Main Characters

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.