died 1474: founder of the Paulinian branch. Erasmus Haller zu Ziegelstein; died 1501. Sebald Haller von Hallerstein, died 1578, imperial councillor of Charles V, diplomat. Married in 1528 to Maria im Hoff. Bavarian Branch Ruprecht I Haller von Hallerstein, born 1419, descendants: Wolf II Haller von Hallerstein, (1492-1559): Imperial counselor. married to Elisabeth van Logenhagen. Maria Haller von Hallerstein, 1538 Johanna Haller von Hallerstein, 1539 Louisa Haller von Hallerstein, 1540: Abbes of Soleilmont abbey. Carl Haller von Hallerstein, 1542 Isabella Haller von Hallerstein, 1544 Philipp Haller von Hallerstein, 1550 Bartholomeus Haller von Hallerstein, (1486-1551), Imperial mayor of Frankfurt, secretary to queen Mary of Hungary (governor of the Netherlands). Christoph Haller von Hallerstein zu Zieglstein, died 1581. Wolf III Haller von Hallerstein, died 1571. Ruprecht Haller von Hallerstein, born 1533. Ludwig Haller von Hallerstein, born 1550: friend of Ortelius Images Hungarian-Transylvanian Branch Ruprecht Haller (1452–1513) went to Buda in Hungary and received a patent in 1489, according to which he and his successors were allowed to buy Hungarian goods for up to 4,000 forints for export. He later became a councilor of Louis II of Hungary and finally his chief judge. He had five sons and founded a branch in the Kingdom of Hungary and in Transylvania that still exists today. Some of them translated their name Hallerstein into Hungarian ("Haller de Hallerkeö"). His son János operated a coin mint in Bratislava. With Peter Haller a branch went to Sibiu in the then semi-independent Principality of Transylvania. The Hallers kept their Hungarian identity and served the elected Protestant princes, who were also mostly Hungarian, and acquired extensive property there. Peter's son Gábor Haller I (1558-1608) joined Stephen Bathory who was elected Prince of Transylvania in 1571. After he was elected King of Poland in 1576, he left Transylvania to his brother Christopher Báthory. Christopher's wife was the sister of Gábor Haller's wife Ilona Bocskai. Christopher's son and successor Sigismund Báthory however was hostile to Haller, yet, in 1599 he ceded Transylvania to his relative, Cardinal Andrew Báthory. After the turmoil connected with Michael the Brave, Stephen Bocskai (1557–1606) was elected prince in 1605, a passionate defender of the Reformation. Gábor Haller, a devoted Unitarian, had promoted him, and Bocskai rewarded him with money and offices. Under the subsequent prince Sigismund Rákóczi, Haller became city councilor, captain of the fortress Făgăraș and burgrave in the Kis-Küküllő County. He died in 1608 at