Helena Megale Komnene

Helena Megale Komnene
Queen consort of Georgia
Tenure1360–1366
Died1366
SpouseBagrat V of Georgia
IssueGeorge VII of Georgia
David
HouseKomnenos
FatherBasil of Trebizond
MotherIrene Palaiologina of Trebizond or
Irene of Trebizond

Helena Megale Komnene (Greek: Έλενα Μεγάλη Κομνηνή, romanizedElena Megalē Komnēnē; Georgian: ელენა კომნენა) (died 1366) is the name given for the first wife of King Bagrat V of Georgia. Her first name is recorded in The Georgian Chronicles,[1] and her family name is based on a theory which identifies her as a daughter of Basil of Trebizond.[citation needed] 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).[2]

A year after her death, her husband married Anna of Trebizond.[3]

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

  1. ^ The Georgian Chronicle
  2. ^ Dictionary of Georgian National Biography
  3. ^ "Dictionary of Georgian National Biography: "Bagrat V"". Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2010-05-06.