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Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

1559 - 1621

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Albert VII (German: Albrecht VII; 13 November 1559 – 13 July 1621) 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 (and often ignored) reign in Austrian history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert VII, Archduke of Austria is the 170th most popular companion (down from 146th in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Austria (down from 139th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Companion.

Albert VII, Archduke of Austria was the ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy from 1792 to 1806. He was a son of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa of Austria.

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Among companions, Albert VII, Archduke of Austria ranks 170 out of 784. Before him are Adela of Champagne, Marie of Anjou, Agnes of Courtenay, Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France, Hildegard of the Vinzgau, and Inês de Castro. After him are Elizabeth of Bosnia, Joan of the Tower, Juwayriyya bint al-Harith, Margherita of Savoy, Joanna of Bourbon, and Princess Viktoria of Prussia.

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Among people born in 1559, Albert VII, Archduke of Austria ranks 4. Before him are Nurhaci, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, and Ishida Mitsunari. After him are Catherine de Bourbon, Lawrence of Brindisi, Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Cigoli, Isaac Casaubon, Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and George Chapman. Among people deceased in 1621, Albert VII, Archduke of Austria ranks 6. Before him are Pope Paul V, Philip III of Spain, Robert Bellarmine, Thomas Harriot, and Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After him are Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Michael Praetorius, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Şehzade Mehmed, Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania, and Cristofano Allori.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Albert VII, Archduke of Austria ranks 157 out of 1,424. Before him are Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1796), Ivan Illich (1926), Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797), Frederick the Fair (1289), Franz Stangl (1908), and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1718). After him are Nikola IV Zrinski (1508), Eduard Strauss (1835), Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865), Hermann Broch (1886), Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1351), and Ingeborg Bachmann (1926).

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Among COMPANIONS In Austria

Among companions born in Austria, Albert VII, Archduke of Austria ranks 6. Before him are Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (1791), Klara Hitler (1860), Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain (1584), Maria Amalia of Austria (1701), and Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (1554). After him are Maria Theresa of Austria (1816), Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (1573), Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria (1750), Constance of Austria (1588), Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria (1692), and Maria Anna of Austria (1683).

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