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Spanish Netherlands Governance and the Eighty Years' War (1620s)
In the 1620s the Spanish Netherlands returned to direct Spanish rule after Archduke Albert's death in 1621, while Spinola and others held the souther…
Timeline
- 1621Brussels · BrusselsAfter Archduke Albert's death in 1621, the Spanish Netherlands reverted to the Spanish crown under the 1598 arrangement, directly ruled by King Philip IV; Isabella Clara Eugenia continued to govern Brussels as governor until her death in 1633, after which the Brussels court became an administrative center remotely controlled from Madrid.
- 1621–1628Brussels · BrusselsFrom 1621 the Italian-born general Ambrogio Spinola continued to direct southern campaigns as maestro de campo general of the Flanders army, rather than as governor of the Spanish Netherlands; the governor was Isabella. Spinola left Flanders around 1628 and later moved on to Milan and elsewhere.
- 1622–1630Spanish Netherlands · Spanish NetherlandsIn the 1620s the Spanish Netherlands bore the financial burden of supporting some 30,000 garrison troops, with Brussels and Antwerp merchants forced to send loans and taxes to Madrid. The southern provinces supplied troops and provisions for campaigns such as the Siege of Breda, but economic decline and war taxes sparked local discontent.
Sources
- Spanish Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Netherlands
- Isabella Clara Eugenia, archduchess of Austria https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isabella-Clara-Eugenia
- Albert VII, Archduke of Austria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_VII,_Archduke_of_Austria
- Isabella Clara Eugenia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Clara_Eugenia