DEMAINTENON, MME.: 1635-1719. Mistress, then second and last wife of Louis XIV.
MARY: 1662-1694. Daughter of James II and Anne Hyde. After the Glorious Revolution (1689), Queen of England with her husband, William of Orange.
MARY OFMODENA: 1658-1718. Second and last wife of James II of England. Mother of James Stuart, aka “the Old Pretender.”
MAURICE: 1621-1652. One of the numerous princely offspring of the Winter Queen. Active as a Cavalier in the English Civil War.
dEMESMES, JEAN-ANTOINE: see d’Avaux.
MINETTE: see Henrietta Anne.
MONMOUTH, DUKE OF(JAMESSCOTT): 1649-1685. Bastard of Charles II by one Lucy Walter.
MORAY, ROBERT: c. 1608-1673. Scottish soldier, official, and courtier, a favorite of Charles II. Early Royal Society figure, probably instrumental in securing the organization’s charter.
NEWTON, ISAAC: 1642-1727. Refer to novel.
OLDENBURG, HENRY: 1615-1677. Emigrant from Bremen. Secretary of the Royal Society, publisher of the Philosophical Transactions, prolific correspondent.
D’OYONNAX, ANNEMARIE DECREPY, DUCHESSE: 1653-. Lady in Waiting to the Dauphine, Satanist, poisoner.
D’OZOIR, CHARLOTTEADELAIDE DECREPY, MARQUISE: 1656-. Wife of Claude Eauze, Marquis d’Ozoir.
D’OZOIR, CLAUDEEAUZE, MARQUIS: 1650-. Illegitimate son of Louis-Francois de Lavardac, duc d’Arcachon, by a domestic servant, Luce Eauze. Traveled to India in late 1660s as part of ill-fated French East India Company expedition. In 1674, when noble titles went on sale to raise funds for the Dutch war, he purchased the title Marquis d’Ozoir using a loan from his father secured by revenues from his slaving operations in Africa.
PENISTONE, COUNT: see Bolstrood, Knott.
PEPYS, SAMUEL: 1633-1703. Clerk, Administrator to the Royal Navy, Member of Parliament, Fellow of the Royal Society, diarist, man about town.
PETERS, HUGH: 1598-1660. Fulminant Puritan preacher. Spent time in Holland and Massachusetts, returned to England, became Cromwell’s chaplain. Poorly thought of by Irish for his involvement with massacres at Drogheda and Wexford. For his role in the regicide of Charles I, executed by Jack Ketch, using a knife, in 1660.
PHILIPPE, DUC D’ORLEANS: 1640-1701. Younger brother of King Louis XIV of France. Known as Monsieur to the French Court. Husband first of Henrietta Anne of England, later of Liselotte. Progenitor of the House of Orleans.
PORTSMOUTH, DUCHESS OF: see Keroualle, Louise de.
QWGHLM: Title bestowed on Eliza by William of Orange.
RAVENSCAR, MARQUIS OF: see Comstock, Roger.
ROSSIGNOL, ANTOINE: 1600-1682. “ France’s first full-time cryptologist” (David Kahn, The Codebreakers, which buy and read). A favorite of Richelieu, Louis XIII, Mazarin, and Louis XIV.
ROSSIGNOL, BONAVENTURE: d. 1705. Cryptanalyst to Louis XIV following the death of his father, teacher, and collaborator Antoine.
RUPERT: 1619-1682. One of the numerous princely offspring of the Winter Queen. Active as a Cavalier in the English Civil War.
DERUYTER, MICHIELADRIAANSZOON: 1607-1676. Exceptionally gifted Dutch admiral. Particularly effective against the English.
VONSCHONBORN, JOHANNPHILIPP: 1605-1673. Elector and Archbishop of Mainz, statesman, diplomat, and early patron of Leibniz.
SHEERNESS, COUNT: see Anglesey, Phillip.
SOPHIE: 1630-1714. Youngest daughter of the Winter Queen. Married Ernst August, who later became duke of Braunschweig-Luneburg. Later the name of this principality was changed to Hanover, and Ernst August and Sophie elevated to the status of Elector and Electress. From 1707 onwards, she was first in line to the English throne.
SOPHIECHARLOTTE: 1668-1705. Eldest daughter of Sophie. Married Frederick III, elector of Brandenburg and son of the Great Elector. In 1701, when Brandenburg-Prussia was elevated to the status of a kingdom by the Holy Roman Emperor, she became the first Queen of Prussia and spawned the House of Prussia.
STUART, ELIZABETH: 1596-1662. Daughter of King James I of England, sister of Charles I. Married Frederick, Elector Palatinate. Proclaimed Queen of Bohemia briefly in 1618, hence her sobriquet “the Winter Queen.” Lived in exile during the Thirty Years’ War, mostly in the Dutch Republic. Outlived her husband by three decades. Mother of many children, including Sophie.
STUART, JAMES: 1688-1766. Controversial but probably legitimate son of James II by his second wife, Mary of Modena. Raised in exile in France. Following the death of his father, styled James III by the Jacobite faction in England and “the OId Pretender” by supporters of the Hanoverian succession.
UPNOR, EARL OF: see Anglesey, Louis.
VILLIERS, BARBARA(LADYCASTLEMAINE, DUCHESS OFCLEVELAND): 1641-1709. Indefatigable mistress of many satisfied Englishmen of high rank, including Charles II and John Churchill.
WALBROOK, EARL OF: see Ham, Thomas.
WATERHOUSE, ANNE: 1649-. Nee Anne Robertson. English colonist in Massachusetts. Wife of Praise-God Waterhouse.
WATERHOUSE, BEATRICE: 1642-. Nee Beatrice Durand. Huguenot wife of Sterling.
WATERHOUSE, CALVIN: 1563-1605. Son of John, father of Drake.
WATERHOUSE, DANIEL: 1646-. Youngest (by far) child of Drake by his second wife, Hortense.
WATERHOUSE, DRAKE: 1590-1666. Son of Calvin, father of Raleigh, Sterling, Mayflower, Oliver, and Daniel. Independent trader, political agitator, leader of Pilgrims and Dissidents.
WATERHOUSE, ELIZABETH: 1621-. Nee Elizabeth Flint. Wife of Raleigh Waterhouse.
WATERHOUSE, EMMA: 1656-. Daughter of Raleigh and Elizabeth.
WATERHOUSE, FAITH: 1689-. Nee Faith Page. English colonist in Massachusetts. (Much younger) wife of Daniel, mother of Godfrey.
WATERHOUSE, GODFREYWILLIAM: 1708-. Son of Daniel and Faith in Boston.
WATERHOUSE, HORTENSE: 1625-1658. Nee Hortense Bowden. Second wife (m. 1645) of Drake Waterhouse, and mother of Daniel.
WATERHOUSE, JANE: 1599-1643. Nee Jane Wheelwright. A pilgrim in Leiden. First wife (m. 1617) of Drake, mother of Raleigh, Sterling, Oliver, and Mayflower.
WATERHOUSE, JOHN: 1542-1597. Devout early English Protestant. Decamped to Geneva during reign of Bloody Mary. Father of Calvin Waterhouse.
WATERHOUSE, MAYFLOWER: 1621-. Daughter of Drake and Jane, wife of Thomas Ham, mother of William Ham.
WATERHOUSE, OLIVERI: 1625-1646. Son of Drake and Jane. Died in Battle of Newark during English Civil War.
WATERHOUSE, OLIVERII: 1653-. Son of Raleigh and Elizabeth.
WATERHOUSE, PRAISE-GOD: 1649-. Eldest son of Raleigh and Elizabeth. Immigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony. Father of Wait Still Waterhouse.
WATERHOUSE, RALEIGH: 1618-. Eldest son of Drake, father of Praise-God, Oliver II, and Emma.
WATERHOUSE, STERLING: 1630-. Son of Drake. Real estate developer. Later ennobled as Earl of Willesden.
WATERHOUSE, WAITSTILL: 1675-. Son of Praise-God in Boston. Graduate of Harvard College. Congregational preacher.
WEEM, WALTER: 1652-. Husband of Emma Waterhouse.
WHEELWRIGHT, JANE: see Waterhouse, Jane.
WILHELMINACAROLINE: see Caroline, Princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
WILKINS, JOHN(BISHOP OFCHESTER): 1614-1672. Cryptographer. Science fiction author. Founder, first chairman, and first secretary of the Royal Society. Private chaplain to Charles Louis, Elector Palatinate. Warden of Wadham (Oxford) and Master of Trinity (Cambridge). Prebendary of York, Dean of Ripon, holder of many other ecclesiastical appointments. Friend of Nonconformists, Supporter of Freedom of Conscience.
WILLESDEN, EARL OF: see Waterhouse, Sterling.
WILLIAMIIOF ORANGE: 1626-1650. Father of the better-known William III of Orange. Died young (of smallpox).