Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck-Eisenberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck-Eisenberg

German poet and musician

Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1640

Place of Birth: Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 04-Jan-1697

Profession: writer, composer, poet

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Amalia Catharina (8 August 1640 – 4 January 1697), Countess of Erbach-Erbach, was a German poet and composer.
She was born in Arolsen to Count Philipp Theodor von Waldeck-Eisenberg and the Countess Marie Magdalene 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.