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Margaret of Austria (1480-1530) - Definition and Overview

Archduchess Margaretha of Austria (10 January 1480-1 December 1530) was Regent of The Netherlands.

Born at Brussels, the daughter of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and his wife Marie "the Rich", heiress of Burgundy.

On 3 April 1497 at Burgos she married Crown Prince Juan of Aragon and Castile.

On 2 December 1501, she married Philibert II of Savoy.

Both marriages were childless.

She died at Mechelen, appointing her nephew, Charles V as her universal and sole heir. She is buried at Bourg-en-Bresse.

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