Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
Albert VII 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 reign in Austrian history.
Portrait by Rubens, c. 1615 São Paulo Museum of Art collection
Albert and Isabella Clara Eugenia, by an anonymous 17th century master, after originals by Frans Pourbus the younger.
Jeton with portraits of Albert and Isabella Clara Eugenia struck in Antwerp 1612.
Portrait of Albert VII (c. 1599–1600), by Frans Pourbus the Younger. Convent of Las Descalzas Reales collection in Madrid.
Isabella Clara Eugenia, sometimes referred to as Clara Isabella Eugenia, was sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands, which comprised the Low Countries and the north of modern France with her husband, Archduke Albert VII of Austria.
Portrait by Sofonisba Anguissola c.1599
Infantas Isabella Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela, by Alonso Sánchez Coello or Jooris van der Straeten, 1570
Isabella and Her Court Dwarf by Frans Pourbus the Younger, c. 1599
Archdukes Albert and Isabella Clara by Otto van Veen
