Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
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Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | |||||
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Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | |||||
Reign | 1834–1848 | ||||
Predecessor | Frederick | ||||
Successor | George | ||||
Born | Hildburghausen, Saxe-Altenburg | 27 August 1789||||
Died | 25 November 1868 Altenburg, Saxe-Altenburg | (aged 79)||||
Spouse | Amelia of Württemberg | ||||
Issue | Marie, Queen of Hanover Princess Pauline Princess Henriette Elisabeth, Grand Duchess of Oldenburg Grand Duchess Alexandra of Russia Princess Luise | ||||
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House | House of Wettin | ||||
Father | Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen | ||||
Mother | Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | ||||
Religion | Lutheranism |
Joseph Georg Friedrich Ernst Karl, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (Hildburghausen, 27 August 1789 – 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 Duchess 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:
- Marie (b. Hildburghausen, 14 April 1818 – d. Gmunden, 9 January 1907), married on 18 February 1843 to King George V of Hanover.
- Pauline (b. Kirchheim unter Teck, 24 November 1819 – d. Hildburghausen, 11 January 1825).
- Therese (b. Hildburghausen, 9 October 1823 – d. Altenburg, 3 April 1915).
- Elisabeth (b. Hildburghausen, 26 March 1826 – d. Oldenburg, 2 February 1896), married on 10 February 1852 to Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg.
- Alexandra [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).