In addition, acknowledging that no surviving written sources explicitly state so, he proposes that Apor was a legitimate son of Hungary's Grand Prince Árpád.

[2] In Transylvanian folklore, the family is assumed to have been rabonbáns, ancient rulers of the Székely people,[3] who resisted conversion to Christianity for several centuries after King Stephen I had banned the original Hungarian pagan religion.

One of them, Lázár Apor, was alkirálybiró for Kézdiszék, whereas another, István, became the richest man in Transylvania and had numerous official royal functions - both civil and military.

During the Battle for Zernyest, a young surviving Apor family member moved to Zalán and founded this branch with Székely Judit.

[citation needed] The zaláni branch of the Apor family similarly had multiple estates, including those in Zalán and Szentivánlaborfalva.

In the end, the Apors decide to convert to Christianity, making a consensual marriage possible and averting war at the very last moment.