Helena Megale Komnene (; 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) of the Bagrationi dynasty, was co-king from 1355 and became king (''mepe'') of the Kingdom of Georgia from 1360 until his death in 1393. Life Bagrat was the son of David IX and his wife Sindukhtar Jaqeli. ...

. Her first name is recorded in '' The Georgian Chronicles'', and her family name is based on a theory which identifies her as a daughter of

Basil of Trebizond Basil Megas Komnenos () (died 6 April 1340) was Emperor of Trebizond from August 1332 until his death in 1340. Although Basil's reign was a period of stability during the civil war that dominated the pocket empire during the second quarter of t ...

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

bigamous In a culture where only monogamous relationships are legally recognized, 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 mari ...

, concurrently married to Irene Palaiologina and

Irene of Trebizond Irene of Trebizond (died around 1382) was an Empress consort of Trebizond as the bigamous wife of Basil of Trebizond. She had an important position in the regency of her son Alexios III of Trebizond in 1341-1352. Life Not much is known of Iren ...

. 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 The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic that occurred in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the list of epidemics, most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as people perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th century population. ...

). A year after her death, her husband married

Anna of Trebizond Anna Anachoutlou (; died 3 September 1342) ruled the Empire of Trebizond from 1341 to 1342. She was the eldest daughter of the Trapezuntine emperor Alexios II Megas Komnenos () and had joined a convent as a nun during her father's reign. Afte ...

. According to the ''Georgian Chronicle'', Helena was survived by two children: *

George VII of Georgia George VII ( ka, გიორგი VII, tr) (died 1405 or 1407) of the Bagrationi dynasty, was king (''mepe'') of the Kingdom of Georgia from 1393 until his death in 1407 (alternatively, from 1395 to 1405). Early life George born in the 1360s, ...

*David. Otherwise unknown.

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