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By this I mean that it likewise is treated as a secundogeniture (like what happened with Leopold II and his father’s grand duchy) with a cadet line of the Habsburgs being established (perhaps) instead of a stream of governors who had no real ties (normally) to the Netherlands. Several Habsburgs served as Governors (Emperor Matthias, Archdukes Ernst and Leopold Wilhelm, Cardinal Infante Fernando, Archduchesses Maria Elisabeth, Maria Anna and Maria Christine), but only Albert and Isabella were actual rulers. Could this idea work? Or because it didn't succeed with Albert & Isabella it was thrown on the trash-heap?
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