Karl Christian Joseph | |||||
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Duke of Courland and Semigallia | |||||
Reign | 1758–1763 | ||||
Predecessor | Louis Ernest | ||||
Successor | Ernst Johann | ||||
Born | Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire | 13 July 1733||||
Died | 16 June 1796 Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire | (aged 62)||||
Burial | St. Marienstern Abbey, Panschwitz-Kuckau | ||||
Spouse | Franciszka Krasińska | ||||
Issue | Maria Christina, Princess of Carignano | ||||
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House | Wettin | ||||
Father | Augustus III of Poland | ||||
Mother | Maria 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.