Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (german: Prinzessin Ida von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym; 10 March 1804 – 31 March 1828) was a

princess Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince. Princess as a subst ...

Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (originally Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym) was a German principality and member of the Holy Roman Empire. The death of Prince Victor Amadeus of Anhalt-Bernburg in 1718 resulted in the partition of his land, with his second so ...

by birth as a daughter of

Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym Victor II Karl Frederick of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (Schaumburg, 2 November 1767Schaumburg, 22 April 1812), was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Bernburg branch and a ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schau ...

. As the wife of Hereditary Prince Paul Frederick Augustus of Oldenburg she became an

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ss of

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by marriage.

Birth and family

Princess Ida, born on 10 March 1804 at Schaumburg Castle, was the fourth and youngest daughter of

, and of Princess Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg. Ida had three older sisters: Hermine,

Adelheid Adelheid is the modern Dutch and German form of the Old High German female given name Adalheidis, meaning "nobility" or "noble-ness". It may refer to the following people: * Saint Adelheid or Adelaide of Italy, (931–999), Holy Roman Empress an ...

, and Emma. She grew up with her sisters in

Hoym Hoym () is a town and former municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 15 July 2009, it is part of the town Seeland. Hoym is located on the river Selke, between the towns Aschersleben and Quedlinb ...

Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

Marriage

Ida married Hereditary Prince Paul Frederick Augustus of Oldenburg on 24 June 1825 at

. He was the eldest son of Peter, Reigning Duke of Oldenburg, and had previously been married to Ida's older sister

. The princess was just 21 years old when she married the 41-year-old duke. Augustus and Ida had one son,

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, who was born in 1827 and would later succeed Augustus as Grand Duke.

Death

Just like her sister, Princess Ida died after three years of marriage, in 1828. Augustus became Grand Duke of Oldenburg in 1829. In 1831, he married for the third time to

Princess Cecilia of Sweden Cecilia of Sweden (Swedish: ''Cecilia Gustavsdotter Vasa'') (16 November 1540 in Stockholm – 27 January 1627 in Brussels), was Princess of Sweden as the daughter of King Gustav I and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, and Margravine of ...

. The settlement Idafehn in

East Frisia East Frisia or East Friesland (german: Ostfriesland; ; stq, Aastfräislound) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is primarily located on the western half of the East Frisian peninsula, to the east of West Frisia ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

, Germany is named after Princess Ida.

Ancestry and descent

Ancestry

Issue

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Princess 1804 births 1828 deaths House of Ascania House of Oldenburg in Oldenburg House of Holstein-Gottorp Burials at the Ducal Mausoleum, Gertrudenfriedhof (Oldenburg)