Ned Pickering
1618 to 1698. Married Dorothy Weld 1663.
Dorothy Pickering née Weld
1633 to 1707. Ned’s wife.
Marguerite Duchess of Orleans
1615 to 1672. Mistress of Ned Pickering.
Ned’s Children
John Francis Pickering
1639 to 1720. Son of Ned and Marguerite.
Marguerite Louise D’Orleans
1645 to 1721. Daughter of Ned and Marguerite. Married Cosmo III de Medici 1661.
Elisabeth Marguerite D’Orleans
1646 to 1696. Daughter of Ned & Marguerite. Married Louis Joseph de Lorraine, Duke of Guise, 1667.
Francoise Madelaine D’Orleans
1648 to1664. Daughter of Ned and Marguerite. Married Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy 1663. murdered aged 16.
Dorothy Pickering
1668 to 1680. Daughter of Ned and Dorothy.
Family
Sir Gilbert Pickering
1611 to 1668. Eldest brother of Ned. Lord Chancellor to Oliver Cromwell
Colonel John Pickering
1615 to 1645. Elder brother of Ned. Led Regiment for Parliament at Naseby. Died on active service siege of Exeter.
Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich
1623 to 1672. Brother- in-Law to Ned. Shared expedition to restore Charles II to throne. Died in Naval action.
Friends & Acquaintances
Prince Rupert of the Rhine
1619 to 1682. Ned’s best friend. Shared many adventures.
Samuel Pepys
1663 to 1703. Famous diarist related by marriage to Ned. Ned mentioned over 100 times by Pepys.