Ida von Sachsen-Meiningen

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Princess Ida of Saxony-Meiningen, painting by Johann Heinrich Schröder , 1808

Ida Caroline von Sachsen-Meiningen (born June 25, 1794 in Meiningen , † April 4, 1852 in Weimar ) was a princess of Sachsen-Meiningen and by marriage Princess of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach .

Life

Ida Caroline was the second daughter of Duke Georg I of Saxony-Meiningen (1761-1803) from his marriage to Luise Eleonore (1763-1837), daughter of Prince Christian Albrecht von Hohenlohe-Langenburg . Ida's older sister Adelheid later became Queen of the United Kingdom. Her younger brother Bernhard has been Duke of Saxony-Meiningen since 1803. Ida had a very close relationship with her siblings throughout her life.

Ida and her sister were brought up in a Christian humanitarian manner by the court chaplain Georg Karl Friedrich Emmrich , under the supervision of their father and later their mother. Together with her mother and sister, she made a living in the war years 1814/15 by providing for soldiers.

She married on May 30, 1816 in Weimar Prince Karl Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1792-1862), who served as a general in the Netherlands and whom she followed in the following years to his various types of garrison. However, she spent the summers in Liebenstein and Altenstein Castle . In Altenstein she also spent the time when her husband was on his North American trip. In 1830 she and her children attended the coronation of her brother-in-law Wilhelm IV in London. In 1836 Ida moved into the Princely House in Liebenstein as a permanent summer residence. Because of her popularity and charitable work, Ida was very popular with the population.

Ida monument below the Liebenstein castle ruins
Coffins of Ida (front left) and her husband Karl Bernhard (front right)

She died of pneumonia. Her last words were: " But I hope to sleep well tonight ". She was buried in the Weimar Princely Crypt.

Her brother erected the so-called Ida monument below the Liebenstein castle ruins in 1854 , 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)
⚭ 1851 Lady Augusta Gordon-Lennox (1827–1904), "Countess von Dornburg"
⚭ 1851 Princess Auguste of Württemberg (1826–1898)
⚭ 1870 Pierina Marocchia di Marcaini (1845–1879), "Freiin von Neiperg"
⚭ 1853 Prince Heinrich of the Netherlands (1820–1879)

literature

  • August Wilhelm Müller: Her Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach , Weimar, 1852 ( digitized version )
  • R. Starklof: The life of Duke Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach , Volume 1, Gotha, 1865, p. 123 f. ( Digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Ida Caroline von Sachsen-Meiningen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://heimatfreundebali.jimdo.com/heimatgeschichte/villen/palais-weimar/
  2. ↑ http://www.litzow.de/ida.html
  3. ↑ http://www.heimatfreundebali.de/heimatgeschichte/denkmale/ida-denkmal/
personal data
SURNAME Ida von Sachsen-Meiningen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Saxe-Weimar
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Meiningen
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 1852
Place of death Weimar