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.

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).

She published a number of Pietist poems and songs in Hildburghausen in 1692.

There were 67 poems, some of which had simple melodies and a figured bass.

[1] She and her husband had sixteen children:[2] This article about a German composer is a stub.