Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (died 1530)

Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy

Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1530

Margaret of Austria was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1515 and again from 1519 until her death in 1530. She was the first of many female regents in the Netherlands. She was variously the Princess of Asturias, Duchess of Savoy, and was born an Archduchess of…