Born: Au­gust 16, 1637, Heidecksburg castle, Schwarzburg-Ru­dol­stadt.

Died: De­cem­ber 3, 1706.

Buried: Stadt­kirche, Ru­dol­stadt, Thür­ing­en, Ger­ma­ny.

ämilie was the daugh­ter of Count Al­bert Fried­rich of Bar­by and Mühl­ing­en (on the El­be, near its junc­tion with the Saale), and cousin to hymn­ist Ludämilia Elisabeth. She was born in the cas­tle of her great-un­cle, Count Lud­wig Gün­ther, where her fam­i­ly had tak­en re­fuge dur­ing the Thir­ty Years’ War. Af­ter her fa­ther died in 1641, and her mo­ther the year af­ter, she was adopt­ed by her aunt. She grew up at Ru­dol­stadt, and mar­ried her cou­sin, Al­bert An­ton, in 1665. She stu­died under Aha­suer­us Fritsch and others, and event­u­al­ly wrote some 600 hymns. Her works in­clude:

• Geistliche Lied­er und Ge­bete vor und­nach Er­lang­ung göttl. Ehsegens (Ru­dol­stadt: 1683)
• Abendopfer (Ru­dol­stadt: 1685)
• Kuhlwasser in gross­er Hitze des Creutz­es (Ru­dol­stadt: 1685)
• Tagliches Morgen- Mit­tags- und Abend­op­fer (Ru­dol­stadt: 1685)

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Lyrics

1. Bis hieher hat mich Gott gebracht
   • The Lord Hath Helped Me Hitherto
2. Herr! mein Gott! Iehre mich!
3. Jesu Güte hat kein Ende
4. Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende!
   • Who Knows How Near My End May Be?
   • Who Knows How Near My Life’s Ex­pend­ed
   • Who Knows When Death May Over­take Me!