From Classic Encyclopedia 1911 GABRIEL BETHLEN (GABOR)
(1580-1629), prince of Transylvania, the most famous
representative of the Iktari branch of a very ancient Hungarian
family, was born at Illye, and educated at Szarhegy, at the
castle of his uncle Andras Lazar. Thence he was sent to the
court of Prince Zsigmond Bathory, whom he accompanied on his
famous Wallachian campaign in 1600. Subsequently he assisted
Stephen Bocskay to mount the throne of Transylvania (1605), and
remained his chief counsellor. Bethlen also supported Bocskay's
successor Gabriel Bathory (1608-1613), but the prince became
jealous of Bethlen's superior abilities, and he was obliged to
take refuge with the Turks. In 1613 he led a large army against
his persecutor, on whose murder by two of his officers that year
Bethlen was placed on the throne by the Porte, in opposition to
the wishes of the emperor, who preferred a prince who would
incline more towards Vienna than towards Constantinople. On the
13th of October 1613, the diet of Klausen