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.
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.
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]
She and her husband had sixteen children:[2]