Albert VII, archduke of Austria (born 1559)

Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

Sovereign of the Netherlands from 1598 to 1621

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…