Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands - Definition and Overview

For the history of the Austrian Netherlands and the Spanish Netherlands, see Seventeen Provinces.

Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands:

• Guillaume de Croy, Marquis d'Aerschot 1506-1507
• Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy 1507-1530
• Maria of Austria, Queen of Hungary 1530-1555
• Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy 1555-1559
• Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Parma 1559-1567
• Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva 1567-1573
• Luis de Requesens y Zuñiga 1573-1576
• Don John of Austria 1576-1578
• Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza 1578-1592
• Count Peter Ernst von Mansfeld 1592-1594
• Archduke Ernest of Austria 1594-1595
• Pedro Enríquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes 1595-1596
• Archduke Albert of Austria 1596-1598
• Archduke Albert of Austria and Infanta Isabella of Spain 1598-1621
• Infanta Isabella of Spain, Archduchess Albert 1621-1633
• Ferdinand, the Cardinal-Infant 1633-1641
• Francisco de Mello, Marquis of Terceira 1641-1644
• Emmanuel de Moura Cortereal, Marquis of Castel Rodrigo 1644-1647
• Archduke Leopold William of Austria 1647-1656
• Don Juan of Austria 1656-1659
• Luis de Benavides Carillo, Marquis of Fromiata 1659-1664
• Francisco de Moura Cortereal, Marquis of Castel Rodrigo 1664-1668
• Iñigo Fernandez de Velasco, Duke of Feria 1668-1670
• Juan Domingo de Zuñiga y Fonseca 1670-1675
• Carlos de Gurrea, Duke of Villahermosa 1675-1677
• Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma 1678-1682
• Otto Henry, Marquis of Caretto 1682-1685
• Fray Antonio de Agurto, Marquis of Castagna 1685-1692
• Elector Maximilian II of Bavaria 1692-1706

Southern Netherlands occupied by the British and Dutch, 1706-1714

• Prince Eugene of Savoy 1716-1724
• Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria 1724-1741
• Count Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohran 1741-1744
• Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria and Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine 1744
• Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine 1744-1780
• Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria and Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen 1781-1793
• Archduke Charles Louis of Austria 1793-1794