Charena was a nobleman in the

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, who served as

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( la, curialis comes) in 1184, during the reign of

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. He was appointed to the office sometime in 1183 or 1184. In this capacity, Béla III delegated him into the judicial body, of which Denis, Palatine of Hungary and ''comes'' Achilles were also members, which judged over the lawsuit between

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and the royal udvornici of

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, according to a document issued by the collegiate chapter of

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. Charena was replaced by

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as judge royal in 1185 at the latest.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Charena Judges royal 12th-century Hungarian people