Amalia Catherine of Waldeck-Eistenburg

• Name — Amalia Katharina of Waldeck-Eisenberg • Title — Countess of Erbach-Erbach • Noble Family — * Waldeck-Eisenberg (by birth) • House of Erbach (by marriage) • Father — Philip Dietrich, Count of Waldeck • Mother — Maria Magdalena of Nassau-Siegen • Spouse — George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach • Birthplace — Erbach • Died — 4 January 1697 • Place of death — Eisfeld • 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 • Burial Place — Michelstadt, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt.

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.

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 – 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.

The authorities additionally record the headings Amalia Catharina, Amelia Katharina von Waldeck-Eisenberg and Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck. Her recorded language was German. She was the child of Philip Dietrich, Count of Waldeck and Mary Magdalene of Nassau-Siegen. She married Georg Ludwig I von Erbach-Erbach. 3 children are recorded: Philipp Louis, Count of Erbach-Erbach, Frederick Charles, Count of Erbach-Limpurg and Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach.