Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Princess Ida Caroline of Waldeck and 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, 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.

They had nine children:

Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1 August 1817 – 8 May 1893), married his cousin, Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1827–1910) Princess Mathilde of Schaumburg-Lippe (11 September 1818 – 14 August 1891) married Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1820–1875) Princess Adelheid, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (9 March 1821 – 30 July 1899) Prince Ernst of Schaumburg-Lippe (12 December 1822 – 2 April 1831), died in childhood Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe (26 May 1824 – 5 March 1894), unmarried Princess Emma of Schaumburg-Lippe (24 December 1827 – 23 January 1828), died in infancy Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe (12 December 1834 – 4 April 1906); married Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau. Prince Hermann of Schaumburg-Lippe (31 October 1839 – 23 December 1839), died just two months after his birth Princess Elisabeth of Schaumburg-Lippe (5 March 1841 – 30 November 1926); married Prince Wilhelm of Hanau and Horowitz, a morganatic son of Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, and his second wife, Gertrude von Hanau.

Death Princess Ida 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.

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