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People: Gabriel Bethlen
Topic: Chinese War with the Tanguts, Second
Location: Kalbsrieth Thuringen Germany

Gabriel Bethlen

Prince of Transylvania, Duke of Opole
Years: 1580 - 1629

Gabriel Bethlen (de Iktár) (Hungarian: Bethlen Gábor, Romanian: Gabriel Bethlen, German: Gabriel Bethlen von Iktár November 15, 1580-November 15, 1629) is a prince of Transylvania (1613-1629), duke of Opole (1622-1625) and leader of an anti-Habsburg insurrection in the Habsburg Royal Hungary.

His last armed intervention in 1626 is part of the Thirty Years' War.

He leads an active Protestant-oriented foreign policy.