Taksony was the son of Zoltán, according to the "Gesta Hungarorum" (written around 1200). The same source adds that Taksony's mother was an unnamed daughter of Menumorut, a local ruler defeated by the conquering Hungarians shortly before 907. Its unknown author also says that Taksony was born "in the year of Our Lord's incarnation 931". The "Gesta Hungarorum" reports that Zoltán abdicated in favor of Taksony in 947, three years before his own death.