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Emilie (Amilie, Aemilie) Juliane
(19 August 1637 ? 3 December 1706)
[1]
was a German
countess
and
hymn writer
.
Biography
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Emilie Juliane was a daughter of Count Albert Frederick I of Barby-Muhlingen and his wife, Sophia Ursula of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst. During the
Thirty Years' War
, her father and his family were compelled to seek refuge in the castle of
Heidecksburg
in
Rudolstadt
after being persecuted for their
Lutheran
Protestant
faith. It belonged to his uncle, Count Louis Gunther I of
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
, and Emilie was born there.
After the death of her father (in 1641) and mother (in 1642), she was adopted by her aunt Emilie of Oldenburg, who was also her godmother and had become the wife of Count Louis Gunther. Emilie Juliane was educated at Rudolstadt with her cousins under the care of Ahasuerus Fritsch and other teachers. She received a good education in religion, Latin, history, among other sciences.
[2]
She is regarded as a forerunner of
pietism
.
[3]
On 7 July 1665, she was married to her cousin, Count
Albert Anton II
of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. She was the most productive of German female hymn-writers, almost 600 hymns being attributed to her. Her hymns, such as "
Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende
", are full of a deep love for her Saviour. She published
Geistliche Lieder, etc.
, Rudolstadt, 1683;
Kuhlwasser in grosser Hitze des Creutzes
, Rudolstadt, 1685;
Tagliches Morgen- Mittags- und Abendopfer
, Rudolstadt, 1685.
Her hymns ""
Bis hierher hat mich Gott gebracht
(EG 329) and "
Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende
" (EG 530) are contained in the Protestant hymnal
Evangelisches Gesangbuch
.
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