Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

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Albert (VII)
Portrait by Rubens, c. 1615 São Paulo Museum of Art collection
Sovereign of the Netherlands[a] (more..)
Reign	6 May 1598 – 13 July 1621[1][better source needed]
Predecessor	Philip II
Successor	Philip IV
Co-monarch	Isabella Clara Eugenia
Archduke of Lower and Upper Austria
Reign	20 March – 9 October 1619
Predecessor	Matthias
Successor	Ferdinand II
Viceroy of Portugal
Reign	11 February 1583 – 5 July 1593
Predecessor	Duke of Alba
Successor	1st Regency Council
Monarch	Philip I of Portugal
Born	13 November 1559 Wiener Neustadt, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died	13 July 1621(1621-07-13) (aged 61) Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire
Burial	St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral
Spouse	Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain ​ ​ (m. 1599)​
House	Habsburg
Father	Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Maria of Spain
Religion	Roman Catholicism
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Albert VII (German: Albrecht VII; 13 November 1559 – 13 July 1621) 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 (and often ignored) reign in Austrian history.

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