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Albert VII, Archduke of Austria.
Austrian cardinal and governor of the Netherlands (1559-1621)
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About Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
Albert VII was the ruling Archduke of Austria for a few months in 1619 and, jointly with his wife, Isabella Clara Eugenia, sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1598 and 1621. Prior to this, he had been a cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, viceroy of Portugal and Governor General of the Habsburg Netherlands. He succeeded his brother Matthias as reigning archduke of Lower and Upper Austria, but abdicated in favor of Ferdinand II the same year, making it the shortest reign in Austrian history.
Everything about Albert VII, Archduke of Austria →- Occupation
- military personnel, ruler
- Position held
- cardinal-deacon, archbishop of Toledo, titular archbishop, Inquisidor-mor de Portugal
- Citizenship
- Archduchy of Austria
- Born
- November 15, 1559, November 13, 1559
- Died
- July 13, 1621, July 15, 1621