The first known member of the family was one Ladislaus Vajdafi Szapolyai, who was a Slavonian nobleman with estates in Požega County, today small eponymous village Zapolje in Rešetari municipality, Brod-Posavina county.
The first known member of the family was one Ladislaus Vajdafi Szapolyai Brod-Posavina county. Vajdafi Szapolyai was a Slavonian nobleman with estates in Požega County, today small eponymous village Zapolje in Rešetari municipality.