Amalia Katharina, Countess of Waldeck | |
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Born | Erbach | 8 August 1640
Died | 4 January 1697 Eisfeld | (aged 56)
Buried | Michelstadt, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt. |
Noble family |
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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 |
Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck (8 August 1640 – 4 January 1697), née Countess of Erbach-Erbach , 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]
Amalia Katharina, Countess of Waldeck | |
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Born | Erbach | 8 August 1640
Died | 4 January 1697 Eisfeld | (aged 56)
Buried | Michelstadt, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt. |
Noble family |
|
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 |
Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck (8 August 1640 – 4 January 1697), née Countess of Erbach-Erbach , 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]