Balendukht Explained

Balendukht or Balendokht (Georgian: ბალენდუხტი) (fl. c. 450 CE) was a Sasanian princess and queen consort of Iberia.[1] [2] She was the daughter of Sasanian shah (king) Hormizd III. During her youth, she married Vakhtang I, the ruler of Iberia, with whom she had one child named Dachi.[3] Balendukht, however, died in childbirth.[4]

The etymology of her name is unclear. It may have been a corrupted from *Šāhēnduxt.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mikaberidze, Alexander . Historical Dictionary of Georgia . 2015-02-06 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-4422-4146-6 . en.
  2. Book: Nutsubidze . Tamar . Georgian Christian Thought and Its Cultural Context: Memorial Volume for the 125th Anniversary of Shalva Nutsubidze (1888-1969) . Horn . Cornelia B. . Lourié . Basil . 2014-03-13 . BRILL . 978-90-04-26427-4 . en.
  3. Book: Quasten . Johannes . Traditio . Kuttner . Stephan . 1969 . Fordham University Press . en.
  4. Book: Rayfield, Donald . Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia . 2013-02-15 . Reaktion Books . 978-1-78023-070-2 . en.
  5. Gippert. Jost. Onomastic Irano-Iberica: I. The Name of Vakhtang Gorgasali's Persian Wife. Enat'mets'nierebis Sakit'khebi. 2011. 91–98. 1512-0473. 2015-06-19. 2015-06-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20150619175602/http://old.press.tsu.ge/GEO/internet/elektronuli%20journals/Enatmecn-sakitkhebi-11_T100_26-06-12.pdf. dead.

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