Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria

Isabella Clara of Austria
Duchess consort of Mantua and Montferrat
Tenure7 November 1649 – 14 August 1665
Born(1629-08-12)12 August 1629
Innsbruck, County of Tyrol, Holy Roman Empire
Died24 February 1685(1685-02-24) (aged 55)
Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
SpouseCharles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
IssueFerdinand Charles, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
FatherLeopold V, Archduke of Further Austria and Count of Tyrol
MotherClaudia de' Medici

Isabella Clara of Austria (12 August 1629 – 24 February 1685) was a Duchess consort of Mantua, Montferrat, Nevers (until 1659), Mayenne (until 1654) and Rethel (until 1659) by marriage to Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat.

From 1665 to 1671, she was Regent of the Duchies of Mantua and Montferrat on behalf of her minor son. Accused of marrying her lover without Imperial consent, she was forced to take the veil as a nun and imprisoned at the Ursuline monastery of Mantua until her death.