Ka cika wannan jumla: Bayan mutuwar Archduke Ernest na Austria a shekara ta 1595, an aika Albert zuwa Brussels don ya gaji ɗan'uwansa a matsayin Gwamna Janar na Netherlands na Habsburg. Ya shiga Brussels a ranar 11 ga Fabrairu 1596. Abu na farko da ya fi so shi ne mayar da matsayin sojojin Spain a ƙasashen Low. Spain tana fuskantar hadin gwiwar sojojin Jamhuriyar Holland, Ingila da Faransa kuma ba ta san komai ba sai rashin nasara tun daga 1590. A lokacin yakin farko, Albert ya ba abokan gabansa mamaki ta hanyar kama Calais da kusa da Ardres daga Faransanci da Hulst daga Dutch. Wadannan nasarorin duk da haka sun lalace ta hanyar fatarar sarautar Spain ta uku daga baya a wannan shekarar. Sakamakon haka, 1597 ya kasance da jerin bala'o'i na soja. Stadholder Maurice na Orange ya kama garuruwan karshe na Mutanen Espanya da suka kasance a arewacin manyan koguna, da kuma garin Rheinberg mai mahimmanci a cikin Kungiyar Cologne. Tsakanin 13 ga Mayu da 25 ga Satumba 1597, Mutanen Espanya, waɗanda suka aika da babbar runduna a watan Maris, sun kama garin Amiens cikin sauƙi a cikin wata dabara. A ƙarshe, sojojin Flanders na Spain
Amiens ya rasa a watan Satumba na wannan shekarar ga Henry IV na Faransa duk da matsanancin ƙoƙarin da Albert da Ernst von Mansfeld suka yi don sauƙaƙe wurin. Ba tare da ƙarin kuɗi don biyan sojoji ba, Albert kuma yana fuskantar jerin tawaye.