Person

Taksony

fl. c. 950–970 · 10th century

Taksony was Grand Prince of the Hungarians from about 955 to about 970, the period after the defeat at the Lechfeld that ended the Magyar raids on western Europe. A grandson of Árpád, he is said to have settled Pecheneg and Muslim groups in Hungary and asked the papacy for a bishop. His son Géza succeeded him and began the conversion of the Hungarians.

Taksony
Image: Civertan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 1 state history

Principality of Hungary

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Taksony. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/taksony
MLA
“Taksony.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/taksony. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Taksony.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/taksony.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Taksony’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/taksony (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻