Term Incumbent Monarch Notes Source 1510–1526 John Zápolya (Szapolyai) Wladislas II, Louis II became king of Hungary [1][2][3] 1527–1529 Peter Perényi John Zápolya left John Zápolya's party and became a partisan of Ferdinand I [1][142][154] 1530–1534 Stephen (VIII) Báthory of Somlyó Ferdinand I [1][142] 1530 Bálint Török [142] 1530–1534 Jerome Laski John Zápolya conspired against the king, who imprisoned him [1][142][155] 1533–1534 Emeric Czibak [142] 1534–1540 Stephen Majláth of Szunyogszeg John Zápolya together with Emeric Balassa of Gyarmat (1538–1540); planned to secede Transylvania from the Kingdom of Hungary, but was captured by the Ottomans [1][105][156] 1538–1540 Emeric Balassa of Gyarmat John Zápolya together with Stephen Majláth of Szunyogszeg (1534–1540); fled when the Ottomans invaded Transylvania [1][105][156] 1551 George Martinuzzi Ferdinand I also elected governor of Transylvania on behalf of the minor John Sigismund, the elected king (1543–1551) [1][105] 1552–1553 Andrew Báthory of Ecsed Ferdinand I resigned [1][142][157] 1553–1556 Stephen Dobó Ferdinand I last voivodes appointed by a king of Hungary [1][142] Francis Kendi 1571–1576 Stephen Báthory elected by the Three Nations and confirmed by the Ottoman Sultan Selim II; declared himself prince of Transylvania after his election as king of Poland in 1576 [1][142][158] 1576–1581 Christopher Báthory Stephen Báthory [1][114] 1581–1586 Sigismund Báthory Stephen Báthory last voivode; his title of prince of Transylvania confirmed in 1595 by Emperor Rudolph [159][160]