Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Joseph
Born(1702-10-05)5 October 1702
Hildburghausen, Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
Died4 January 1787(1787-01-04) (aged 84)
Hildburghausen
SpouseAnna Victoria of Savoy-Carignan
Names
Joseph Maria Frederick Wilhelm
HouseHouse of Saxe-Hildburghausen
FatherErnest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
MotherSophie of Waldeck

Joseph Maria Frederick Wilhelm of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Duke in Saxony (German: Joseph Maria Friedrich Wilhelm Hollandinus, Prinz und Regent von Sachsen-Hildburghausen; 5 October 1702 – Hildburghausen, 4 January 1787), was a German officer, Generalfeldmarschall of the Imperial Army and Reichsgeneralfeldmarschall (Reichsgeneralfeldzeugmeister) of the Army of the Holy Roman Empire. He is best known for commanding the Franco-Roman-German at the Battle of Rossbach, losing to the Prussian Army.