Helena Megale Komnene
{{Short description|Queen of Georgia from 1360 to 1366}}
{{Infobox Royalty
| name = Helena Megale Komnene
| succession = Queen consort of Georgia
| reign = 1360–1366
| death_date = 1366
| consort = yes
| 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 ({{langx|el|Έλενα Μεγάλη Κομνηνή|translit=Elena Megalē Komnēnē}}; {{lang-ka|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,The Georgian Chronicle and her family name is based on a theory which identifies her as a daughter of Basil of Trebizond.{{CN|date=June 2023}} 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).Dictionary of Georgian National Biography
A year after her death, her husband married Anna of Trebizond.{{Cite web |url=http://www.georgianbiography.com/bios/b/bagrat5_georgia.htm |title=Dictionary of Georgian National Biography: "Bagrat V" |access-date=2010-05-06 |archive-date=2012-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227140050/http://www.georgianbiography.com/bios/b/bagrat5_georgia.htm |url-status=dead }}
According to the Georgian Chronicle, Helena was survived by two children:{{CN|date=June 2023}}
- George VII of Georgia
- David. Otherwise unknown.
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Category:Queens consort from Georgia (country)
Category:14th-century deaths from plague (disease)