Background
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 first wife Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
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 first wife Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
Titles and styles 26 September 1796 – 23 June 1816: Her Serene Highness Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont 23 June 1816 – 21 November 1860: Her Serene Highness The Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe 21 November 1860 – 12 April 1869: Her Serene Highness The Dowager Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe.