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Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck (8 August 1640 – 4 January 1697), née Countess of Erbach-Erbach, was a German noblewoman, poet and composer.
Amalia Katharina, Countess of Waldeck | |
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| Born | 8 August 1640 Erbach |
| Died | 4 January 1697 (aged 56) Eisfeld |
| Buried | Michelstadt,Starkenburg,Hesse-Darmstadt. |
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| Spouse(s) | George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach |
| 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 |
| Father | Philip Dietrich, Count of Waldeck |
| Mother | Maria Magdalena of Nassau-Siegen |
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]
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