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Also Known As Albertus VII • Albrecht VII
Born November 11, 1559 • Wiener Neustadt • Austria
Died July 13, 1621 (aged 61) • Brussels • Spanish Netherlands
Title / Office prince (1598-1621), Low Countries • governor (1598-1621), Low Countries • governor-general (1595-1621), Spanish Netherlands
Notable Family Members spouse Isabella Clara Eugenia
Role In Eighty Years’ War • Siege of Ostend
Jacoba, 15th-century painting by an unknown artist; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Jacoba Of Bavaria
duchess of Bavaria
Alessandro Farnese, duke of Parma and Piacenza
Alessandro Farnese
regent of The Netherlands
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Ivan Illich
Austrian philosopher and priest
Friedrich von Hügel
Friedrich von Hügel
Austrian-British philosopher
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Joseph Othmar von Rauscher
Austrian cardinal
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Theodor Innitzer
Austrian cardinal
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange, by Adriaen Thomasz Key. He wears a dark embroidered coat, a white ruff collar, and a black cap, with a trimmed beard and mustache.
William I
stadholder of United Provinces of The Netherlands
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Dutch statesman
Maurice, prince of Orange
Maurice
stadholder of The Netherlands
Portrait of Philip II, King of Spain, shown in ornate armor with one hand resting on a helmet, painted in the manner of Sir Anthony More against a dark background.
Philip II
king of Spain and Portugal
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Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, count of Nassau
prince of Orange
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3 duque de Alba
Spanish soldier and statesman
Maarten Tromp
Maarten Tromp
Dutch admiral
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Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental, count-duke de Olivares
prime minister of Spain
Ambrogio Spinola
Ambrogio di Filippo Spinola, marquis de los Balbases
Spanish military officer
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Baltazar de Zúñiga
Spanish diplomat and statesman
Louis of Nassau, panel portrait by an unknown artist, 1574; in the Orange Nassau Museum, Delft, Neth.
Louis of Nassau
Dutch political leader
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Juan José de Austria
prime minister of Spain
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William Louis
stadholder of Friesland