Gabriel Bethlen

Gabriel Bethlen
King of Hungary
Reign25 August 1620 – 31 December 1621
PredecessorMatthias II
SuccessorFerdinand II
Prince of Transylvania
ReignOctober 1613 – 15 November 1629
PredecessorGabriel Báthory
SuccessorCatherine
Duke of Opole
Reign1622 – 1625
PredecessorSigismund Báthory
SuccessorWładysław Vasa
Born15 November 1580
Marosillye, Principality of Transylvania (now Ilia, Romania)
Died15 November 1629 (aged 49)
Gyulafehérvár, Principality of Transylvania (now Alba Iulia, Romania)
SpouseCatherine of Brandenburg
Names
Gabriel Bethlen de Iktár
FamilyBethlen
ReligionCalvinist

Gabriel Bethlen (Hungarian: Bethlen Gábor; 15 November 1580 – 15 November 1629) was Prince of Transylvania from 1613 to 1629 and Duke of Opole from 1622 to 1625. He was also King-elect of Hungary from 1620 to 1621, but he never took control of the whole kingdom. Bethlen, supported by the Ottomans, led his Calvinist principality against the Habsburgs and their Catholic allies.