Charles, Duke of Courland

Karl Christian Joseph
Portrait by Pietro Rotari, 1755
Duke of Courland and Semigallia
Reign1758–1763
PredecessorLouis Ernest
SuccessorErnst Johann
Born(1733-07-13)13 July 1733
Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Died16 June 1796(1796-06-16) (aged 62)
Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Burial
St. Marienstern Abbey, Panschwitz-Kuckau
SpouseFranciszka Krasińska
IssueMaria Christina, Princess of Carignano
Names
German: Karl Christian Joseph Ignaz Eugen Franz Xaver
HouseWettin
FatherAugustus III of Poland
MotherMaria Josepha of Austria

Prince Karl Christian Joseph of Saxony, also anglicized as Charles of Saxony (13 July 1733 – 16 June 1796), was a German prince of the House of Wettin. He was Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1758 to 1763. Born in Dresden, he was the fifth son of Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and Maria Josepha of Austria. He is an ancestor of the Italian House of Savoy.