Helena Megale Komnene | |
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Queen consort of Georgia | |
Tenure | 1360–1366 |
Died | 1366 |
Spouse | Bagrat V of Georgia |
Issue | George VII of Georgia David |
House | Komnenos |
Father | Basil of Trebizond |
Mother | Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond or Irene of Trebizond |
Helena Megale Komnene (Greek: Έλενα Μεγάλη Κομνηνή, romanized: Elena 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]