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Isabella Clara Eugenia of 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. Infantas Isabella Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela, by Alonso Sánchez Coello or Jooris van der Straeten, 1570
Isabella Clara Eugenia, archduchess of Austria (born Aug. 12, 1566, Segovia, Spain—died Dec. 1, 1633, Brussels) was an infanta of Spain who became the instrument of her father’s claims to the thrones of England and France; as the archduchess of Austria, she ruled the Spanish Netherlands with her husband, Archduke Albert VII, from 1598 to 1621.
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Isabella was one of the most powerful women in 16th- and 17th-century Europe. Isabella Clara Eugenia , sometimes referred to as Clara Isabella Eugenia, was sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands in the Low Countries and the north of modern France with her husband, Archduke Albert VII of Austria.
Learn about the life and rule of Isabella Clara Eugenia, the Spanish ruler of the Netherlands and archduchess of Austria. Find out her birth and death dates, her marriage, her skill in archery, and her sources.
Isabella Clara of Austria (12 August 1629 – 24 February 1685) was a Duchess consort of Mantua, Montferrat, Nevers (until 1659), Mayenne (until 1654) and Rethel (until 1659) by marriage to Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat . From 1665 to 1671, she was Regent of the Duchies of Mantua and Montferrat on behalf of her minor son.
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2 more. This oil painting is a portrait of Isabella Clara Eugenia, Archduchess of Austria. She has light skin, blue eyes, and light brown hair pulled into an updo with a crown of red flowers. Her neck is obscured by a wide white ruff. Below the ruff, Isabella wears an elaborate gold and white gown with elaborate floral and geometric embroidery ...
A studio copy of a lost original by Peter Paul Rubens, showing Isabella Clara Eugenia, the ruler of the Spanish Netherlands. She was the daughter of Philip II of Spain and married to Albert of Austria, who ruled with her as joint sovereigns.
