Background
Isabella Clara of Austria (12 August 1629 – 24 February 1685) was the eldest surviving daughter of Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, and his wife Claudia de" Medici.
Isabella Clara of Austria (12 August 1629 – 24 February 1685) was the eldest surviving daughter of Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, and his wife Claudia de" Medici.
Duke Charles died suddenly on 14 August 1665, when Isabella assumed the role of Regent on behalf of her thirteen-year-old son, to be assisted in the affairs of government by Count Charles Bulgarini, a nobleman of Jewish origins with whom Isabella had long had an amorous relationship. Isabella retired to private life in the Goito palace, then on 16 December 1671, on the orders of the emperor, she entered a convent where she remained for the rest of her life. Isabella died in 1685.
She was a member of the House of Habsburg and was an Archduchess of Austria.
