Taksony of Hungary

Taksony
Depicted in the Illuminated Chronicle
Grand Prince of the Hungarians
Reignc. 955 – early 970s
PredecessorFajsz
SuccessorGéza
Bornc. 931
Diedearly 970s
IssueGéza
Michael
DynastyÁrpád dynasty
FatherZoltán
MotherMenumorut's unnamed daughter (debated)
ReligionHungarian paganism

Taksony ([ˈtɒkʃoɲ], also Taxis or Tocsun;[1] before or around 931 – early 970s) was the Grand Prince of the Hungarians after their catastrophic defeat in the 955 Battle of Lechfeld. In his youth he had participated in plundering raids in Western Europe, but during his reign the Hungarians only targeted the Byzantine Empire. The Gesta Hungarorum recounts that significant Muslim and Pecheneg groups settled in Hungary under Taksony.

  1. ^ McKitterick, Rosamond; Reuter, Timothy; Fouracre, Paul; Abulafia, David; Allmand, C. T.; Luscombe, David Edward; Jones, Michael; Riley-Smith, Jonathan (23 March 1995). The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 3, C.900-c.1024. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521364478 – via Google Books.

© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search