Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (as regent)

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Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, was a powerful Habsburg princess who served as regent of the Habsburg Netherlands in the early 16th century, overseeing its governance and diplomacy on behalf of her nephew Emperor Charles V.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Duchess consort of Savoy
Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
Habsburg
noblewoman
regent
burialPlace Royal Monastery of Brou
co-negotiatedWith Louise of Savoy
country Habsburg Netherlands
countryOfBirth Duchy of Brabant
countryOfDeath Habsburg Netherlands
dateOfBirth 1480-01-10
dateOfDeath 1530-12-01
educatedIn French court
endTime 1515-01-05
1530-12-01
era Renaissance
father Emperor Maximilian I
surface form: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
fullName Margaret of Austria
house House of Habsburg
knownFor Habsburg diplomacy in early 16th-century Europe
governing the Habsburg Netherlands
patronage of arts and humanism
languageSpoken Dutch
French
German
Spanish
mother Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy
surface form: Mary of Burgundy
nobleFamily House of Habsburg
notableWork Treaty of Cambrai
surface form: Treaty of Cambrai (Ladies' Peace)
occupation diplomat
stateswoman
participatedIn Treaty of Cambrai
placeOfBirth Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
placeOfDeath Mechelen
positionHeld Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
Regent of the Habsburg Netherlands
Regent of the Habsburg Netherlands (second term)
regentFor Charles V, Duke of Burgundy
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels

Mechelen
sexOrGender female
sibling Philip the Handsome
spouse John, Prince of Asturias
Philibert II, Duke of Savoy
startTime 1507-03-18
1519-01-01
title Archduchess of Austria
Duchess of Savoy
Princess of Burgundy

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Lord of the Netherlands officeHolder Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (as regent)
Anne Boleyn educatedAt Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (as regent)
this entity surface form: court of Margaret of Austria in Mechelen
Habsburg archduchesses notableMember Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (as regent)
this entity surface form: Archduchess Margaret of Austria (regent of the Netherlands)