Amalie Marie Friederike Auguste (10 August 1794 – 18 September 1870),[1] Princess of Saxony, full name Maria Amalia Friederike Augusta Karolina Ludovica Josepha Aloysia Anna Nepomucena Philippina Vincentia Franziska de Paula Franziska de Chantal, was a German composer writing under the pen name A. Serena, and a dramatist under the name Amalie Heiter.

[3] Amalie studied music with Joseph Schuster, Vincenzo Rastrelli, Johann Miksch, Franz Schubert, and Carl Maria von Weber.

She began writing music in 1811 and composed numerous operas, popular among the Dresden elite.

Among her subsequent dramatic works, which were noted for a love of humanity and virtue, her comedies Der Onkel ("The Uncle") and Die Fürstenbraut ("The Prince's bride") became very popular.

A complete edition of her dramatic works was published in Dresden, for the benefit of the women's association, under the title of Originalbeiträge zur deutschen Schaubühne ("Original contributions to the German stage", 6 vols., 1837–42).