Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck

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

Amalia Katharina, Countess of Waldeck
Born(1640-08-08)8 August 1640
Erbach
Died4 January 1697(1697-01-04) (aged 56)
Eisfeld
BuriedMichelstadt,Starkenburg,Hesse-Darmstadt.
Noble family
Spouse(s)George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach
IssueHenriette
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
FatherPhilip Dietrich, Count of Waldeck
MotherMaria Magdalena of Nassau-Siegen

Early life

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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

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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

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She and her husband had sixteen children:[2]

  • 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).
  • Amalie 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 – 20 August 1678).
  • Magdalena Charlotte (6 February 1676 – 3 December 1686).
  • Wilhelm Louis (21 March 1677 – 19 February 1678).
  • Amalie Katharina (born and died 18 February 1678).
  • Fredericka Charlotte (19 April 1679 – 21 April 1689).
  • Frederick Charles, Count of Erbach-Limpurg (21 May 1680 – 20 February 1731).
  • Ernest (23 September 1681 – 2 March 1694).
  • Sophia Albertine (30 July 1683 – 4 September 1742), married on 4 February 1704 to Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Blankenburg
  2. ^ Georg Ludwig I, Graf von Erbach-Erbach in: geneall.net [retrieved 9 May 2015].
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  • Henry Gardiner Adams, ed. (1857). "Amalie, Catharina". A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography: 34. Wikidata Q115632084.