Gabriel Bethlen
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Most Influential Person Across History
Elected King of Hungary, Prince of Transylvania and Hungarian Protestant military leader
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gabriel Bethlen 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.
