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{{Eastern name order|Bethlen Gábor}} {{more footnotes needed|date=March 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Gabriel Bethlen | image = Gabor Bethlen-Hungary National Musem.jpg | succession = [[King of Hungary]] | reign = 25 August 1620{{spaced ndash}} 31 December 1621 | predecessor = [[Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor|Matthias II]] | successor = [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand II]] | succession1 = [[Prince of Transylvania]] | reign1 = October 1613{{spaced ndash}} 15 November 1629 | predecessor1 = [[Gabriel Báthory]] | successor1 = [[Catherine of Brandenburg|Catherine]] | succession2 = [[Duke of Opole]] | reign2 = 1622{{spaced ndash}} 1625 | predecessor2 = [[Sigismund Báthory]] | successor2 = [[Władysław IV Vasa|Władysław Vasa]] | full name = Gabriel Bethlen de Iktár | spouse = [[Catherine of Brandenburg]] | house = Bethlen | house-type = Family | father = | mother = | birth_date = 1580 | birth_place = Marosillye, [[Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)|Principality of Transylvania]] | death_date = 15 November 1629 (aged 49) | death_place = Gyulafehérvár, Principality of Transylvania | religion = [[Calvinist]] }} {{Campaignbox Gabriel Bethlen's Revolt}} '''Gabriel Bethlen''' ({{langx|hu|Bethlen Gábor}}; 1580 – 15 November 1629) was [[Prince of Transylvania]] from 1613 to 1629 and [[Duke of Opole]] from 1622 to 1625. He was also [[King of Hungary|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.
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