Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck explained

Amalia Katharina, Countess of Waldeck
Father:Philip Dietrich, Count of Waldeck
Mother:Maria Magdalena of Nassau-Siegen
Spouse:George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach
Birth Place:Erbach
Death Place:Eisfeld
Issue:Henriette
Henriette Juliane
Philipp Louis, Count of Erbach-Erbach
Charles Albert of Erbach-Erbach
George Albert
Amalie Katharina
Frederick Charles
Wilhelmine Sophie
Magdalena Charlotte
Wilhelm Louis
Amalie Katharina
Fredericka Charlotte
Frederick Charles, Count of Erbach-Limpurg
Ernest
Sophia Albertine
Burial Place:Michelstadt,Starkenburg,Hesse-Darmstadt.

Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck (8 August 1640 – 4 January 1697), née Countess of, was a German noblewoman, poet and composer.

Early life

She was born in Arolsen to Count Philipp Theodor von Waldeck-Eisenberg and his wife, Countess Marie Magdalene of Nassau-Siegen (1622-1647, daughter of William, Count of Nassau-Siegen). In 1664, she married George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach, the son of George Albert I, Count of Erbach-Schönberg.

Poet and composer

She published a number of Pietist poems and songs in Hildburghausen in 1692. They were meant for private household devotion. There were 67 poems, some of which had simple melodies and a figured bass.[1]

Issue

She and her husband had sixteen children:[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Blankenburg
  2. http://geneall.net/de/name/4151/georg-ludwig-i-graf-von-erbach-erbach/ Georg Ludwig I, Graf von Erbach-Erbach in: geneall.net