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]
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^Gippert, Jost (2011). "Onomastic Irano-Iberica: I. The Name of Vakhtang Gorgasali's Persian Wife" (PDF). Enat'mets'nierebis Sakit'khebi: 91–98. ISSN 1512-0473. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
Balendukht or Balendokht (Georgian: ბალენდუხტი) (fl. c. 450 CE) was a Sasanian princess and queen consort of Iberia. She was the daughter of Sasanian shah...
his sister Mirandukht from captivity. At the age 19, Vakhtang married Balendukht, "daughter" of the Great King Hormizd (apparently Hormizd III, r. 457–459)...
has been found. Hormizd was survived by his two daughters, who were: Balendukht, the wife of Vakhtang I, the ruler of Iberia. She bore the latter a son...
Georgian chronicles, Dachi was the eldest son of King Vakhtang I Gorgasal by Balendukht, daughter of the Iranian Sassanid king Hormizd III. He succeeded his father...
through Mithridates VI of Pontus) King Dachi through his mother Queen Balendukht was the direct descendant of Shah Ardashir I (10 generations) Samara was...
Georgian Kingdom of Iberia Mihrdat IV Maria Mihrdat V Greek Roman Empire Sagdukht Vakhtang I Persian Gardman Balendukht Dachi Persian Sasanian Empire...
Vakhtang I. Razhden was a guardian or tutor (მამამძუძუ, mamamdzudzu) of Balendukht, a daughter of the king of the Persians, whom he accompanied to Iberia...
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