Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck

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. Issue She and her husband had sixteen children: * Henriette (27 September 1665 – 28 September 1665). * Henriette Juliane (15 October 1666 – 27 February 1684). * Philipp Louis, Count of Erbach-Erbach (10 June 1669 – 17 June 1720). * Charles Albert Louis (16 June 1670 – k.a. Dapfing a.d.Donau, 18 August 1704). * George Albert (born and died 1 July 1671). * Amalia Katharina (13 May 1672 – 18 June 1676). * Frederick Charles (19 April 1673 – 25 April 1673). * A son (born and died 16 September 1674). * Wilhelmine Sophie (16 February 1675