This Article Archduke Ernest of Austria is composed of Creative Common Content.\n The Original Article can be location at WikiPedia.org.\n \n\nArchduke Ernest of Austria German Ernst von sterreich 15 June 1553Joseph Haydn James Bertrand Payne Haydns universal index of biography from the creation to the present time for the use of the statesman the historian and the journalist E. Moxon 1868. pp. 156ref 20 February 1595 was an Austrian nobleman the son of Maximilian II Holy Roman Emperor and Maria of Spain.\n\nBorn at Vienna he was educated with his brother Rudolf II Holy Roman Emperor in the court of Spain. \nIn 1573 and 1587 he was a candidate for the throne of Poland. From 1576 onwards he was governor in the Archduchy of Austria where he promoted the counterreformation. 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. \n\nHe died at Brussels in 1595.