Peter (judge royal)

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Peter
Judge royal
Reign 1183
Predecessor Cumpurdinus
Successor Charena

Peter (Hungarian : Péter) was a nobleman in the Kingdom of Hungary, who served as Judge royal (Latin : curialis comes) in 1183, during the reign of Béla III of Hungary. [1] According to a non-authentic charter, he already once held the position in 1171. [2]

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Judge royal judicial position in the Kingdom of Hungary

The judge royal, also justiciar, chief justice or Lord Chief Justice, was the second-highest judge, preceded only by the palatine, in the Kingdom of Hungary between around 1127 and 1884. After 1884, the judge royal was only a symbolic function, but it was only in 1918 — with the end of Habsburgs in the Kingdom of Hungary — that the function ceased officially.

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References

  1. Markó 2006, p. 290.
  2. Zsoldos 2011, p. 27.

Sources

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Political offices
Preceded by
Cumpurdinus
Judge royal
1183
Succeeded by
Charena