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 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).
[edit] Ancestry
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Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen | ||||||||||||
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Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen |
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Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg |
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Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar |
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Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | ||||||||||||
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Charles Louis Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow | ||||||||||||
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Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
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Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen | ||||||||||||
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Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
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Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt | ||||||||||||
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Friederike Caroline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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Luise of Leiningen-Heidesheim | ||||||||||||
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| Preceded by Frederick |
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 1834-1848 |
Succeeded by Georg |
