edward VI, King of England

  as Prince

  Elcho, Lord

  Elgin Cathedral

  Elizabeth I, Queen of England

  Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  Elizabeth, later Queen of Bohemia (daughter of James VI and I)

  Elizabeth, Princess (daughter of Charles I)

  Elizabeth, Princess (daughter of

  Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia)

  Elliot family

  Elphinstone, Bishop

  Elwes, Sir Gervase

  ‘Engagement’

  Engagers

  Enlightenment

  Erasmus

  Eriskay

  Erskine, John, Earl of Mar see Mar, John

  Erskine, Earl of (guardian of James VI and I)

  Erskine, John, Earl of Mar (‘Bobbing Johnnie’) see Mar, John

  Erskine, Earl of (‘Bobbing Johnnie’)

  Erskine, Margaret

  Eskdale

  Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of

  Essex, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of

  Estates, the/Scottish Parliament

  Ettrick Forest

  Euphemia of Strathearn

  Evelyn, John

  Exeter

  Exeter, Thomas Beaufort, Duke of

  Fairfax, General

  Fairfax, Lady

  Falkirk, Battle of (1746)

  Falkland Castle/Falkland Palace

  Fecamp

  Felton (officer)

  Ferdinand, Holy Roman Emperor

  Ferdinand of Aragon

  Ferdinand of Styria

  Feversham, Lord

  Field, Ophelia

  Fife

  Fife, Robert Stewart, Earl of, Duke of Albany see Albany, Robert Stewart, Earl of

  Fife, Duke of Albany

  Firth of Forth

  Fisher, Bishop of Rochester

  Fitzjames, Henry, Duke of Albemarle

  Fitzjames, James, 1st Duke of Berwick see Berwick, James Fitzjames, 1st Duke of

  Five Articles of Perth (1617)

  Flaald, Steward of Dol

  Flamborough Head

  Fleance (son of Banquo)

  Fleming, Sir David

  Fleming, Malcolm, of Cumbernauld

  Fleury, Cardinal

  Flodden, Battle of (1513)

  Flodden Edge

  Florence

  Fontenay

  Foot Guards

  Forbes, Bishop Robert

  Forbes, Master of

  Forbin, Comte de

  Forster, Thomas

  Fort William

  Fotheringay

  Fouquelin, Antoine

  Fox, Charles James

  Fox, Henry

  Fox, Sir Stephen

  Francis I, King of France

  Francis II, King of France

  Frascati

  Fraser, Antonia

  Frederick, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, later King of Bohemia

  Frederick the Great

  Froissart, Jean

  Fronde, the

  Gaeta

  Gardiner, S. R.

  General Assembly (of the Kirk)

  General Council

  Geneva

  George I, Elector of Hanover, King of Great Britain and Ireland

  George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland

  George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

  George IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland

  George of Denmark, Prince (Queen Anne’s husband)

  Glamis, Lady

  Glasgow

  Glasgow University

  Glencoe, Massacre of

  Glendower, Griffith

  Glendower, Owen

  Glenfinnan

  Glenshiel

  Gloucester

  Gloucester, Henry, Duke of see Henry (Harry), Prince, Duke of Gloucester

  Gloucester, Humphrey, Duke of

  Gloucester, William, Duke of

  Gloucestershire

  Godfrey, Sir Edmund Berry

  Godolphin, Earl of

  Goes, Hugo van der

  Go
ffe, Father

  Gondomar (Spanish ambassador)

  Gordon, Lady Jean

  Gordon, Lady Katharine

  Gordon family

  Gowrie, Alexander Ruthven, Master of see Ruthven, Alexander, Master of Gowrie

  Gowrie, Earl of (executed in 1584)

  Gowrie, Earl of (killed in 1600)

  ‘Gowrie Conspiracy’

  Gowrie House, Perth

  Grafton, Duke of

  Grafton, Duke of (present-day)

  Graham, James, Earl of Montrose see Montrose, James Graham, Earl of

  Graham, John, of Claverhouses, Viscount Dundee

  Graham, Malise, Earl of Strathearn, then Earl of Menteith

  Graham, Sir Robert

  Grammont, Comte de

  Grand Remonstrance

  Gravesend

  Gray, Sir Patrick

  Great Fire of London (1666)

  Greenwich, Treaty of

  Grey, Lady Jane

  Grey, Sir Thomas

  Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh

  Guise, Duc de (uncle of Mary, Queen of Scots)

  Guise, Duc de (cousin of James VI and I)

  Guise, House of

  Gunpowder Plot (1605)

  Gunter, Captain

  Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden

  Guthrie, Henry

  Gwyn, Nell

  Habsburg, House of

  Haddington, ‘Tam of the Cowgate’, Earl of

  Haddon Rig

  Hague, the

  Halifax, Earl of

  Hall, Jacob

  Hamilton, Anthony

  Hamilton, Duke of (present-day)

  Hamilton, James, Archbishop of St Andrews

  Hamilton, James, 1st Earl of Arran see Arran, James Hamilton, 1st Earl of

  Hamilton, James, 2nd Earl of Arran see Arran, James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of, Duke of Châtelheraut

  Hamilton, James, 3rd Duke of Arran see Arran, James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of

  Hamilton, James Hamilton, 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke of

  Hamilton, John, Abbot of Paisley

  Hamilton, Lord

  Hamilton, William Hamilton, Earl of Lanark, 2nd Duke of

  Hamilton, Sir William

  Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh

  Hamilton family, see also names of individuals

  Hampden, John

  Hampton Court

  Harley, Robert, Earl of Oxford

  Harrington, Sir John

  Hart, Jackie

  Hawick

  Hawley, General

  Hebrides

  Henderson (Gowrie’s servant)

  Henderson, Alexander

  Henrietta, Princess (daughter of

  Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia)

  Henrietta Maria, Queen (wife of Charles I)

  Henriette-Anne (Minette), later Duchess of Orléans

  Henry I, King of England

  Henry II (Henry of Anjou), King of England

  Henry II, King of France

  Henry III, King of France

  Henry IV, King of England

  Henry IV (Henry of Navarre), King of France

  Henry V, King of England

  Henry VI, King of England

  Henry VII, King of England

  Henry VIII, King of England

  Henry, Duke of York (son of James Edward, the Old Pretender)

  Henry, Prince (son of James VI and I)

  Henry (Harry), Prince, Duke of Gloucester (son of Charles I)

  Henryson, Robert

  Hepburn, James, 4th Earl of Bothwell see Bothwell, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Hepburn, James, of Keith

  Hepburn, Prior John

  Hepburn family

  Hepburn of Hailes

  Hermitage Castle

  Herries, John Maxwell, Lord

  Hetton Castle

  High Commission, Court of

  Highlands

  Hill, Abigail (Mrs Masham)

  Hobbes, Thomas Leviathan

  Holdenby House

  Holmes, Richard

  Holy League

  Holyrood Abbey

  Holyroodhouse (Holyrood), Palace of

  Home, Lord

  Home family

  Hommyl (tailor)

  Hopton, Sir Ralph

  Hotel de Ville, Paris

  Hounslow Heath

  Howard, Frances, later Countess of Somerset

  Howard, Henry, Earl of Northampton see Northampton, Henry Howard, Earl of

  Howard, Thomas, Earl of Suffolk

  Howard, Thomas, Earl of Surrey see Surrey, Thomas Howard, Earl of Huddleston, Father

  Hughes, Margaret

  Huguenots

  Huizinga (Dutch historian)

  Hull

  Hundred Years War

  Huntly, Earl of (in reign of James IV)

  Huntly, Earl of (in reign of Mary, Queen of Scots)

  Huntly, Earl of (in reign of James VI and I)

  Hurst Castle

  Hyde, Anne

  Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon

  Hyde Park

  Independents

  Inverness

  Ireland, John

  Ireton, General

  Ironsides

  Isabella of Castile

  Isle of Wight

  Jacobites

  ‘Jacqueries’

  James I, King of Scotland

  The Kingis Quair

  James II, King of Scotland

  James III, King of Scotland

  James IV, King of Scotland

  James V, King of Scotland

  James VI of Scotland and I of England

  Basilikon Doron

  James VII of Scotland and II of England

  birth

  as Duke of York

  James VIII of Scotland and III of England see James Edward, the Old Pretender

  James, Steward-Guardian of Scotland

  James Edward, the Old Pretender (also called James VIII and III)

  Jedburgh

  Jeffreys, Lord Chief Justice

  Jermyn, Lord

  Joan, Queen (Joan Beaufort; wife of James I)

  Joan of Arc

  John, King of England

  John, King of France

  John, Lord of the Isles

  John Balliol, King

  John of Fordoun

  John of Gaunt

  John Sobieski, King of Poland

  Johnson, Hester (‘Stella’)

  Johnson, Dr Samuel

  Johnston, Archibald, of Warriston

  Johnstone, Chevalier de

  Johnstone family

  Jones, Inigo

  Jonson, Ben

  Joyce, Cornet

  Julius II, Pope

  Juxon, William, Bishop of London

  Kay clan

  Keith, James

  Kelso

  Kennedy, Bishop

  Kensington Palace

  Keppel, Arnold Joost van, Earl of Albemarle

  Ker of Fernihurst

  Ker (or Carr), Robert, Earl of Somerset see Somerset, Robert Ker (or Carr), Earl of

  Kérouaille, Louise de, Duchess of Portsmouth see Portsmouth, Louise de

  Kérouaille, Duchess of

  Ketch, John

  Kidderminster

  Kildrummy Castle

  Killearn

  Killiecrankie, Pass of

  Kilsyth, Battle of (1645)

  Kingsburgh, MacDonald of

  King’s College, University of Aberdeen

  King’s Men

  Kirk, the see also Covenanters; National Covenant; Solemn League and Covenant Kirkcaldy of Grange

  Kirke, General

  Kirk o’Field, Edinburgh

  Kirkton, Reverend James

  Knox, John

  ‘Confession of Faith’

  A First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women

  Lane, Jane

  Lang, Andrew

  Langland, William

  Langside

  Lansdowne, Lord

  Largs, Battle of (1263)
/>   La Rocca

  La Rochelle

  Laud, William

  Lauder

  Lauderdale, John Maitland, Earl of

  Leeds

  Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of

  Leith

  Treaty of

  Lennox, Duke of (son of Esmé Stewart)

  Lennox, Caroline

  Lennox, Charles Stewart, Earl of

  Lennox, Earl of (in reign of James I)

  Lennox, Earl of (in reign of James V)

  Lennox, Esmé Stewart, Seigneur d’Aubigny, Earl of

  Lennox, Margaret Douglas, Countess of

  Lennox, Matthew Stewart, Earl of

  Lennox and Richmond, Duke of

  Leo X, Pope

  Leonard (shoe-maker)

  Leslie, Alexander, Earl of Leven see

  Leven, Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leslie, David

  Leven, Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of

  Leven, 3rd Earl of

  Liddesdale

  Lindsay, Earl of

  Lindsay of the Mount, Sir David

  Linklater, Eric

  Linlithgow

  Linlithgow Palace

  Liria, Duke of, later 2nd Duke of Berwick

  Livingstone, Sir Alexander

  Livingstone family

  Lochaber

  Loch Arkaig

  Lochiel, Donald Cameron of (Jacobite)

  Lochiel, Donald Cameron of (in Queen Victoria’s reign)

  Loch Leven Castle

  Lochmaben

  Loch nan Uamh

  Lockhart, George, of Carnwath

  London

  Londonderry

  Long Parliament

  Lords, House of

  Lords of the Congregation

  Lorraine, Cardinal of

  Lorraine, Chevalier de

  Loudon, Earl of

  Louis XI, King of France

  Louis XII, King of France

  Louis XIII, King of France

  Louis XIV, King of France

  Louis XV, King of France

  Louis XVIII, King of France

  Louise, later Abbess of Maubuisson

  Louise of Stolberg-Gedern, Princess

  Lowestoft

  Luther, Martin

  Lyme

  Lynch, Michael

  MacAlpine, Kenneth

  Macaulay, Lord

  Macbeth

  MacDonald, Bishop Hugh

  MacDonald, Flora

  MacDonald of Boisdale

  MacDonald of Kingsburgh

  Macdonalds, the, see also names of individuals

  Machiavelli, Niccolo

  Macgregor, Rob Roy

  McIan (or McKean) clan

  Mackay, General

  Mackenzie, Compton: The Four Winds of Love

  Mackenzie of Kintail

  Mackintosh of Borlum

  MacLellan

  Madeleine of France

  Madrid

  Magdalen College, Oxford

  Mahon, Major-General, ‘Maid of Norway’

  Maintenon, Madame de

  Mair (or Major), John

  Maisonfleur, M. de

  Maitland, F. W.

  Maitland, Sir James, of Thirlestane

  Maitland, John, Earl of Lauderdale see Lauderdale, John Maitland, Earl of

  Maitland, William, of Lethington

  Malcolm III, King of Scotland

 

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