Rav Tzvi Hirsh Sofer of Sarospatak

A paternal grandson of Rav Naftali Hirsch Katzenellenbogen, Av Beis Din Manheim and maternal grandson of Rav Yaakov Ha-Kohen Av Beis Din Katzenellenbogen. His uncles were Rav Meir Katzenellenbogen of Lublin; Yitzchok Baer Manheimer and Avraham Hirsch Katzenellenbbogen of Vienna. His son Rav Yisrael Ephraim Fischel Sofer was Av Beis Din Nanash and authored Afsei Eretz.