The Court of Philip IV.: Spain in Decadence

by Martin A. S. Hume

INDEX

Abbot, Archbishop, [109].
Academies (literary contests), [200], [301].
Admiral of Castile (Duke of Medina de Rio Seco), [163], [167].
Aguila, Marquis del, [300].
Ahumada, Father, [373].
Alamos, Don Baltasar de, [237].
Albert, Cardinal, Archduke, [21], [286].
Aliaga, confessor of Philip III., [45].
Alumbrados, the blasphemous sect so called, [271].
Amegial, battle of, [494], [495].
Anna of Austria, Queen of France, [155], [334], [335], [377], [464], [465], [482].
Aragonese Cortes, [141], [159], [162-170], [228], [254-259], [287], [296], [397].
Archy Armstrong in Spain, [100], [120].
Arcos, Duke of, [342].
Arnet, murderer of Ascham, [433].
Arundel, Philip, Earl of, [196].
Ascham, Anthony, Cromwell's envoy to Spain, [429]; his mission, [431];
his murder in Madrid, [431-437].
Astillano, Prince of, [460].
Aston, Sir Walter, [77], [81], [106], [124], [292], [293], [295], [311], [312],
[313], [317], [322].
Atillano, "the poet," [301].
Auto-de-fé, an, [150], [259].
Avendaño, an actor, [231].
Aytona, Marquis of, [218], [229], [391], [510].
B
Balbeses, Marquis of (Spinola), [341].
Ballard, an English priest in Madrid, [102].
Baltasar, Carlos, Prince, [210], [225], [241], [244], [246], [250], [253], [257],
[276], [282], [284], [285], [353], [367], [387], [397]; his betrothal, [399].
Barbastro, Cortes at, [164].
Barcelona, [167] et seq., [255-259], [297], [337-342].
Bejar, Duke of, [253], [342], [461].
Borgia, Cardinal, [253], [343], [458].
Borja, Melchior, [371].
Braganza, Duke of, [286], [334]; proclaimed King of Portugal, [345], [423].
Breitenfeld, battle of, [247].
Bristol, Earl of, Sir John Digby, [67], [68], [72], [73], [76], [77], [81], [97],
[98], [100], [106], [123], [124].
Buckingham, Duke of, in Madrid, [67] et seq.; meets Philip, [81-85];
the state entry, [86-92], [95], [96], [105]; quarrels with
Olivares, [106], [113-120]; leaves Spain, [121-123], [125]; his
assassination, [216].
Buckingham, Duke of, his letters to King James, [79], [83], [92], [93],
[105], [107], [111], [114].
Buen Retiro, palace of, [201], [238], [273], [280], [281], [284], [300],
[301], [311], [316-319], [330], [342], [388], [392], [455], [489].
Burgos, Archbishop of, [39].
Burke, Marquis of Mayo, [216].
C
Calderon, [147].
Calderon, Marquis de Siete Iglesias, [31], [44].
Caracena, Count, defeated in Portugal, [504].
Cardenas, Alonso de, [423], [424], [425-429].
Cardona, Duke of, [167], [257], [287], [342].
Carducho, V., [194].
Carignano, Princess of, her reception in Madrid, [311], [316-319], [329].
Carlos, Infante, [44], [62], [65], [66], [90], [99], [123], [138], [163], [167], [174-186],
[241], [246], [247], [255], [256], [259]; his death, [260].
Carlos, Prince, son of Philip IV., [492], [500], [511].
Carpio, Marquis of, [65], [66], [99], [167], [229], [352], [366], [371], [394].
Carrion, the nun of, [122]; her impostures, [308].
Castel Rodrigo, Marquis of, [163], [319].
Castrillo, Count of, [364], [488], [510].
Catalan Cortes. See Aragonese.
Catalonia, disaffection and war in, [336-342], [357], [365], [388], [391], [392].
Cea, Duke of, [91].
Chambers, Laurence, [432].
Charles, Prince of Wales, [37]; the Spanish match, [51], [52];
arrives in Madrid, [67] et seq.; he sees the Infanta, [77];
meets Philip, [81-83]; his state entry to Madrid, [87] et seq.;
in love with the Infanta, [93]; attempts to convert him, [94], [95];
his pastimes in Madrid, [96]; his visits to the Infanta, [97];
his indiscretion, [100]; negotiations, [104-110]; disillusioned,
[119]; departs from Spain, [121], [195], [196].
Charles I., King of England, [216], [217-225], [243], [266], [274],
[282], [288], [290-295], [313], [315], [321], [322], [323]; his execution, [424].
Charles I., his painter in Madrid, [282] n.
Charles II. of England, birth of, [224], [426], [487], [495].
Chevreuse, Duchess of, in Madrid, [317].
Cinq Mars, [364].
Coloma, Carlos, Spanish ambassador in England, [218].
Condé, Prince of, [378], [462], [463], [466].
Cottington, Sir Francis, [67], [74], [76], [81], [106], [107], [117], [217],
[218], [219], [220], [221], [222-225], [268], [275], [282], [295], [426], [432].
Corral de la Cruz. See Theatres.
Corral de la Pacheca. See Theatres.
Crofts, Courier, [112].
Cromwell, his relations with Spain, [423-437].
D
Don Juan of Austria, son of Charles V., [59].
Don Juan Jose of Austria, son of Philip IV., [207], [285], [353],
[387], [403], [405], [418], [452], [463], [464], [467], [474], [486], [487], [494],
[495], [504], [506], [510].
Downs, the capture of the Spanish fleet in, [324].
Dunkirk captured, [463].
E
English courtiers, their behaviour at Philip's christening, [6].
English embassy at Philip's baptism, [1-10].
Eraso, Don Francisco, [237].
Escovedo, [59].
Execution of the Hijar conspirators, [407-411].
F
Fadrique de Toledo, [156], [279] n.
Fanshawe, Lady, in Madrid, [498] et seq.; her opinion of Spaniards,
[501]; her account of Philip's lying in state, [512].
Fanshawe, Sir Richard, [314]; his mission to Spain, [495-497]; his
state entry, [498]; his failure, [504].
Fashions, change of, in Spain after the marriage of Maria
Teresa, [486].
Felton assassinates Buckingham, [216].
Feria, Duke of, [155].
Fernando, Infante, [44], [90], [174-186], [241], [246], [247], [255], [256],
[259]; goes to Flanders, [260], [281], [288], [293], [299], [303], [310],
[315], [331]; dies, [377].
Festivities in Madrid, [60-66], [86-92], [101], [118], [145], [150], [209],
[210], [225], [231-235], [273], [301], [307], [310], [312], [316-319], [451],
[456-46l], [469], [472].
Fischer, Ascham's secretary, [432-437].
Field sports in Spain, [211-213].
Flanders and Spain, [21], [156], [176], [246], [247].
Flores d'Avila, Marquis of, [64].
Fonseca, Dr., patron of Velazquez, [197-199].
Francisco Fernando of Austria, Philip's natural son, [236-238].
Frederick the Palatine, [70], [116], [216], [217-225], [266].
Frias, Duke of, Grand Constable of Castile, [5], [354], [461].
Fuenterrabia, [335], [480].
G
Garcia Fray, punished by the Inquisition, [272].
Golilla, the, [138], [144], [447], [486].
Gomez Davila's way with the Moriscos, [23].
Gondomar, Count, Spanish ambassador in England, [68], [73],
[74], [76], [81], [102], [123], [125].
Gongora, his sonnet on the English embassy, [4].
Grammont, Marshal, his mission to Madrid, [471].
Granada, Archbishop of, Philip's tutor, remonstrates with
Olivares, [53].
Guevara, Anna de, [367].
Gustavus Adolphus, [245], [247], [249].
Guzman, Enrique Felipe, Olivares' son, [268], [352], [354].
Guzman, the house of. See Olivares.
H
Halsey, Major, murderer of Ascham, [433] et seq.
Haro, Count of (a child), [457].
Haro, Don Luis de, [352], [369], [371], [379], [394], [401], [406], [411], [420],
[448], [451], [457], [459], [464], [466-485]; death of, [487-490].
Hay, Earl of Carlisle, [103], [216], [217].
Heliche, Marquis of, [163], [167], [229].
Heliche, Marquis of (2), [450], [451], [469], [489], [510].
Henrietta Maria, Queen, [295].
Henry IV. of France, [24], [29].
Herrera, Don Juan, [300], [328].
Hijar, Duke of, [327]; his conspiracy, [407] et seq.
Hinojosa, Marquis of, Spanish ambassador in England, [115], [117], [501].
Hopton, Sir Arthur, [219], [242], [243], [244], [249], [250], [252], [260], [263],
[268], [273], [275], [276], [277-279], [280], [282], [287], [288], [290], [291],
[292-295], [312], [314], [321], [322], [423].
Howard, Lord Admiral, Earl of Nottingham, in Spain, [3].
Howel, his account of the visit of Charles Stuart to Madrid.
See Charles, Prince of Wales.
Humanes, Count of, [237], [288], [292].
I
Idiaquez, Minister of Philip II., [25].
Infanta Isabel, [21], [156], [176], [246], [260].
Infantado, Duke of, [38], [39], [133], [139].
Irish intrigues in Madrid, [216], [312].
Isabel of Bourbon, Philip's first wife, [30], [31], [55-58], [60], [61], [65],
[77], [91], [97], [120], [121], [144], [145], [147], [173], [183], [212], [220], [229],
[230], [231-235], [259], [283-326], [353], [360], [361]; leads the
enemies of Olivares, [367]; illness and death of, [392-395].
Isasi Ydiaquez, Don Juan, [236].
Isle of Pheasants, conferences and meetings on, [467], [470], [473], [481].
J
Jamaica seized by England, [439].
James I. of England, [29], [36], [68], [69], [70], [71], [72], [84], [85], [95], [101],
[105], [114], [115], [116], [119], [120], [124].
James I., his letters to "Baby" and "Steenie," [84], [101], [104],
[108], [112], [116].
James, Duke of York, [463].
John Frederick of Saxony, [289].
L
Lede, Marquis of, goes to England, [438].
Leganes, Marquis of, [194], [229], [281], [364], [365].
Lerida, Cortes at, [163].
Lerma, Duke of, [1], [9], [11], [17], [19], [30], [31], [32], [33], [37], [38], [39], [43],
[46], [68], [69].
Liars' Walk, [54], [76], [146], [147], [196], [299], [327], [371], [439].
Lindsay, Lord, [216].
Linhares, Count, [325], [326].
Lionne's mission to France, [465-467].
Lope de Vega, [59], [147], [196], [240], [241].
Los Velez, Marquis of, [335], [343].
Louis XIII., [30], [252], [360],

[377].
Louis XIV, [377]; his marriage with Maria Teresa, [466-485].
M
Madrid, [27], [54], [59-66]; Prince Charles arrives at, [67]; his
state entry, [87]; social condition, [131-136], [146], [147], [188-194];
as an artistic centre, [194-196]; corruption of, [209], [227],
[265]; scandals in, [268-271]; artists in, [282], [296]; turbulence
in, [299-310]; prices in, [321]; lawlessness, [328-331], [356], [385],
[441-446], [456], [469].
Malpica, Marquis of, [38], [498], [499], [511].
Mantua, Duchess of (Margaret of Savoy), [287], [333], [346], [367], [386], [387].
Maqueda, Duke of, [91], [233], [490].
Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, [7], [14], [26], [27].
Margaret Maria, Infanta, [419], [453], [501].
Maria, Infanta, [36], [50], [51], [52], [65], [68], [77], [84], [85], [91], [97], [99], [100],
[103], [118], [120], [121]; betrothed to the Emperor's heir, [172], [209],
[219], [240], [403].
Maria Teresa, Infanta, [353], [393], [403], [414], [415], [419], [453], [459];
her marriage with Louis XIV., [466-485].
Mariana of Austria, betrothed to Baltasar Carlos, [399];
betrothed to Philip, [403], [413-416]; married, [417-419], [449],
[465], [472], [475], [487], [489], [501], [511].
Marie de Medici, [29], [55], [254], [266], [288], [317].
Marston, English resident in Madrid, [432], [433].
Mary Stuart (Princess of Orange), [276], [399].
Masaniello's revolt, [405].
Matthew, David, [294].
Maurice of Nassau, [21].
Mawe, English chaplain, [84].
Mazarin, Cardinal, [404], [418], [438], [462], [465], [467], [470].
Medina Celi, Duke of, [288], [430].
Medina de las Torres, Duke of, [229], [460], [475], [488], [489], [497],
[510], [513].
Medina Sidonia, Duke of, [253], [286], [333], [334], [357].
Melo, General, [378].
Mendoza, Antonio de, [231], [233].
Meninas, the, [455].
Millan, Don Francisco, [165].
Montalvo, Count, Corregidor of Madrid, [307].
Monterey, Count of, [194], [195], [229], [230], [231], [281].
Monzon, Cortes at, [165].
Moreto, [147].
Moriscos, the expulsion of, [23-27].
Moscoso, Antonio de, [254], [255], [258], [259].
Motte, Marshall de la, [357], [353].
Moura, Don Cristobal, [286].
Münster, Treaty of, [404], [405] n.
N
Navarre, [398].
Nicolalde, Spanish agent in London, [275], [276], [288], [290], [292], [293], [295].
Nithard, Father, Mariana's confessor, [495], [505].
Nocera, Duke of, [334].
Nördlingen, battle of, [260], [288], [289].
O
Olivares, the Count-Duke, [31], [32], [35], [36], [37], [38], [40], [43], [46], [49],
[60], [65], [66], [69], [70], [72], [73], [85], [104-114], [121], [128]; his policy,
[141], [154], [155], [158], [159], [160-162]; in Aragon, [163-170];
opposition to him, [173-177], [183-186]; urges Philip to
work, [179]; patron of Velazquez, [197]; negotiations with
England, [216-225]; his entertainment to the King, [230-235];
builds the Buen Retiro, [238-241]; his negotiations with
Hopton, [242] et seq.; and the Catalan Cortes, [254-259];
fresh negotiations with England, [262]; his unpopularity,
[265]; secret negotiation with Charles I., [266], [275], [276], [288],
[289-295]; opposes Philip's journey, [297]; again
approaches England, [312], [313]; negotiations dropped, [324], [325];
his policy in Portugal, etc., [332], [333]; his decline, [352]; goes
to Aragon, [362]; his fall, [366-374]; his death, [375].
Olivares, Countess of, [210], [220], [230], [273], [367-375], [386], [387].
Oñate, Count, [295], [313], [460].
Oquendo, Admiral, his quarrel with Spinola, [304].
Orange, Prince of, [287].
Orleans, Gaston, Duke of, [254], [266], [288], [315].
O'Sullivan, Beare, Count of Bearhaven, [216].
Osuña, Duke of, [45].
P
Pacheco, Don Juan, [329].
Padilla, Carlos de, execution of, [408].
Palatinate, the, [37], [70], [116], [120], [216], [217-225], [242], [251], [266],
[274], [296], [313], [314], [423].
Peace of the Pyrenees, [465-474].
Pennington, Admiral, [324].
Philip II., [11], [12], [13], [14], [20], [21], [23], [40].
Philip III., [1], [6], [7], [11], [19], [22], [27], [28], [30], [31], [32]; his death,
[36-40], [51], [68], [69].
Philip IV., christening of, at Valladolid, [1-10]; his childhood,
[26-30]; his marriage, [31]; under the influence of
Olivares, [35]; his accession, [42]; his reforms, [46]; his own
account of affairs, [50]; early profligacy, [54]; his character,
[60]; his attitude towards the English match, [51], [52], [74], [81];
his reception of Charles, [86-92], [97-99]; his reforms, [135];
his mode of life, [143]; his garb, [144]; goes to Aragon,
[162]; quarrels with the Aragonese, [163-170]; his pity for
Castile, [170], [171]; and his brothers, [174-186]; promises
to work, [180], [181]; his serious illness, [183]; scruples of
conscience, [187]; his liking for Velazquez, [189-200]; his
literary and dramatic tastes, [200-202]; his amours, [206];
the Calderona, [207]; his field sports, [211-213]; receives
Cottington, [221], [224]; at an entertainment, [230-235]; goes
to Barcelona, [254-259]; his domestic life in Madrid, [283];
negotiations with England, [290-295], [296]; insists upon
going to Aragon, [297]; at a grand entertainment, [318];
scandal of the Nun of St. Placido, [348]; goes to Aragon,
[359]; his good resolves after dismissing Olivares, [377];
returns to Aragon, [379], [381], [389], [395], [398], [401]; betrothed
to Mariana, [403]; his marriage, [413]; his mode of life,
[420]; his attitude towards the English Commonwealth, [423-440];
his garb, [447]; his poverty, [449], [455]; his despondency, [452], [470];
he visits the frontier for his daughter's marriage, [475]; splendid
ceremonies, [478-485]; said to be bewitched, [490]; intrigues
around him, [505]; his last illness, [509]; his death, [511];
his burial, [513]; his character, [515] Philip IV., his letters to Sor Maria, [381], [389], [395], [399], [400];
[402], [406], [417], [457], [468], [491], [492], [505].
Philip Prosper, Infante, [456-462], [463], [465], [470], [486]; dies, [491].
Poëtting, Count, Austrian ambassador, [505].
Polanco, Dr., [184].
Porter, Endymion, [70], [77], [81], [100].
Portugal, Dom Duarte de, [88].
Portugal, Queen of, [334], [464].
Portugal, revolt of, [268], [333], [344-346], [405], [423], [464], [487], [494], [495].
Pozo, Count, [329].
Priego, Duke of, [342].
Priego, Marquis of, [460].
Prodgers, Captain, murderer of Ascham, [433] et seq.
Punoñrostro, Count of, [461].
Q
Quevedo, [147], [200], [231], [233], [355].
Quiñones, Suero, his promise of pictures to Charles I., [296] n.
R
Rahosa, the Infanta's confessor, [95].
Rentin, Marquis of, [63].
Ribera, Archbishop of Valencia, [3].
Richelieu, his rivalry with Olivares, [154], [155], [214] et seq.,
[226], [260], [261], [288], [289], [303], [315], [325], [334], [335], [364], [376].
Roche, Valentine, murderer of Ascham, [433].
Rocroy, battle of, [378].
Rojas, Francisco de, [197], [262], [312], [373].
Rubens, Peter Paul, [217], [218], [224].
S
St. Isidore, the Husbandman, [61], [335], [392].
St. Placido, the scandals of, [272], [347-350].
St. Teresa, [61].
Salazar, Count, [329].
Salazar, Father, invents stamped paper, [320].
Salinas, Count of, Howard lodges in his house, [5].
Salvatierra, Countess of, [459].
Sandoval, house of. See Lerma.
Sandoval de Rojas, Cardinal, [26].
San Lucar, Duke of, [49]. See also Olivares.
Santa Coloma, Viceroy of Catalonia, [340]; killed, [343].
Santa Cruz, Marquis of, [361].
Saragossa, Philip at, [164], [363], [381], [391], [399].
Sastago, Count, [301].
Savoy, Duke of, [24], [154], [215], [315].
Scaglia, Abbé, an English agent in Madrid, [216], [217].
Schomberg, Marshal, [357], [487].
Seven Chimneys, the house with the, [67], [81], [498].
Silva, General, [397].
Silva, Pedro de, execution of, [408].
Simancas, English embassy lodged at, [4].
Soissons, Count of, [315].
Sor Maria of Agreda, [379-384], [395], [398-401], [407], [417], [462] et seq.; her death, [506].
Sotomayor, Philip's confessor, [42], [229], [349].
Spain, condition of (in 1600), [17] et seq.; (1621), [45] et seq.;
[50], [51], [130-135], [242], [243], [263], [277], [279], [299], [309], (1637),
[320], [327], [338], (1654-1660), [441-447].
Spanish match. See Charles, Prince of Wales.
Sparkes, murderer of Ascham, [433].
Spinola, Marquis, [155].
Spinola, Nicholas, quarrels with Oquendo, [304], [328], [329].
Strada, Carlos, [318].
Suarez Diego, Portuguese minister, [333].
Sumptuary laws, [131], [137], [309], [319], [320], [445], [447], [476].
T
Tavara, Margaret, [79].
Taxation in Spain, [17], [18], [19], [20], [162], [170], [243], [252], [253],
[263], [277], [279], [296], [309], [319], [325], [338], [352], [366], [406] n., [444],
[448], [468], [492], [493], [504].
Taylor, English agent in Spain, [288].
Tejada, Auditor, [281].
Theatres (Corrales) of Madrid, [147], [201]; description of a
performance, [202-206], [444].
Theatrical craze, [57], [60], [61], [147], [201-206], [233], [444].
Thirty Years' War and Spain, [245-249], [260], [267], [289], [300-303], [315].
Tilly, Imperial general, [156], [249].
Tirlemont, battle of, [293].
Toledo, Pedro de, Marquis of Villafranca, [64], [65].
Torrecusa, Marquis, [365].
Turenne, Marshal, [462].
Tyrone, Earl of, [223], [312], [344].
U
Uceda, Duke of, [30], [32], [33], [37], [40]; his fall, [43], [45].
V
Valette, Duke de la, [335], [336], [344].
Valladolid, Philip's christening at, [1-10], [19].
Vallejo, an actor, [231].
Vasconcellos, Miguel, Portuguese minister, [333], [346].
Velazquez, Diego, [197-200], [212], [282], [284], [350],

[373], [385],
[454-456], [477], [481].
Verdugo Fernando, [63], [65].
Verney, Sir Edmund, [102].
Villa Mediana, Count of, murder of, [56-59], [196].
Villamor, Count, [88].
Villanueva, Geronimo de, State Secretary, [238], [319] n., [348-351].
W
War with France, [154-158], [214] et seq., [226], [274], [303], [315], [325],
[334], [340-343], [357] et seq., [378], [391], [397], [422], [448], [452],
[465-467].
Washington, page to Charles in Madrid, [102].
Williams, Captain, murderer of Ascham, [433].
Wimbledon, Lord (Sir E. Cecil), his attack on Cadiz, [126], [154], [157].
Windebank, Secretary, [275], [276], [278], [288], [291], [323].
Windebank, Kit, his escapade in Madrid, [323].
Wren, English chaplain, [84].
Wright, Sir Benjamin, [501].
Z
Zapata, Cardinal, Inquisitor, [152], [229], [268].
Zapata, Lieutenant of the Guard, [301], [329].
Zuñiga, Baltasar de, [38], [43], [49], [52].

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