Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
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Albert and his wife Isabella
Archduke Albert Ernst of Austria, Duke of Luxembourg etc —firstname in Dutch usually, in English occasionally Albrecht— (15 November 1559 – 13 July 1621) was appointed for the Spanish monarchy as Governor of the Low Countries in 1595, and from 1598 became joint sovereign of the Seventeen Provinces with his wife, Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, the daughter of Philip II of Spain, whom he married on 18 April 1599.
Albert VII was the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and the Infanta Maria of Spain, daughter of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabella of Portugal.
Rubens was appointed their court painter in 1609.
| Preceded by Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes |
Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands 1596-1621 |
Succeeded by Infanta Isabella of Spain |
| Preceded by Philip II of Spain |
Duke of Brabant, Luxembourg, Guelders, Limburg and Lothier Count of Artois, Burgundy, Flanders, Hainaut and Namur with Isabella 1598–1621 |
Succeeded by Philip IV of Spain |
See also: history of Luxemburg
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