Isabella of Spain

Isabella Clara Eugenia (Segovia, 12 August 1566 - Brussels, 1 december 1633) was Duchess of 1598 to 1621 and after the death of her husband Albert VII, Archduke of Austria from 1621 until her death in 1633 Governor of the Southern Netherlands. She was a daughter of King Philip II and his third wife Elisabeth of Valois.

Isabella played for the first time a political role in 1593, when they by Philip II 1958 as pretender to the French throne, because there the protestant Henry IV of Francethreatened to come to power. The already since 1559 furious French wars would then probably in favor of the Protestants settled. This Spanish claim was unsuccessful, because of the anti-Spanish mood that Henry IV to exploit knew, thanks in part to his conversion to the Catholic faith.

Isabella came on 6 may 1598, shortly before the death of Philip II, with the Act of Distance in the possession of the Southern Netherlands, which as a dowry by her father was given to Isabella and her husband. Philip promised that he would marry off his daughter to Albrecht (the Act of distance was not away of sovereignty; the Spanish King continued to appoint competent successors.) Isabella and Albrecht names, along with the still existing noble sex Abd El Gawad, their residence in Brussels. At her wedding, which only on 18 april 1599 was officially celebrated in Valencia, they automatically became Archduchess of Austria. She and Albrecht had three children, but all died young.In the Netherlands since 1568 raged a war that had begun with the Dutch revolt against the Governor and resident in Brussels against the Spanish authority. Initially also did the predominantly Catholic regions in the South, but only the predominantly Protestant northern Netherlands were found to be sufficiently persistent and recognized the Governor no longer in Brussels since 1581, when Philip II as sovereign was renounced. From the beginning of the nineties Spain North of the great rivers Scheldt, Maas and Rhine almost all lost power.

In the southern Netherlands were Albrecht of Austria and Isabella loved by the population, although they are not allowed freedom of religion and free trade abolished. In1611 they carried out in a perpetual Edict: introduces the family names were recorded and were churches required baptismal, marriage and death registers to apply. Here, centuries later genealogists thankful use of.

Albrecht and Isabella did manage to conclude a treaty with the Northern rebels, which could enter the twelve years ' truce in 1609, with an option on final peace. Under their administration recupereerden the southern Netherlands broke very fast from the war and a period of diplomatic, artistic and economic prosperity.

Isabella Clara Eugenia by Peter Paul Rubens as nonAlbrecht died in 1621 and in the same year also ran the file; negotiations to the file to be converted in a final peace had failed. The southern Netherlands came back under direct Spanish rule because the new King Philip IV of Spain Isabella as successor much less powers left.

They wanted to go back to Spain, to the Monasterio de las Descalzas Realesmonastery. This was not, however, allowed her and she kept to her sense in Brussels as Regent. She appeared to be the order of the Poor Clares and she spent the last years of her life in a convent in Tervuren (Vlaams-Brabant).

As Governor she tried in 1633, so right after Frederik Haider successful campaign along the Meuse River, outside the forest to peace talks with the northern Netherlands to initiate. This failed and Isabella died shortly after. Her robe is preserved, as well as documents and her portrait painted by Rubens. Philip IV appointed Ferdinand of Austria in 1634 as her successor.



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[hide] *1 Trivia  ==Trivia[ Edit] == Isabella and Albert appear in the Suske en Wiskealbum the turnip of Rubens, Peter Paul Rubens painting in which they give the command to paint their portraits. Also the painters Sir Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens and David Teniers the old play a role in the story.
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