Taksony of Hungary

Taksony (Latin Toxun, gr taxis; * 931, † 970 or 973) was 955 to about 970 Grand Prince of the Hungarians. He came from the family of the Árpád dynasty and was the son of Grand Prince Zoltán.

Grand Duke

At the head of an army Taksony 947 was dispatched against the Byzantines in Puglia for the Italian kings Hugo and Lothar to Pavia; at the same time he should take the usual Italian tribute to the Hungarian prince in reception.

After their defeat at the Battle of Lechfeld ( 955 ), the Hungarians chose Taksony the Grand Duke. He was then forced to the Bavarian Avar return and give up the support of the Bavarian rebellion. This step meant a peace agreement with the Bavarian neighbors. Similar agreements concluded Taksony also with the Czech rulers, with the Kievan Rus, the Pechenegs and with the Bulgarians. Maybe Taksony was married to a prince's daughter Petcheneg. The Hungarians started to be more sedentary, the raids went back, first missionary efforts took place during the course of this development. In addition, it was possible Taksony to weaken the traditional tribal system of Hungary and himself the tribal princes over to put in a more powerful position. He also moved to foreign populations in the border area and chose his quarters on the eastern side of the Danube, in Pest.

Taksony began to seek the baptism and thereby to a stronger legitimacy of his rule. However, he tried to avoid that his kingdom was connected to a foreign country church. His negotiations with Pope John XII. an autonomous Hungarian National Church were successful in that John 961 or 962 first consecrated a bishop for Hungary. However prevented the German Emperor Otto I, the bishop began his work because he wanted to exercise control over the Christianization of Hungary itself. Only Taksonys descendants Géza and Stephen I. It classified Hungary in the Christian West succeeded.

When the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII refused the tribute Taksony sent vain the Hungarian military leader Apor against Konstantin Opel. 970 Taksony was involved in an attack on Byzantium, which failed at the Battle of Arkadiopolis ( 970).

Community

Taksony is also the name of a municipality south of Budapest, with approximately 5500 inhabitants and one ( despite eviction ) German minority. It maintains partnerships with the community Henfenfeld (since July 1991) and with the City Rain ( since May 2012).