APPENDIX I

SCOTS AT THE HABSBURG CO URTS, 1618 TO 1648

SIR ROBERT Patrim onial (1630) sent as Stuart representative to ANSTRUTHERLands/ Ferdinand II and to the Imp erial Diet H .R.E. at Ratisbon. (1 631- 2) returned to Ratisbon. SIR WILLIAM Spa nish (1631) sent by Charles I to 'pay com- BALFOUR pliments to Marie de Medici'. GILBERT Spanish (1632- 3) employed by Lady Isabella Hay BLACKHALL Netherlands to arra nge a pension for her at the court of the Archduchess Isabella in . HENRY BRUCE Patrimonial (1609- 19) served at the court of Arch- Lands/ duke Ferdinand of Styria (the future H .R.E. Ferdinand II). (1619- 20) governor for Cardinal Diet- richstein on his Moravian estate, then returned to Scotland. ARCHIBALD Spanish (1618- 20) spent time at the court of CAMPBELL, Netherlands Archduke Albert and the Archduchess SEVENTH Isabella in Brussels. EARL O F (1622) returned to Spanish Netherlands. ARGYLL (1624) received O rder of the Golde n Fleece; remained in Spa nish Netherlands until 1626. DAVID (1617- 27) lectured in Hebrew, Arabic CO LVILLE and Greek at the Escorial, also an interpreter to Philip III, from whom he received a pension of 600 ducats; correspondent of William Semple and George Co n. ALEXANDER Spa nish (1632) attached to the court of the DAVID SO N Netherlands Archduchess Isabella. J AMES Spain (1637- 9) held discussions with count of ERSKINE , Onate in London regarding a 'secret EARL O F treaty'; went to Madrid in late 1638 or BUCHAJ.'J early 1639 in an attempt to 'restore a universal peace'; received 4,000 ducats

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from Philip IV following the intervention of Hugh Semple SJ. over a treaty for the Palatinate. JOHN Patrimonial (1634) involved in assassination of Wal• GORDON Lands/ lenstein, received Bohemian estates and H.R.E. Imperial 'golden chain' as reward. JAMES Patrimonial (1648) met Ferdinand III in Prague, who GRAHAM, Lands/ offered him a commanding position in MARQUIS OF H.R.E. + the Imperial army; went as recommended MONTROSE Spanish to Archduke Leopold William in Brussels Netherlands to recruit soldiers for royalist effort. LADY Spanish (1633) based at the court of the Arch• ISABELLA Netherlands duchess Isabella. HAY JOHN Patrimonial (1634 -5) signed the Pilsen agreement HENDERSON Lands/ in support of General Wallenstein, but H.R.E. was promoted after the assassination and sent to Augsburg by Ferdinand II on a mission to bring the Duke of Saxe• Weimar back onto the Imperial side; continued to be employed sporadically as both a Stuart and Cromwellian spy in central Europe until 1655. COUNT Patrimonial (1634) involved in assassination of WALTER Lands/ Wallenstein; appointed Imperial Cham• LESLIE H.R.E. + berlain, received Bohemian estate and Spanish Imperial 'golden chain' as reward. Netherlands (1636- 43) Stuart-Habsburg intermediary at Ratisbon Electoral meeting, subsequent correspondent with leading Stuart courtiers. (1637) appointed Count of the . (1639) Imperial envoy to Spanish Netherlands. (1645) Imperial ambassador to Naples, Rome. Later appointments included: (1650) governor on the 'Croatian-Slavonian military frontier', (1657) Vice-President of Imperial War Council, (1665) Order of the Golden Fleece, (1665-6) Imperial ambassador to Constantinople; died in 1667.

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? LOCKHART Spain (1625) negotiated with William Semple and Olivares in Madrid. RAG HNAILL Spanish (16 18) spent time in the Spanish OG OF Nethe rlands Netherlands along withJames MacDonald KEPPOCH of Dunnyveg. JAMES Spanish (16 15-20) spent time at the court of MACDONALD Nethe rlands Archduke Albert and the Infanta Isabella OF DUNNYVEG in Brussels. JAMES Spanish (1631) resided in Brussels; employed as rvIAXWELL Netherlands an antiquary, genealogist and historian + to Philip IV; had also visited the Imperial Patrimonial court. Lands/ H .R.E. WILLIAM Spanish (1632) visited Marie de Medici in the MURRAY, Netherlands Spanish Netherlands on behalf of FIRST EARL Charles I. OF DYSART HUGH SEMPLE Spain (1638-40) had been in Spain since 1614, SJ. but 'employed in the business of the Palatinate' in Madrid from 1638; corresponded with Stuart courtiers + discussed the issue with Olivares during 1639. (1640) believed he would be sent to London to negotiate a Spanish-backed plan to restitute the Palatinate. WILLIAM Spain + (1582-33), adviser and gentilhombre de la SEMPLE Spanish boca to kings Philip II, III and IV in Netherlands Madrid; especially active from 1620-7 when he wrote several detailed proposals recommending the equipping of a and the subsequent recatholic• isation of the three Stuart kingdoms, beginning with Scotland. WALTER Spain (1636) captain of a Stuart vessel; held STUART discussions with Spanish representatives including the count of Onate; went to the port of La Corufia, where he was carrying an order from Charles I; subsequently attempted to negotiate a Palatinate treaty in London with the help of Marie de Medici and her circle.

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? THOMSON Spain (1 622) reported to Scottish Privy Council from Madrid that a new Armada was intend ed for the Stuart kingdoms.I

I The sources for this table are too numerou s to list here. More detail can be found relating to each individual in the relevant chronological section of the book.

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