Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Princess Ida
Princess consort of Schaumburg-Lippe
Tenure 23 June 1816 – 21 November 1860
Born 26 September 1796
Rhoden, Waldeck and Pyrmont, Holy Roman Empire
Died 12 April 1869 (aged 72)
Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Spouse George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Issue Adolf I
Mathilde, Duchess Eugen of Württemberg
Adelheid, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Prince Ernst
Princess Ida
Princess Emma
Prince William
Prince Hermann
Elisabeth, Princess Wilhelm of Hanau
Names
German: Ida Caroline Luise
House House of Waldeck-Pyrmont (by birth)
House of Lippe (by marriage)
Father George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Mother Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Princess Ida Caroline of Waldeck and Pyrmont (German: Ida Caroline Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont; 26 September 1796 – 12 April 1869) was a member of the House of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Through her marriage to George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ida was also a member of the House of Lippe and Princess consort of Schaumburg-Lippe.

Early life

Ida was born in Rhoden, Waldeck and Pyrmont and was the second-eldest child and eldest daughter of George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

Marriage and issue

Ida married George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, son of Philip II Ernest, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe and his second wife Princess Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal, on 23 June 1816 in Arolsen, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Ida and George William had nine children:

Ancestry