List of governors of the Habsburg Netherlands
List of Governors
Thereafter, the French revolutionaries occupied the Low Countries until 1815. The Emperor formally recognized the loss of these territories by the Treaty of Lunéville of 1801.

List of governors of the Habsburg Netherlands

Section Title: List of Governors
Table Section Text: Thereafter, the French revolutionaries occupied the Low Countries until 1815. The Emperor formally recognized the loss of these territories by the Treaty of Lunéville of 1801.

Picture	Name	Took office	Left office	Relationship to monarch	Monarch

-	Engelbert II of Nassau (1451-1504)	1501	1504	/	Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor for Philip I of Castile

-	William de Croÿ (1458-1521)	1504	1507	/	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

-	Margaret of Austria (1480-1530)	1507	1 December 1530 (death)	Aunt

-	Mary of Austria (1505-1558)	January 1531	October 1555	Sister

In 1556, Philip V, Duke of Burgundy, became king of Spain as Philip II, thereby bringing the Habsburg Netherlands under Spanish control.

-	Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy (1528-1580)	1555	1559	Cousin	Philip II of Spain

-	Margaret of Parma (1522-1586)	1559	1567	Half-sister

-	Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507-1582)	1567	1573	/

-	Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga (1528-1576)	1573	5 March 1576 (death)	/

-	John of Austria (1547-1578)	1576	1 October 1578 (death)	Half-brother

-	Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545-1592)	1578	3 December 1592 (death)	Half-nephew

-	Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort (1517-1604)	1592	1594	/

-	Ernest of Austria (1553-1595)	1594	20 February 1595 (death)	Nephew

-	Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes (1525-1610)	1595	1596	/

-	Albert of Austria (1559-1621)	1596	1598	Nephew

In 1598, Philip II of Spain ceded the Netherlands to his daughter Isabella Clara Eugenia and nephew Albert, who married the next year.

-	Isabella Clara Eugenia of Austria (1566-1633)	1621	1 December 1633 (death)	Aunt	Philip IV of Spain

-	Ferdinand of Austria (1609/1610-1641)	1633	9 November 1641 (death)	Brother

-	Francisco de Melo (1597-1651)	1641	1644	/

-	Manuel de Moura (1590-1651)	1644	1647	/

-	Leopold William of Austria (1614-1662)	1647	1656	Cousin

-	John of Austria the Younger (1629-1679)	1656	1659	Son

-	Luis de Benavides Carrillo (1608-1668)	1659	1664	/

-	Francisco de Moura (1610-1675)	1664	1668	/

Charles II of Spain

InigoMelchorVelasco.JPG	Íñigo Melchor de Velasco (1608-1668)	1668	1670	/

Lambert-van-den-Bos-Schauplatz-des-Krieges MG 9479.tif	Juan Domingo de Zuñiga y Fonseca (1640-1716)	1670	1675	/

-	Carlos de Aragón de Gurrea (1634-1692)	1675	1677	/

-	Alexander Farnese (1635-1689)	1678	1682	Distant relative

Ottone Enrico del Caretto (1629-1685)	1682	1685	/

-	Francisco Antonio de Agurto (1640-1702)	1685	1692	/

-	Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria (1662-1726)	1692	1706	Nephew-in-law

Uncle	Philip V of Spain

Following the War of the Spanish Succession, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI became ruler of the Austrian Netherlands.

Prinz Eugene of Savoy.PNG	Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736)	1716	1724	Distant relative	Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

-	Wirich Philipp von Daun (1669-1741)	February 1725	October 1725	/

-	Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1680-1741)	1725	26 August 1741 (death)	Sister

Aunt	Maria Theresa of Austria

Bedrich August von Harrach.jpeg	Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau (1696-1749)	1741	1744	/

-	Maria Anna of Austria (1718-1744)	1744	16 December 1744 (death)	Sister

-	Charles Alexander of Lorraine (1712-1780)	4 July 1780 (death)	Brother-in-law

-	Maria Christina of Austria-Lorraine (1742-1798) with Albert Casimir of Saxony (1738-1822)	1781	1793	Sister and brother-in-law	Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

Aunt and uncle	Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

-	Charles of Austria-Lorraine (1771-1847)	1793	1794	Brother

Sentence(s)

Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand was Governor of the Netherlands.

final_sentence: Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand was Governor of the Netherlands.