Peerage Record – 303

     Ludwig Eberhard Graf zu Oettingen-Oettingen was born on 9 June 1577.¹ He was the son of Gottfried Graf zu Oettingen-Oettingen and Johanna zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg.¹ He married Margherita von Erbach, daughter of Georg III Graf zu Erbach and Anna Gräfin zu Solms-Laubach, on 7 May 1598.¹ He died on 24 June 1634 at age 57 at Heidenheim^G.¹
     He gained the title of Graf zu Oettingen-Oettingen.

     Margherita von Erbach was born on 17 May 1576.¹ She was the daughter of Georg III Graf zu Erbach and Anna Gräfin zu Solms-Laubach.¹ She married Ludwig Eberhard Graf zu Oettingen-Oettingen, son of Gottfried Graf zu Oettingen-Oettingen and Johanna zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg, on 7 May 1598.¹ She died on 23 May 1635 at age 59.¹
     From 7 May 1598, her married name became zu Oettingen-Oettingen.¹

     Georg III Graf zu Erbach was born on 15 July 1548.¹ He was the son of Eberhard XIV Graf zu Erbach and Margareta zu Salm-Dhaum.¹ He married Anna Gräfin zu Solms-Laubach, daughter of Friedrich Magnus graf zu Solms-Laubach and Agnes von Wied, on 15 July 1572.¹ He died on 16 February 1605 at age 56.¹
     He gained the title of Graf von Erbach.

     Heinrich Wilhelm graf zu Solms-Sonnenwalde was born on 21 March 1583. He was the son of Johan Georg I graf von Solms-Laubach and Margarete von Schönburg-Glauchau.¹ He married, secondly, Maria Magdalena von Oettingen-Oettingen.¹ He married, firstly, Sophie Dorothea von Mansfeld-Arnstein, daughter of Wilhelm Graf von Mansfeld-Arnstein, on 5 October 1612. He died on 21 March 1632 at age 49.

     Sophie Dorothea von Mansfeld-Arnstein was the daughter of Wilhelm Graf von Mansfeld-Arnstein. She married Heinrich Wilhelm graf zu Solms-Sonnenwalde, son of Johan Georg I graf von Solms-Laubach and Margarete von Schönburg-Glauchau, on 5 October 1612. She died on 22 January 1617.

     Wilhelm Graf von Mansfeld-Arnstein gained the title of Graf von Mansfeld-Arnstein.

     Wilhelm Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar was born on 11 August 1598 at Altenburg, Germany^G. He was the son of Johann Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar and Dorothea Marie Prinzessin von Anhalt-Zerbst. He married Eleonore Dorothea von Anhalt-Dessau, daughter of Johann Georg I Prinz von Anhalt-Dessau and Dorothea Pfalzgräfin von Simmern, on 23 May 1625 at Weimar, Germany^G. He died on 17 May 1662 at age 63 at Weimar, Germany^G.
     Wilhelm Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar also went by the nick-name of Wilhelm ‘the Fat’. He gained the title of Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar.

     Eleonore Dorothea von Anhalt-Dessau was born on 6 February 1602. She was the daughter of Johann Georg I Prinz von Anhalt-Dessau and Dorothea Pfalzgräfin von Simmern. She married Wilhelm Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar, son of Johann Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar and Dorothea Marie Prinzessin von Anhalt-Zerbst, on 23 May 1625 at Weimar, Germany^G. She died on 26 December 1664 at age 62 at Weimar, Germany^G.

     Johann Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar was born on 22 May 1570 at Weimar, Germany^G. He was the son of Johann Wilhelm Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar and Dorothea Susanna von der Pfalz. He married Dorothea Marie Prinzessin von Anhalt-Zerbst, daughter of Joachim Ernst Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst and Eleanor Herzogin von Württemberg, on 7 January 1593 at Altenburg, Germany^G. He died on 31 October 1605 at age 35 at Weimar, Germany^G.
     He gained the title of Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar in 1573.

     Dorothea Marie Prinzessin von Anhalt-Zerbst was born on 2 July 1574 at Dessau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany^G.¹ She was the daughter of Joachim Ernst Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst and Eleanor Herzogin von Württemberg. She married Johann Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar, son of Johann Wilhelm Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar and Dorothea Susanna von der Pfalz, on 7 January 1593 at Altenburg, Germany^G. She died on 18 July 1617 at age 43 at Weimar, Germany^G.
     She was Abbess of Gernrode and Frose between 1586 and 1593.¹