Wellington, 366, 371, 396
Werf, Pieter Adriaanzoon van der, 60

Wesel, 100, 144

Wesenbeke, Jacob van, 50

West Coast of Africa, the, company for trading on, 179

West Flanders, 82, 101, 309

West Friesland, 13, 52, 54, 87

West India Company, 147, 155, 159-185, 276, 305, 339 f., 345

West Indies, 158, 166, 169 f., 214, 216, 318 f., 346 f., 416

Westergoo, 114

Westminster, peace of (1674), 261

Westphalia, treaty of, 270, 274

West-Quarter, district of Groningen, 114

Whale fishery, 123, 166

White, Charles, 386

White Sea trade, 98, 121

Wild Coast of Guiana, the, traders on, 178

Wildrik, member of Executive Council, 350

Wilhelmina, Queen, 421, 426-428, 429

Wilhelmina of Prussia, Frederika Louise, wife of William V, 321, 335-338

_Wilhelmus_, the, 333

Willebroek, 42

Willekens, Jacob, admiral-in-chief, 167

William the Silent, Prince of Orange, stadholder, 29 ff., 33-37,
39-42, 44 f., 47, 49-83, 87, 90, 103, 113, 115 ff., 128, 187,
191, 268, 285;
_Apology_ of, 75

William II of Orange, stadholder, 116, 143, 152, 194, 202-211,
212, 226, 249, 261, 268, 298, 314, 321

William III of Orange, stadholder, 116, 152, 194, 227, 232, 234,
241 f., 246 ff., 250 f., 253 f., 256 f., 258-273, 274-284, 285,
287, 289, 298 ff., 301, 303, 312, 314 f., 317, 320 f., 324, 431

William IV of Orange, stadholder, 304 f., 306-315, 316 f., 321

William V of Orange, stadholder, 316, 319, 321-326, 327-336,   343,
346, 354

William I, King of the Netherlands, VI Prince of Orange, 341 ff.,
354, 364-367, 369-374, 376 f., 379 ff., 385, 387, 392 f.,
395-398, 400-406

William II (William Frederick), King of the Netherlands,
392 f., 395, 398 f., 401, 405-410

William III, King of the Netherlands, 410, 411-418, 419-425, 429;
Prince of Orange, son of, 417, 421

William, Count of Holland, husband of Margaret of Burgundy, 1

William, Count-Palatine of Neuburg, 119 f.

William de Blois, lord of Treslong, 50 f.

William de la Marck, lord of Lumey, 50

William de la Marck, ruler of Liege, 12

William Frederick, stadholder, 153, 203, 205 ff., 209 f., 223, 225,
227, 238, 285

William Lewis of Nassau, stadholder, 83, 90-93, 101, 103 f., 107,
115, 130 f., 135, 138

William of Juelich and Cleves, 21

William of Nassau, Count, 150

William of Nassau, lord of Zuilestein, 271

William of Nassau-Dillenburg, Count, 29

Willoughby, Hugh, 123

Willoughby, Lord, 89

Winter, Jan de, Vice-Admiral, 347

Winwood, Sir Ralph, 123

Witsen, Nicolaes, 267, 274

Witt, Jacob de, _see_ De Witt

Witt, John de, _see_ De Witt

Witte de With, _see_ De With

Woerden, 258, 335

Wool and cloth trade, 7, 16, 125

Worcester, battle of, 208, 212

Worms, diet of (1521), 19, 23

Wouvermans, Philip, 200

Wouw, 88

Wrangel, Swedish admiral, 182, 230

Wynendael, 292

Wyvants, Jan, 200


Xanten, treaty of (1614), 120


Y, the, 24, 55, 181, 416

Ymuiden, 416

York, Duke of, second son of George III, 341 f., 353

York, royal camp at, 155

Yorke, British ambassador, 318, 323 ff.

Yorke, Sir Robert, 87 f.

Ypres, 6, 24, 40, 73, 79, 82, 264, 297, 309

Yssel, the, 89, 104, 251


Zaandam, 98, 302

Zederik canal, the, 379

Zeeland, _passim_

Zevenwolden, 114

Zierikzee, 58, 62, 64

Zoutman, Rear-Admiral, 328 f.

Zuid-Beveland, 359

Zuid-Willemsvaart canal, the, 379

Zuilestein, 271

Zutphen, 21, 55 f., 72, 82, 87 f., 92, 113

Zuyder-Zee, the, 24, 56, 72, 98, 195, 251;
department, 361

Zwijn, the, 23

Zwijndrecht, 407

Zwingli, Zwinglians, 22, 38

Zwolle, 114, 226

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