List of Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands

List of Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands

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List of Governors

Habsburg Netherlands

* 1506-1507 Guillaume de Croÿ, Marquis of Aerschot
* 1507-1530 Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy
* 1530-1555 Maria of Austria, Queen of Hungary
* 1555-1559 Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy
* 1559-1567 Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Parma
* 1567-1573 Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
* 1573-1576 Luis de Requesens y Zuñiga
* 1576-1578 John of Austria
* 1578-1581 Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma

Parma, the appointee of Philip II, his uncle, was opposed by the candidate of the rebellious Estates, another nephew of the King, Archduke Matthias of Austria, until 1581, when he returned to Austria following the United Provinces' declaration of independence.

In 1581 the Seven United Provinces declared themselves independent of Philip II of Spain.


= Spanish Netherlands =

* 1581-1592 Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza
* 1592-1594 Count Peter Ernst von Mansfeld
* 1594-1595 Archduke Ernest of Austria
* 1595-1596 Pedro Enríquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes
* 1596-1598 Archduke Albert of Austria

Archduke Albert of Austria and Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain rule the Habsburg Netherlands as sovereigns from 1598 to 1621.

* 1621-1633 Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain
* 1633-1641 Ferdinand, Cardinal-Infante
* 1641-1644 Francisco de Mello, Marquis of Terceira
* 1644-1647 Emmanuel de Moura Cortereal, 2° Marquis of Castel Rodrigo
* 1647-1656 Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
* 1656-1659 Don Juan José of Austria
* 1659-1664 Luis de Benavides Carrillo, Marquis of Caracena
* 1664-1668 Francisco de Moura Cortereal, 3° Marquis of Castel Rodrigo
* 1668-1670 Iñigo Fernandez de Velasco, Duke of Frias
* 1670-1675 Juan Domingo de Zuñiga y Fonseca
* 1675-1677 Carlos de Gurrea, Duke of Villahermosa
* 1678-1682 Alessandro di Odoardo Farnese, Prince of Parma
* 1682-1685 Otto Henry, Marquis of Caretto
* 1685-1692 Francisco Antonio de Agurto, Marquis of Gastañaga
* 1692-1706 Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria

The Southern Netherlands were occupied by the British and Dutch from 1706-1714.


= Austrian Netherlands =

* 1716-1724 Prince Eugene of Savoy
* 1724-1741 Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria
* 1741-1744 Count Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau
* 1744-1744 Archduchess Maria Anna of Habsburg and Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
* 1744-1780 Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
* 1781-1793 Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria and Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen
* 1793-1794 Archduke Charles of Austria

There after, the French revolutionaries occupied the Low Countries until 1815. At the Congress of Vienna, the Low Countries were re-united in a personal union under the House of Orange-Nassau.

See also

* List of plenipotentiaries of Austrian Netherlands


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