Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians

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Hungarian grand prince medieval ruler member of the Árpád dynasty

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

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Stephen’s father Géza as Grand Prince of the Hungarians → father → Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians ⓘ
subject surface form: Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians
Stephen’s father Géza as Grand Prince of the Hungarians → predecessor → Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians ⓘ
subject surface form: Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians