The following is the list of chancellors of Transylvania during the Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711) and the (Grand) Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867).
| Name ! Date | Prince ! Note | - | 1556–1571 | - | 1571–1575 | - | 1576–1578 | - | 1578–1586 | - | 1578–1594 | for voivodes Christopher Báthory and Sigismund Báthory until 1586 | - | 1594–1598 | - | 1598–1600 | - | Vacant | 1600–1603 | headed by a secretary of the Chancellery | - | 1603 | - | 1604–1606 | appointed by Stephen Bocskay. | - | Vacant | 1606–1607 | - | 1607–1608 | - | 1608–1610 | - | 1610–1611 | - | Vacant | 1611–1613 | - | 1613–1621 | - | Vacant | 1621–1622 | - | 1622–1634 | - | Vacant | 1634–1656 | Master of the Judgement: István Kassai (1634–1644), Secretary: János Szalárdi (1644–1649), Secretary: János Pálóczi Horváth (1649–1656) | - | 1656–1660 | George II Rákóczi, 1657–1658: disputed Prince Francis Rhédey | - | János Bethlen Acting Chancellor: Farkas Bethlen (1676–1677) | 1659–1676 1677–1678 | appointed by Ákos Barcsay, when Mihály Mikes still held the office | - | 1678–1679 | - | Vacant | 1679–1688 | the distribution of functions among several persons | - | 1688–1690 | Michael I Apafi Field Marshal Antonio Caraffa | appointed by Leopold I, Transylvania was occupied | - | Transylvanian Court Chancellery | Since 1694 | Diploma Leopoldinum end of the independent Transylvania | - |
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The Transylvanian Court Chancellery was established in 1694, according to the Diploma Leopoldinum, modeled on its Hungarian counterpart. Leopold I also created the Gubernium ("Governorate") which was the main governmental body of Transylvania until the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.
During the reign of Joseph II the Hungarian and Transylvanian Court Chancelleries were merged in 1787. The King withdrew his, among others, regulation on his deathbed.
| Name ! Date | Note | - | 1691–1708 | Chancellor | - | 1694–1706 | Court Chancellor | - | 1707–1710 (?) | Director of Francis II Rákóczi's Transylvanian Chancellery | - | 1710–1713 | Court Chancellor; Governor (1713–1731) | - | 1713–1740 | Chancellor | - | 1740–1754 | Court Chancellor | - | 1754–1765 | Court Chancellor | - | 1766–1777 | Chancellor; Chairman of the Gubernium (1774–1777), Governor (1777–1787) | - | 1787–1791 | Court Chancellor of Hungary and Transylvania | - | 1791–1822 | Court Chancellor | - | 1822–1834 | Lord Chancellor | - | Vacant | 1834–1837 | - | 1837–1844 | Court Chancellor | - | Vacant | 1844–1846 | - | 1846–1848 | Court Chancellor | - | Vacant | 1848–1860 | - | 1860–1861 | Chancellor | - | 1861–1865 | Court Chancellor | - | 1865–1867 | Court Chancellor | - |
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