A report on Gabriel Bethlen and Catherine of Brandenburg

Statue of Gábor Bethlen, by György Vastagh, Heroes' Square, Budapest, Hungary

Transylvanian Ducat of Catherine of Brandenburg 1630

Transylvanian Thaler of Gabriel Bethlen showing his portrait and coat of arms (1621)

On 2 March 1626, she married Gabriel Bethlen, prince of Transylvania.

- Catherine of Brandenburg

On his return from Vienna, Bethlen wed Catherine of Brandenburg, the daughter of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg.

- Gabriel Bethlen

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Košice

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Largest city in eastern Slovakia.

Eastern Hungarian Kingdom around 1550, including Košice shown as 'Kassa'

Part of the Ottoman Empire in 1683, including the Principality of Upper Hungary, based around Košice shown as 'Kassa'

"Cassovia: Superioris Hungariae Civitas Primaria", the prospect from Civitates orbis terrarum. Cassovia (Slovak: Košice, German: Kaschau, Hungarian: Kassa), the "capital" of Upper Hungary in 1617.

The military base in Košice at the end of the 18th century

Hlavná ulica (Main Street) in historic downtown

Statue of Košice's coat of arms, the first municipal coat of arms in Europe

St. Elisabeth Cathedral in Košice is Slovakia's largest church

Divizia – seat of the Košice Self-Governing Region

The seat of the Slovak Constitutional Court

The Tree of Partnership on Hlavná Street

On September 5, 1619, the prince of Transylvania, Gabriel Bethlen captured Košice with the assistance of the future George I Rákóczi in another anti-Habsburg insurrection.

Bethlen married Catherine von Hohenzollern, of Johann Sigismund Kurfürst von Brandenburg, in Košice in 1626.

Stephen Bethlen

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The Prince of Transylvania in late 1630.

He was the younger brother of Gabriel Bethlen, Prince of Transylvania between 1613-1629 and King-elect of Hungary.

After the death of his brother, Stephen Bethlen tried on January 25, 1630 without success to take over the reign from his sister-in-law Catherine of Brandenburg.

John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg

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Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern.

Catherine of Brandenburg (28 May 1602 – 27 August 1644). Married first Gabriel Bethlen, Prince of Transylvania and secondly Franz Karl of Saxe-Lauenburg.