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Article: Isabel Clara Eugenia and Albert of Habsburg (Isabel Clara Eugenia, 1566–1633; Albert of Habsburg, 1559–1621)
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ISABEL CLARA EUGENIA AND ALBERT OF HABSBURG (Isabel Clara Eugenia, 1566
–
1633; Albert of Habsburg, 1559
–
1621)
ISABEL CLARA EUGENIA AND ALBERT OF HABSBURG
(Isabel Clara Eugenia, 1566
–
1633; Albert of Habsburg, 1559
–
1621), archdukes of Austria, governors and sovereigns of the Spanish Netherlands. Isabel Clara Eugenia, eldest daughter of Philip II of Spain and Elisabeth de Valois, learned statecraft at her father's side. While her sister Catalina Mica
ë
la (1567
–
1597) married the duke of Savoy in 1585, Philip found no suitable husband for Infanta Isabel. Sebastian of Portugal perished in battle, and Emperor Rudolf II proved too eccentric. In 1590
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