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Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy and Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands

| January 10, 2023

Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy and Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands

On this day in Tudor history, 10th January 1480, Margaret of Austria, Princess of Asturias, Duchess of Savoy, was born. Margaret was the daughter of Maximilian of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor, and Mary of Burgundy, and, in 1507, her father appointed her as Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands as regent for her nephew, Charles. It […]

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