Taksony, grand prince of the Hungarians

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Zoltán, duke.

This relationship is given by Kristó and Makk. It is recorded by Constantine Porphyrogenitus [40], (“Zaltas had a son Taxis”). 

Mother: unknown.

The Gesta Hungarorum gives her as the daughter of Menumorut, a Romanian ruler, but its reliability is debated.

Spouse: unknown.

The Gesta Hungarorum states that Taksony married a woman from the land of the Cumans, but this is anachronistic.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Géza, grand prince of the Hungarians (about 940 - 997) married Sarolt.

Mihály, grand prince of the Hungarians (born about 960).

References

Constantine Porphyrogenitus. De Administrando Imperio. (Dumbarton Oaks Texts, 1967). 

Engel, Pál. The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary 895-1526 (2001). 

Kristó, Gyula and Ferenc Makk. Arpaden I genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.