TAKSONY, son of ZOLTÁN Prince of Hungary & his wife --- (-[970/72]). The De Administrando Imperio of Konstantinos Porphyrogenetos names "Taxin" as the son of "Arpade…quartus Zaltas filium", another passage stating that "omnes quidem Arpade filii mortui sunt" survived by "eorum nepotibus Phale et Tase cum patrueli eorum Taxi"[249]. The Gestis Hungarorum Liber records the birth of "dux Zulta…filium…Tocsun" in 931[250]. He allied the Magyars with the Pechenegs [Kumans], to whom he gave land around the River Tisza, in order to strengthen his armed forces and secure the defences of his western border[251]. Liutprand records "Taxis Hungariorum rex" invading Italy with his army[252]. The Magyars were defeated in battle by Otto I King of Germany at Augsburg in 955[253]. The Gesta Hungarorum names "Tocsun" as leader of a Hungarian raid into Greece and Bulgaria, recorded after its report of the defeat at Augsburg, but states that this was their last raid "while living as pagans"[254]. From about this time, he was accepted as TAKSONY Prince of Hungary.
m (947) ---, from the Kumans. The Gestis Hungarorum Liber records that "dux Zulta" arranged the marriage of his son "Tocsun" with "uxorem de terra Cumanorum"[255]. In allying himself with the Pechenegs, Prince Taksony brought back a wife for himself from their land[256].
Prince Taksony had [three] children
Taksony (latin : Toscus ; slovaque : Takšon() (v. 905 - v. 972) fut fejedelem (c'est-à-dire prince souverain) de Hongrie de 955 à sa mort. Il est le fils de Zoltan. On connaît assez peu de choses sur sa vie.
Il organisa de nombreux raids dans les territoires voisins et fut probablement présent à la bataille de Lechfeld le 10 août 955, dans laquelle l'armée hongroise perdit son chef Bulcsú. Les relations entre les Hongrois et les Byzantins dégénérèrent progressivement, peut-être en raison de la façon dont ils étaient décrits par l'empereur Othon Ier de Germanie, c'est-à-dire comme des païens. Bien que Taksony demandât au pape Jean XII d'envoyer un évêque en Hongrie, il ne favorisa réellement jamais le christianisme. Il eut deux fils, Géza, dont la descendance s'arrêta rapidement, et Mihály, qui poursuivit la lignée des Árpád.