Ketevan the Martyr

Ketevan the Martyr
Ketevan depicted on an azulejo at the Graça Convent in Lisbon
Queen consort of Kakheti
Tenure1601–1602
Queen regent of Kingdom of Kakheti
Reign1605–1614
Bornc. 1560
Died13 September 1624
Shiraz
Burial
SpouseDavid I
IssueTeimuraz I
Vakhtang
Helena
Marta
DynastyBagrationi-Mukhrani
FatherAshotan I, Prince of Mukhrani
ReligionGeorgian Orthodox Church
Khelrtva

Ketevan the Martyr (Georgian: ქეთევან წამებული, romanized: ketevan ts'amebuli) (c. 1560 – September 13, 1624) was a queen consort of Kakheti, a kingdom in eastern Georgia. She was regent of Kakheti during the minority of her son Teimuraz I of Kakheti from 1605 to 1614. She was killed at Shiraz, Iran, after prolonged tortures by the Safavid suzerains of Kakheti for refusing to give up the Christian faith and convert to Islam. She has been canonized as a saint by the Georgian Orthodox Church.