Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain

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Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain was a Spanish Habsburg princess who, alongside her husband Archduke Albert VII, ruled the Spanish Netherlands in the late 16th and early 17th centuries and played a key role in the region’s political and religious affairs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Habsburg princess
Roman Catholic
Spanish infanta
sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands
associatedWithEvent Eighty Years' War
Twelve Years' Truce
birthDate 1566-08-12
birthPlace Crown of Castile
Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial vicinity
Segovia
burialPlace Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Royal Crypt of Laeken
coRulerWith Archduke Albert VII of Austria
countryOfCitizenship Spain
deathDate 1633-12-01
deathPlace Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Spanish Netherlands
dynasty Habsburg dynasty
linked to: House of Habsburg
familyName Habsburg
linked to: House of Habsburg
father Philip II of Spain
fullName Isabella Clara Eugenia of Austria
givenName Clara
Eugenia
Isabella
house House of Habsburg
languageSpoken French
Italian
Latin
Spanish
mother Elisabeth of Valois
nobleFamily House of Habsburg
notableFor co-ruling the Spanish Netherlands with Archduke Albert VII
patronage of the arts in the Spanish Netherlands
promoting the Counter-Reformation in the Low Countries
role in negotiating the Twelve Years' Truce
positionHeld Governor of the Spanish Netherlands
reignAsGovernorOfSpanishNetherlandsEnd 1633
reignAsGovernorOfSpanishNetherlandsStart 1621
reignAsSovereignOfSpanishNetherlandsWithAlbertEnd 1621
reignAsSovereignOfSpanishNetherlandsWithAlbertStart 1598
reignEnd 1633
reignStart 1598
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sibling Catherine Michelle of Spain
spouse Archduke Albert VII of Austria
title Archduchess of Austria
Countess of Artois
Countess of Flanders
Countess of Hainaut
Countess of Holland
Duchess of Brabant
Duchess of Burgundy
Infanta of Spain
Princess of Portugal
linked to: Infanta of Portugal

Sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands

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Archduke Albert VII of Austria spouse Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain
Jan Brueghel the Elder employer Isabella Clara Eugenia
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Diego, Prince of Asturias relative Isabella Clara Eugenia
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Governor-General of the Netherlands officeHolder Isabella Clara Eugenia
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Sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands officeHolder Isabella Clara Eugenia
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Duchess of Luxembourg heldBy Isabella Clara Eugenia
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Elizabeth of Valois child Isabella Clara Eugenia
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Administration of the Spanish Netherlands headOfState Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain
linked to: Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain
Infanta Catalina Micaela of Spain sibling Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain
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