Zápolya family

Zápolya family
Szapolyai-család
Zápolya family; Szapolyai-család
Hungarian noble family
Country	Hungary; Poland
Founded	14th century
Current head	None, extinct
Final ruler	John Sigismund Zápolya
Titles	Prince of Transylvania; (1570–1571); King of Hungary (contested); (1526–1570); Voivode of Transylvania; (1510–1526); Palatine of Hungary; (1486–1487; 1492–1499); Ban of Croatia and Slavonia; (1464–1465);
Dissolution	14 March 1571
	* Italic is used for non-hereditary titles

The Szapolyai or Zápolya family was a noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary in the second half of the 15th century and in the early 16th century. A member of the family, John Szapolyai, was King of Hungary between 1526 and 1540, but he only ruled the central and eastern parts of the kingdom, because many Hungarian lords and prelates supported his opponent, Ferdinand of Habsburg.

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