Joseph Georg Friedrich Ernst Karl, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg.
Background
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.
Career
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. Foreign 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 (b Altenburg, 8 July 1830 – d Street 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).