Pashure porufu rwaArchduke Ernest weAustria muna 1595, Albert akatumirwa kuBrussels kuzotsiva mukoma wake mukuru saGavhuna Mukuru weHabsburg Netherlands. Akapinda muBrussels musi wa11 February 1596. Chinangwa chake chikuru chaiva chokudzorera simba remauto eSpain muNetherlands. Spain yakanga yakatarisana namasimba akabatanidzwa eRepublic yeDutch, England neFrance uye yakanga isina kuziva chinhu kunze kwokukundwa chifo cha 1590. Mumwaka wake wokutanga wokurwisa, Albert akashamisa vavengi vake nokutora Calais neArdres yaiva pedyo kubva kuvaFrench uye Hulst kubva kuvaDutch. Zvisinei, kubudirira uku kwakaderedzwa nekubhuroka kwechitatu kwekorona yeSpain gare gare gore iroro. Somugumisiro, 1597 yakaratidzirwa nenhevedzano yenjodzi dzemauto. Stadholder Maurice weOrange akatora nhare dzokupedzisira dzeSpain dzakanga dzasara kuchamhembe kwenzizi huru, pamwe chete neguta raikosha reRheinberg muElectorate yeCologne. Pakati paMay 13 naSeptember 25, 1597, vaSpanish, avo vakanga vatumira uto guru muna March, vakanga vatora guta reAmiens nyore nyore nokunyengera. Pakupedzisira Hondo yeSpain yeFlanders yakarasikirwa neAmiens
muna September wegore rimwe chetero kuna Henry IV weFrance pasinei nokuedza kwokusada kupedza nzvimbo yacho naAlbert naErnst von Mansfeld. Asisinazve mari yokubhadhara mauto, Albert akanga achitarisanawo nemhirizhonga yakatevedzana.