Helena Megale Komnene
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.[2] 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).[3]
A year after her death, her husband married Anna of Trebizond.[4]
According to the Georgian Chronicle, Helena was survived by two children:[5]
- George VII of Georgia
- David. Otherwise unknown.
References[]
- ^ The Georgian Chronicle
- ^ Cawley, Charles, Profile of Bagrat V, his wives and children, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
- ^ Dictionary of Georgian National Biography
- ^ Dictionary of Georgian National Biography: "Bagrat V"
- ^ Cawley, Charles, Profile of Bagrat V, his wives and children, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,[self-published source][better source needed]
- 14th-century births
- 1366 deaths
- Queens consort from Georgia (country)
- 14th-century deaths from plague (disease)
- 14th-century people from Georgia (country)
- 14th-century women from Georgia (country)