Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Joseph Georg Friedrich Ernst Karl, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (b. Hildburghausen, 27 August 1789 - d. Altenburg, 25 November 1868), was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

He was the second but first surviving son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826) and Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Joseph succeeded his father as Duke of Saxe-Altenburg after his death in 1834.

In 1814, he and his brother George fought with the allies against France in the Napoleonic Wars. Later he was a General Major in Saxon services.

He implemented several buildings in Altenburg, but his government was considered conservative and resistant to reform; for this, he was forced to abdicate during the civil revolution of 1848.

In Kirchheim unter Teck on 24 April 1817 Joseph married Amelia of Württemberg, a daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg. They had six daughters:
# Alexandrine Marie Wilhelmine Katharine Charlotte Therese Henriette Luise Pauline Elisabeth Friederike Georgine (b. Hildburghausen, 14 April 1818 - d. Gmunden, 9 January 1907), married on 18 February 1843 to King George V of Hanover.
# Pauline Friederike Henriette Auguste (b. Kirchheim unter Teck, 24 November 1819 - d. Hildburghausen, 11 January 1825).
# Henriette Friederike Therese Elisabeth (b. Hildburghausen, 9 October 1823 - d. Altenburg, 3 April 1915).
# Elisabeth Pauline Alexandrine (b. Hildburghausen, 26 March 1826 - d. Oldenburg, 2 February 1896), married on 10 February 1852 to Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg.
# Alexandra Friederike Henriette Pauline Marianne Elisabeth ["upon her marriage, she took the name Alexandra Iosifovna in a Russian Orthodox baptism"] (b. Altenburg, 8 July 1830 - d. St. Petersburg, 6 July 1911), married on 11 September 1848 to Constantine Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia.
# Luise (b. Altenburg, 4 June 1832 - d. Hummelshain, 29 August 1833).

Ancestry

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1= Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
2= Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
3= Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
4= Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
5= Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar
6= Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
7= Friederike Caroline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt
8= Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
9= Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau
10=Ernest August I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
11=Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
12=Charles Louis Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow
13=Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
14=Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt
15=Luise of Leiningen-Heidesheim