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Archduke Ernest of Austria

Austrian nobleman (1553–1595)

Field	Value
name	Ernest of Austria
image	El archiduque Diego Ernesto de Austria.jpg
caption	Portrait by Martino Rota
birth_date	15 June 1553
birth_place	Vienna, Archduchy of Austria
death_date
death_place	Brussels, Duchy of Brabant
house	Habsburg
father	Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
mother	Maria of Spain

Archduke Ernest of Austria (; 15 June 1553 – 20 February 1595) was an Austrian prince, the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Spain.

Biography

Born in Vienna, he was educated with his brother Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, in the court of Spain. He was a candidate in the 1573 Polish–Lithuanian royal election for the throne of Poland. He lost his election as the Polish nobility feared that he might attempt to become an autocrat and revoke the privileges that Polish nobles enjoyed. From 1576 onwards, he was governor in the Archduchy of Austria, where he promoted the Counter-Reformation. In 1590, he became governor of Inner Austria as regent for his young cousin Ferdinand, and from 1594 to 1595 he served as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands.

He died in Brussels on 20 February 1595 and was eventually succeeded in the Netherlands by his brother Albert. Ernest owned the Months of the Year cycle series of works painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder; one painting, High Spring (showing April or May) is lost): File:Pieter Bruegel de Oude - De sombere dag (vroege voorjaar).jpg|The Gloomy Day (February/March) File:Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Spring, 1565 - Google Art Project.jpg|A 1565 Brugel sketch "Spring" although not part of the Months cycle series it could very well be similar to what Bruegel had in mind when he painted "High Spring" {April/May)

File:Die Heuernte.jpg|The Hay Harvest (June/July) File:Pieter Bruegel the Elder- The Harvesters - Google Art Project.jpg|The Harvesters (August/September) File:Pieter Bruegel (I) - The Return of the Herd (1565).jpg|The Return of the Herd (October/November) File:Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Hunters in the Snow (Winter) - Google Art Project.jpg|The Hunters in the Snow (December/January)

Ancestry

Male-line family tree

References

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Roşu, Felicia. (2017). "Elective monarchy in Transylvania and Poland-Lithuania, 1569-1587". Oxford University Press.
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Stephens, Henry Morse. (1903). "The story of Portugal". G.P. Putnam's Sons.

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