Margaret of Austria

Margaretha van Oostenrijk / Marguerite d'Autriche (Known as "Margaret of Austria")

Governess of the Habsburg Netherlands, Diplomat, Negotiator of Treaty of Cambrai

Born Jan 10, 1480

Brussels, Belgium

Passed Away Dec 01, 1530 Mechelen, Lordship of Mechelen (Belgium)

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"Fortune, infortune, fort une (Fortune, misfortune, one strong woman stands firm)."

Archival Overview

Habsburg archduchess and brilliant diplomat who governed the Low Countries from Mechelen, raised the future Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, and negotiated the 1529 'Ladies' Peace' (Treaty of Cambrai).

Biographical Record

Daughter of Emperor Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy, Margaret survived marriages to the Dauphin of France, Prince Juan of Asturias, and Philibert II of Savoy before returning to the Low Countries in 1507 to serve as Governess for her nephew Charles.

She transformed her palace Court of Savoy in Mechelen into a flourishing humanist center, patronizing Erasmus and Bernard van Orley. In 1529, together with Louise of Savoy, she successfully negotiated the historic Treaty of Cambrai, ending the War of the League of Cognac.

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Final Resting Place

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Royal Monastery of Brou
Bourg-en-Bresse, France

                         GPS: 46.1978, 5.2361                    

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