Permanent historical factsheet

Regency

Spain · House / House of Habsburg. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1559–1665Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1559

Margaret of Parma1559

Madrid · House / House of Habsburg

Appointed Regent in the Spanish Netherlands

Philip II1559

Madrid · House / House of Habsburg

Appoints Margaret of Austria, the Duchess of Parma & his half sister, as Regent

1665

Mariana Austria17 September 1665

Madrid · House / House of Habsburg

Becomes regent for her young son Charles II after Philip IV's death.

Names involved

Margaret of ParmaMariana AustriaPhilip II

Provenance

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