Back قائمة حكام الأراضي المنخفضة الهابسبورجية Arabic Llista de governadors dels Països Baixos Catalan Anexo:Gobernadores de los Países Bajos de los Habsburgo Spanish Liste des gouverneurs des Pays-Bas espagnols et autrichiens French Habsburg Németalföld kormányzóinak listája Hungarian Governatori dei Paesi Bassi spagnoli Italian Lijst van landvoogden van de Habsburgse Nederlanden Dutch Lista dos governadores dos Países Baixos meridionais Portuguese
The governor (Dutch: landvoogd) or governor-general (gouverneur-generaal) of the Habsburg Netherlands was a representative appointed by the Holy Roman emperor (1504-1556), the king of Spain (1556-1598, 1621-1706), and the archduke of Austria (1716-1794), to administer the Burgundian inheritance of the House of Habsburg in the Low Countries when the monarch was absent from the territory. The role of the governors-general significantly changed over time: initially tutors and advisors of Emperor Charles V, who lived at the Palace of Coudenberg, they served as generals during the Eighty Years' War between the Kingdom of Spain and the Dutch Republic. Frequently, the governor-general was a close relative of the Austrian or Spanish monarchs, though at other times Spanish or German noblemen filled the role. The governor-general was usually based in Brussels.
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