Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Princess Ida Caroline of Waldeck and Pyrmont 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, Principality of 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, Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal, on 23 June 1816 in Arolsen, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont.Ida and George William had nine children:
- Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, married his cousin, Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Princess Mathilde of Schaumburg-Lippe married Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1820–1875)
- Princess Adelheid, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
- Prince Ernst of Schaumburg-Lippe, died as a child
- Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe, unmarried
- Princess Emma of Schaumburg-Lippe, died as a baby
- Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe ; married Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau.
- Prince Hermann of Schaumburg-Lippe, died just two months after his birth
- Princess Elisabeth of Schaumburg-Lippe ; married Prince Wilhelm of Hanau and Horowitz, a morganatic son of Frederick William, Elector of Hesse by his second wife, Gertrude von Hanau.
Death
Princess Ida has died on 12 April 1869 in Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, France, aged 72, outliving her husband by 9 years.Her body was buried, alongside George William, in the Schaumburg-Lippe family mausoleum in Stadthagen, Schaumburg, Germany.