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St Albans, Duke of (present-day)
St Andrews
St Andrews Castle
St Andrews University
St Leonard’s College
St Bartholomew’s Night Massacre (1572)
St-Germains
St Giles, Edinburgh
St John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke
see
Bolingbroke, Henry St John, Viscount
St Leonard’s College, University of St Andrews
St Malo, Gulf of
St Peter’s, Rome: Stuart monument
Saint-Simon, Duc de
Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of
see
Cecil, Robert, Earl of Salisbury
Sauchieburn, Battle of (1488)
Savage, Richard
Scheves, William
Scone
Scott, Anne, Lady of Buccleuch
Scott, Janet, Lady of Branxholm
Scott, Sir Walter
The Fair Maid of Perth
The Fortunes of Nigel
Kenilworth
The Lady of the Lake
The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border
Quentin Durward
Redgauntlet
The Tale of Old Mortality
Tales of a Grandfather
Scott of Buccleuch
Scott family
Scottish Privy Council
Scrope of Masham, Lord
Sedgemoor
Selkirk
Royal Burgh of
Sevigné, Madame de
Sexby (trooper)
Seymour, Henry
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley, 1st Earl of
Shakespeare, William
Macbeth
The Tempest
Sharp, James, Archbishop of St Andrews
Shaw of Fintrie
Sheen
Sheridan, Sir Thomas
Sheriffmuir, Battle of (1715)
Shetland
Shoreham
Shrewsbury, Duke of
Shrewsbury, Earl of
Sidney, Algernon
Sidney, Robert
Sinclair, Earl of
Sinclair, Oliver
Skye
Sobieski, Clementina
Solemn League and Covenant
Solway Moss
Somerset
Somerset, Duke of
Somerset, Robert Ker (or Carr), Earl of
Sophia, Electress of Hanover
Sorbonne, the
Southwold Bay, Battle of (1672)
Stair, Lord
Star Chamber
Stevenson, R. L.
Catriona
Kidnapped
Stewart, Alexander (son of Murdoch Stewart)
Stewart, Alexander, Archbishop of St Andrews
Stewart, Alexander, Duke of Albany
see
Albany, Alexander Stewart, Duke of
Stewart, Alexander, Earl of Buchan, ‘the Wolf of Badenoch’
Stewart, Charles, Earl of Lennox
see
Lennox, Charles Stewart, Earl of
Stewart, Dorothea
Stewart, Esmé, Seigneur d’Aubigny, Earl of Lennox
see
Lennox, Esmé Stewart, Seigneur d’Aubigny, Earl of
Stewart, Frances
Stewart, Francis, 5th Earl of Bothwell
Stewart, Henry, Earl of Methven
see
Methven, Henry Stewart, Earl of
Stewart, Henry, Lord Darnley
see
Darnley, Henry
Stewart, Lord Stewart, James, Earl of
Moray (son-in-law of Lord James Stewart)
Stewart, James (son of Murdoch Stewart)
Stewart, Lord James, Earl of Moray
see
Moray, Lord James Stewart, Earl of
Stewart, Sir James, ‘the Black Knight of Lorne’
Stewart, Joan
Stewart, John (illegitimate half-brother of Mary, Queen of Scots)
Stewart, John, Duke of Albany
see
Albany, John Stewart, Duke of
Stewart, John, Earl of Buchan
Stewart, John, Earl of Mar
see
Mar, John Stewart, Earl of
Stewart, Margaret
Stewart, Matthew, Earl of Lennox
see
Lennox, Matthew Stewart, Earl of
Stewart, Murdoch, Duke of Albany
see
Albany, Murdoch Stewart, Duke of
Stewart, Robert, Earl of Fife, Duke of Albany
see
Albany, Robert Stewart, Earl of Fife, Duke of
Stewart, Sir Robert
Stewart, Walter (son of James, Steward-Guardian of Scotland)
Stewart, Walter (son of Murdoch Stewart)
Stewart, Walter, Lord Blantyre
Stirling
Stirling Bridge, Battle of (1297)
Stirling Castle
Stonehenge
Stone of Destiny
Stosch, Baron von
Stourbridge
Strafford, Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of
Stratford-upon-Avon
Strathavon Castle
Strathearn, Euphemia of
Strathearn, Malise Graham, Earl of
see
Graham, Malise, Earl of Strathearn, then Earl of Menteith
Stuart, Arbella
Stuart, Charles Edward
see
Charles Edward, the Young Pretender
Stuart, Charlotte, Duchess of Albany
Stuart, Henry
see
Henry, Duke of York (son of James Edward, the Old Pretender)
Stuart, James Edward
see
James Edward, the Old Pretender
Stuarts of Bute
Suffolk, Thomas Howard, Earl of
Sully, Duc de
Surrey, Thomas Howard, Earl of
Sussex, Thomas Radcliffe, Earl of
Swift, Jonathan
Swynford, Catherine
Swynford, Sir Hugh
Swynford, Thomas
Tain: shrine of St Dutho
Talbot, Richard, Earl of Tyrconnell
Tangier
Tantallon Castle
Tattersall (ship’s captain)
Taylor (Darnley’s valet)
Test Act (1673)
Thames Ditton
Theobalds
Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion
Thirty Years War
Threave
Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas
Torbay
Tories
Torpichen (fencing master)
Touraine
Tower Hill
Tower of London
St Peter’s Chapel
Traquair House
Treaty of Perpetual Peace (1503)
Trebizond
Trelawney, General
Trent House
Trinity College, Oxford
Trinity Hospital, Edinburgh
Tullibardine, Marquis of
Turenne, Marshal
Turner, Mrs
Tyburn
Tyrconnell, Richard Talbot, Earl of
Ulster
Union, Treaty of (1707)
Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland (1603)
Urbino
Utrecht, Treaty of (1713)
Vallière, Louise de la
Van der Goes, Hugo
Van Dyck (Vandyke), Anthony
Vane, Sir Henry
Vendôme, Constable de
Venice
Victoria, Queen
Vienna
Villiers, Elizabeth, Countess of Orkney
Villiers, Francis
Villiers, George, 1st Duke of Buckingham
see
Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st Duke of
Villiers, George, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
see
Buckingham, George Villiers, 2nd Duke of
Villon, François
Voltaire
Vyvyan, Sir Richard
William, Prince, Duke of Gloucester
Wade, Marshal
Wakefield, Battle of
Waldegrave, Henrietta, Lady
Waldegrave, Lord
Walkinshaw, Clementina
Wallace, William
Walpole, Sir Robert
Walsh, Antoine
Walsingham, Sir Francis
Walter, Lucy
Walter Fitzalan
Warbeck, Perkin (pretended Richard of York)
Warminster
War of the Austrian Succession
‘War of the Common Weal’
Wars of Independence
Wars of the Roses
Warwick, Earl of
Warwick, John Dudley, Duke of
Northumberland, Earl of
Weldon, Sir Anthony
Wentworth, Sir Thomas, Earl of Strafford
see
Strafford, Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Hall
Westphalia, Treaty of (1648)
Wharton, Duke of
Wharton, Sir Thomas
Whigs
Whitehall, Palace of
Whitelaw, Archibald
White Mountain, Battle of the (1620)
Whithorn: shrine of St Ninian
William I, the Conqueror
William III, King
as Prince of Orange
as King
William, Prince, Duke of Gloucester (son of Queen Anne)
William the Lion, King of Scotland
William of Orange, known as ‘the Silent’
William II of Orange
William III of Orange
see
William III, King
Wilmot, Henry
Windsor
Wishart, George (chaplain and biographer of Montrose)
Wishart, George (Protestant preacher)
Witt, Jan and Cornelius de
Wood, John
Worcester, Battle of (1651)
Worcester, Marquis of
Wordlow, Bishop
Wormald, Dr J.
Wotton, Sir Henry
Wren, Christopher
Wyndham, Sir Francis
Wyndham, Sir William
Yates, Francis
York
York, Henry, Duke of
see
Henry, Duke of York
York, Richard, Duke of (opposes Henry VI)
York, Richard, Duke of (son of Edward IV)
Yorkshire
Young Pretender, the
see
Charles Edward, the Young Pretender
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THE ROYAL STUARTS
. Copyright © 2010 by Allan Massie. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
ISBN: 978-1-4299-5082-4
First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Random House
Table of Contents
The Genealogy of the House of Stuart
Chapter 1. The Stewards: Origins in Legend and History
Chapter 2. Robert II (1371–90): The First Stewart King
Chapter 3. Robert III (1390–1406): A Troubled Reign
Chapter 4. James I (1406–37): The Poet-King
Chapter 5. James II (1437–60): A Quick-Tempered King
Chapter 6. James III (1460–88): A Study in Failure
Chapter 7. James IV (1488–1513): The Flower of the Scottish Renaissance
Chapter 8. James V (1513–42): People’s King or Tyrant?
Chapter 9. Mary (1542–67): Scotland’s Tragic Queen
Chapter 10. James VI and I (1567–1625): The King as Survivor
Chapter 11. Charles I (1625–49): The Martyr King
Chapter 12. The Interregnum and the Scattered Family (1649–60)
Chapter 13. Charles II (1649–85): A Merry and Cynical Monarch
Chapter 14. James VII and II (1685–88): Author of His Own Tragedy
Chapter 15. William III (1689–1702) and Mary II (1689–94): Revolution Settlement and Dutch Rule
Chapter 16. Anne (1702–14): End of an Old Song