Ashkhen

Saint Ashkhen
Saint Ashkhen
Venerated in	Armenian Apostolic Church
Feast	Saturday before fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Armenian Apostolic Church)

Queen Ashkhen
Queen Ashkhen
	Tiridates III with his wife Ashkhen and sister Khosrovidukht by Naghash Hovnatan.
Armenian Queen Consort
Reign	4th century
Predecessor	N/A
Successor	N/A
Born	Late 3rd century; Alania
Died	Early 4th century; Garni castle
Husband	Tiridates III of Armenia
Issue	Khosrov III the Small Mahbanu Arshakuni
House	Arsacid dynasty of Armenia
Father	Axidares of Alania

Ashkhen (Armenian: Աշխէն, flourished second half of the 3rd century & first half of the 4th century) was the Queen of Armenia and a member of the Arsacid dynasty by marriage to King Tiridates III of Armenia.^[2]^[3]

^ Domar: the calendrical and liturgical cycle of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, Armenian Orthodox Theological Research Institute, 2002, p. 443.
^ Thomson, Agathangelos's History of the Armenians, p.355
^ Dodgeon, The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 226-363, p.320