Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
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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 succeded his father Duke of Saxe-Altenburg after his death in 1834. He and his brother George fought 1814 with the allies against France. Later he was a General Major in Saxonian services.
He implemented several buildings in Altenburg, but his government was considered conservatively and reform-indignantly; for this, he was forced to abdicated during the civil revolution of 1848.
In Kirchheim unter Teck on 24 April 1817 Joseph married with Amalie 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).
| Preceded by Frederick |
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 1834-1848 |
Succeeded by Georg |
