Isabella Clara Eugenia
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Isabella Clara Eugenia, sometimes referred to as Clara Isabella Eugenia, was sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands, and the Free County of Burgundy, from 1598 to 1621, ruling jointly with her husband
Portrait by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1615
Infantas Isabella Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela, by Alonso Sánchez Coello or Jooris van der Straeten, 1570
Isabella with a court dwarf around the time of her candidature for the French and English thrones (portrait by Alonso Sánchez Coello, c. 1585–88, Museo del Prado)
Isabella and Her Court Dwarf by Frans Pourbus the Younger, c. 1599
Elisabeth of Valois
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Elisabeth of France, or Elisabeth of Valois, was Queen of Spain as the third wife of Philip II of Spain.
Isabella Clara Eugenia
…Austria was born in the Palace of Valsain, Segovia on 12 August 1566. She was the first surviving daughter of King Philip II of Spain and his third wife, Elisabeth of Valois. Her father was reportedly overjoyed at her birth and declared himself to be happier on the occasion than he would have been at the birth of a son. He…
Portrait by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, c. 1605
This painting by Eugène Isabey depicts Elisabeth, dressed more like a widow than a bride, swooning as she is led to the carriage that will bear her away from France to marry King Philip II of Spain. The Walters Art Museum
Elisabeth de Valois with her husband Philip II of Spain, from Catherine de Medici's Book of Hours
Portrait of Elisabeth of Valois and Isabella Clara Eugenia