Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen

Life

Ida was the second daughter of Duke George I of Saxe- Meiningen (1761-1803) from his marriage to Luise Eleonore (1763-1837), daughter of Prince Christian Albrecht of Hohenlohe -Langenburg. Ida older sister Adelheid later became Queen of England. Her younger brother Bernhard since 1803 Duke of Saxe- Meiningen. Among her siblings Ida her life had a very close relationship.

Ida and her sister were Christian humanitarian under the supervision of her father, and later the mother brought up. Together with her mother and her sister made ​​her outstanding services to the soldiers supply during the war years 1814/15.

She married on 30 May 1816 in Weimar Prince Karl Bernhard of Saxe -Weimar- Eisenach ( 1792-1862 ), who served as a general in the Netherlands and she followed in his various garrison towns in the following years. During the summer she spent however at Castle Old stone. In Altenstein they passed the time in which her ​​husband made ​​his North American tour. In 1830, she participated with their children at the coronation of her brother William IV in London. Because of their popularity and charitable activities Ida was very popular among the population.

She died of pneumonia. Her last words were: " But this night I hope to sleep well ." She was buried in the royal crypt Weimar.

Her brother their Established in 1854, below the castle ruins love stone known as the Ida monument, which was extensively renovated in 2004.

Progeny

From their marriage Ida had the following children:

• Luise (1817-1832)
• Wilhelm (1819-1839)
• Amalie ( * / † 1822)
• Eduard (1823-1902)

• Hermann (1825-1901)

• Gustav (1827-1892)

• Anna (1828-1864)
• Amalia (1830-1872)