Helena Megale Komnene

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Helena Megale Komnene (Greek: Έλενα Μεγάλη Κομνηνή, Elena Megalē Komnēnē) (died 1366) is the name given for the first wife of King Bagrat V of Georgia. Her first name is recorded in The Georgian Chronicle,[1] and her family name is based on a theory which identifies her as a daughter of Basil of Trebizond.[2][3] If true, the identity of her mother would be uncertain. Basil was bigamous, concurrently married to Irene Palaiologina and Irene of Trebizond.

Helena died in 1366, victim to a plague which had spread across Georgia during the 1350s and 1360s (possibly a recurrence of the Black Death).[4]

A year after her death, her husband married Anna of Trebizond.[5]

According to the Georgian Chronicle, Helena was survived by two children:[6]

References

  1. The Georgian Chronicle
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  3. Christopher Buyers,"Georgia:The Bagrationi (Bagration) Dynasty"
  4. Dictionary of Georgian National Biography
  5. Dictionary of Georgian National Biography: "Bagrat V"
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Helena Megale Komnene
Born: 14th century Died: 1366
Royal titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Sindukhtar Jaqeli
Queen consort of Georgia
1360–1366
Succeeded by
Anna of Trebizond, Queen of Georgia