Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

For other persons named Albert of Austria, see Albert of Austria (disambiguation).

Albert and his wife Isabella

Archduke Albert Ernst of Austria, Duke of Luxembourg etc (15 November 1559 – 13 July 1621) was appointed for the Spanish monarchy as Governor of the Low Countries in 1595, and from 1598 became joint sovereign of the Seventeen Provinces with his wife, Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, the daughter of Philip II of Spain, whom he married on 18 April 1599.

Rubens was appointed their court painter in 1609.

Preceded by: Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes	Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands 1596-1621	Succeeded by: Infanta Isabella of Spain

Preceded by: Philip III from Burgundian line	Luxembourg himself from Elisabeth of Luxembourg's line 1598–1621	Succeeded by: Philip IV heir of both lines

Preceded by: Philip II	Duke of Brabant, Guelders, Limburg and Lothier Count of Artois, Burgundy, Flanders, Hainaut and Namur with Isabella 1598–1621	Succeeded by: Philip IV