Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy


Margaret of Austria
Princess of Asturias
Portrait of Margaret as a widow painted by Bernard van Orley
Duchess consort of Savoy
Tenure2 December 1501 – 10 September 1504
Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
Reign1507–1530
PredecessorWilliam de Croÿ
SuccessorMary of Austria
Born10 January 1480
Died1 December 1530(1530-12-01) (aged 50)
Mechelen, Duchy of Brabant, Holy Roman Empire
Spouses
(m. 1497; died 1497)
(m. 1501; died 1504)
HouseHabsburg
FatherMaximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherMary, Duchess of Burgundy
SignatureMargaret of Austria's signature

Archduchess Margaret of Austria (German: Margarete; French: Marguerite; Dutch: Margaretha; Spanish: Margarita; 10 January 1480 – 1 December 1530) was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1515 and again from 1519 to 1530. She was the first of many female regents in the Netherlands.


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