Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians

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Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, was a 10th-century Árpád dynasty ruler who consolidated Hungarian power in the Carpathian Basin and laid foundations for the later Christian kingdom under his descendants.

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Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians canonical 4

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instanceOf Hungarian grand prince ⓘ
medieval ruler ⓘ
member of the Árpád dynasty ⓘ
associatedPeople Germans of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Pechenegs ⓘ
birthDate early 10th century ⓘ
burialPlace unknown ⓘ
child Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians ⓘ
Mihály of Hungary ⓘ
conflictContext post-Magyar raids in Western Europe ⓘ
country Principality of Hungary ⓘ
deathDate c. 970 ⓘ
deathPlace Principality of Hungary ⓘ
dynasty Árpád dynasty ⓘ
era 10th century ⓘ
ethnicity Hungarian ⓘ
father Zoltán of Hungary ⓘ
governedTribes Hungarian tribal federation ⓘ
governmentType tribal principality ⓘ
grandfather Árpád ⓘ
historicalRegion Carpathian Basin ⓘ
historicalRole transitional ruler between raiding period and settled kingdom ⓘ
house House of Árpád ⓘ
linked to: Árpád dynasty
knownFor laying foundations for the later Christian Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
strengthening internal organization of the Hungarian tribal federation ⓘ
language Old Hungarian ⓘ
legacy precursor of Christianization under his descendants ⓘ
notableEvent aftermath of the Battle of Lechfeld (955) ⓘ
consolidation of Hungarian power in the Carpathian Basin ⓘ
policy orientation toward settlement and consolidation in the Carpathian Basin ⓘ
reduction of large-scale Hungarian raids into Western Europe ⓘ
positionHeld Grand Prince of the Hungarians ⓘ
predecessor Fajsz ⓘ
regionRuled Central Europe ⓘ
reignEnd c. 970 ⓘ
reignStart c. 955 ⓘ
relationToStephenI grandfather of Stephen I of Hungary (through Géza) ⓘ
relative Stephen I of Hungary ⓘ
religion paganism ⓘ
source Chronicon Pictum ⓘ
Gesta Hungarorum ⓘ
spouse Pecheneg noblewoman (name unknown) ⓘ
successor Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians ⓘ
successorState Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
title Grand Prince ⓘ

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Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians → father → Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians ⓘ
Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians → predecessor → Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians ⓘ
Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians → predecessor → Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians ⓘ
Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians → father → Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians ⓘ