Peerage Record – 295

     John Wedderburn was born on 21 February 1729.² He was the son of Sir John Wedderburn of Blackness, 5th Bt. and Jean Fullarton.^2,3 He married, firstly, Margaret Ogilvy, daughter of David Ogilvy, Earl of Airlie and Margaret Johnstone, on 25 November 1769 at Cortachy, Angus, Scotland^G.^1,4 He married, secondly, Alice Dundas, daughter of Colonel James Dundas, 24th of Dundas and Hon. Jean Forbes, on 27 December 1780.³ He died on 13 June 1803 at age 74.³
     He gained the rank of Cornet in the Lord Ogilvy’s (Jacobite) Regiment at Culloden.² After 1746 he lived for some years in Jamaica.² In 1761 became head of family on extinction of male line of elder branch.²

     Bernard I Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen was born on 10 September 1649. He was the son of Ernst I Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg and Elisabeth Sophie von Sachsen-Altenburg. He married, firstly, Marie Hedwig von Hessen-Darmstadt, daughter of Georg II Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt and Sophie Eleanor von Sachsen, on 20 November 1671. He married, secondly, Elisabeth Eleanore Sophie von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, daughter of Anton Ulric Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Elisabeth Juliana von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg in Norburg, on 25 January 1681 at Schöningen, Germany^G. He died on 27 April 1706 at age 56.
     He gained the title of Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen.

     Elisabeth Eleanore Sophie von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel was born on 30 September 1658 at Wolfenbüttel, Niedersachsen, Germany. She was the daughter of Anton Ulric Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Elisabeth Juliana von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg in Norburg. She married, firstly, Johann Georg Herzog von Mecklenburg-Mirow on 2 February 1675. She married, secondly, Bernard I Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen, son of Ernst I Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg and Elisabeth Sophie von Sachsen-Altenburg, on 25 January 1681 at Schöningen, Germany^G. She died on 15 March 1729 at age 70.

     Johann Georg Herzog von Mecklenburg-Mirow was born on 5 May 1629. He married Elisabeth Eleanore Sophie von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, daughter of Anton Ulric Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Elisabeth Juliana von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg in Norburg, on 2 February 1675. He died on 9 July 1675 at age 46.
     He gained the title of Herzog von Mecklenburg-Mirow.

     Bernard von Sachsen-Meiningen was born on 28 October 1673. He was the son of Bernard I Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen and Marie Hedwig von Hessen-Darmstadt. He died on 25 October 1694 at age 20 at Brussels, Belgium^G.

     Ernst I Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg was born on 25 December 1601. He was the son of Johann Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar and Dorothea Marie Prinzessin von Anhalt-Zerbst. He married Elisabeth Sophie von Sachsen-Altenburg, daughter of Johann Philip Herzog von Sachsen-Altenburg and Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, on 24 October 1636 at Altenburg, Germany^G. He died on 26 March 1675 at age 73.
     Ernst I Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg also went by the nick-name of Ernst ‘the Pious’. Ernst I Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg also went by the nick-name of Ernst ‘the Good’.

     Elisabeth Sophie von Sachsen-Altenburg was born on 10 October 1619. She was the daughter of Johann Philip Herzog von Sachsen-Altenburg and Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. She married Ernst I Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg, son of Johann Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar and Dorothea Marie Prinzessin von Anhalt-Zerbst, on 24 October 1636 at Altenburg, Germany^G. She died on 20 December 1680 at age 61.

     Johann Philip Herzog von Sachsen-Altenburg was born on 25 January 1597 at Torgau, Germany^G. He was the son of Friedrich Wilhelm I Herzog von Sachsen-Altenburg and Anna Maria von Pfalz-Neuburg. He married Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, daughter of Heinrich Julius Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Elizabeth Oldenburg, on 25 October 1618 at Altenburg, Germany^G. He died on 1 April 1639 at age 42 at Altenburg, Germany^G.
     He gained the title of Herzog von Sachsen-Altenburg.

     August Karl von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel was born on 4 August 1664. He was the son of Anton Ulric Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Elisabeth Juliana von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg in Norburg. He died on 20 December 1664.

     Auguste Dorothea von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel was born on 16 December 1666. She was the daughter of Anton Ulric Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Elisabeth Juliana von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg in Norburg. She married Anton Günther II Prinz von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, son of Anton Günther I Graf von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Marie Magdalen von Birkenfeld, on 6 August 1684. She died on 12 July 1751 at age 84.