Waldeck, George Frederick von, Count, 239, 258, 267, 269, 272, 278

Waldeck, Prince of, 310, 312

Walpole, Robert, 303, 307

Walram, branch of house of Nassau, 374

Walraven, lord of Brederode, 107

Warneton, 297

Warnsfeld, combat of, 87

Wassenaer, Jacob van, lord of Obdam, 220, 229 f., 237 f.

Wassenaer-Twickel, Count of, 309 ff., 317

Waterloo, 371 f., 377, 406

Wauthier, Major-General, 390

Wavre, 371, 393

Webb, General, 292

Weingarten, abbey of, 354

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