Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg
- Born: Cir 1055
- Marriage (1): Margrave Leopold of Austria II
- Died: Sep 1101 aged about 46
 General Notes:
She was known as one of the great beauties of her day.
Ida joined the Crusade of 1101, and in September of that year was among those ambushed at Heraclea Cybistra by the sultan Kilij Arslan I. Ekkehard of Aura reports that Ida was killed in the fighting, but rumors persisted that she survived, and was carried off to a harem. Later legends claimed that she was the mother of the Muslim hero Zengi, but this is impossible on chronological grounds.
Death Notes:
Ida is said to have died on a crusade.
Ida married Margrave Leopold of Austria II, son of Margrave Ernest of Austria The Brave and Adelaide Von Eilenburg. (Margrave Leopold of Austria II was born in 1050 and died on 12 Oct 1095.)
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