Helena Megale Komnene ( el, Έλενα Μεγάλη Κομνηνή, translit=Elena Megalē Komnēnē; ka, ელენა კომნენა) (died 1366) is the name given for the first wife of King

Bagrat V of Georgia Bagrat V the Great (, ) (died 1393) from the Bagrationi dynasty was the son of the Georgian king David IX of Georgia by his wife Sindukhtar Jaqeli. He was co-ruler from 1355, and became king after the death of his father in 1360. Life A fair ...

. Her first name is recorded in ''

The Georgian Chronicles ''The Georgian Chronicles'' is a conventional English name for the principal compendium of medieval Georgian historical texts, natively known as ''Kartlis Tskhovreba'' ( ka, ქართლის ცხოვრება), literally "Life of Ka ...

'', and her family name is based on a theory which identifies her as a daughter of

Basil of Trebizond Basil Megas Komnenos ( grc-x-medieval, Βασίλειος Μέγας Κομνηνός, Basileios Megas Komnēnos) (died 6 April 1340) was Emperor of Trebizond from August 1332 until his death in 1340. Although Basil's reign was a period of stabil ...

. If true, the identity of her mother would be uncertain. Basil was

bigamous In cultures where monogamy is mandated, bigamy is the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another. A legal or de facto separation of the couple does not alter their marital status as married persons. I ...

, 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). A year after her death, her husband married Anna of Trebizond. According to the ''Georgian Chronicle'', Helena was survived by two children: *

George VII of Georgia George VII ( Georgian: გიორგი VII) (died 1405 or 1407) was king of Georgia from 1393 to 1407 (alternatively, from 1395 to 1405). George was the son of the king Bagrat V and his first wife Elene of Trebizond (died of bubonic plagu ...

*David. Otherwise unknown.

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