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Gabriel Bethlen

1580 - 1629

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Gabriel Bethlen (Hungarian: 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-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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gabriel Bethlen is the 3,106th most popular politician (up from 3,900th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Romania (up from 69th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Romanian Politician.

Gabriel Bethlen was a Hungarian prince who ruled Transylvania and fought against the Ottoman Empire.

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Among politicians, Gabriel Bethlen ranks 3,106 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Louise of Prussia, Hissène Habré, Eric I of Denmark, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Victor, and Eadred. After him are Otto I, Duke of Bavaria, Atossa, Sisavang Vatthana, David of Trebizond, Robert IV of Sablé, and Emperor Wen of Han.

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Among people born in 1580, Gabriel Bethlen ranks 5. Before him are Jan Baptist van Helmont, Willebrord Snellius, Ustad Ahmad Lahori, and John Smith. After him are Josaphat Kuntsevych, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Ernst von Mansfeld, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Cristóvão Ferreira, and Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger. Among people deceased in 1629, Gabriel Bethlen ranks 3. Before him are Abbas the Great, and Carlo Maderno. After him are Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Hendrick ter Brugghen, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Pietro Bernini, Otto van Veen, Giorgi Saakadze, Mehmed III Giray, and Sigismondo d'India.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Gabriel Bethlen ranks 51 out of 844. Before him are Mihai Eminescu (1850), John Cassian (360), Milan I of Serbia (1854), Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1820), Ben Ferencz (1920), and Alexander Löhr (1885). After him are Mircea II of Wallachia (1422), Regalianus (250), Gheorghe Zamfir (1941), George Emil Palade (1912), Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899), and Henri Coandă (1886).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Gabriel Bethlen ranks 26. Before him are Michael the Brave (1558), Basarab I of Wallachia (1275), Traian Băsescu (1951), Milan I of Serbia (1854), Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1820), and Ben Ferencz (1920). After him are Mircea II of Wallachia (1422), Regalianus (250), Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899), Mircea I of Wallachia (1355), Chivu Stoica (1908), and Ana Pauker (1893).

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