Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Noble person
1789 – 1868
Who was Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg?
Joseph Georg Friedrich Ernst Karl, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg.
He was the second but first surviving son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 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:
Alexandrine Marie Wilhelmine Katharine Charlotte Therese Henriette Luise Pauline Elisabeth Friederike Georgine, married on 18 February 1843 to King George V of Hanover.
Pauline Friederike Henriette Auguste.
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- Born
- Aug 27, 1789
Hildburghausen - Parents
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Died
- 1868
Altenburg
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on July 23, 2013
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