!!!Albrecht VII

b. Wiener Neustadt (Lower Austria), Nov. 13, 1559, 
d. Brussels (Belgium), Nov. 15, 1621, second-youngest son of Emperor  
Maximilian II. Consecrated Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo in 1577, 1583 
Viceroy of Portugal and 1595 Governor-General of the southern 
Netherlands. His marriage with Isabella Clara Eugenia, daughter of 
Philipp II of Spain, made him Regent of the Netherlands. The 
sovereigns distinguished themselves through their love of art. Since 
they had no children, the Netherlands returned to Spain, but Isabella 
Clara Eugenia remained statthalter.

!Literature
B. Hamann (ed.), Die Habsburger, %%sup 4/%1993.



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