Helen of Anjou

Saint Helen of Anjou Јелена Анжујска Jelena Anžujska
Portrait of Helen of Anjou, fresco in Serbian Orthodox Sopoćani Monastery
Church Builder
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church
Attributes	Church Builder
Queen consort of Serbia
Tenure	1243–1276
Born	c. 1235
Died	8 February 1314 (aged c. 78) Church of St. Nicholas, Skadar
Burial	Gradac Monastery
Spouse	Stefan Uroš I
Issue	Stefan Dragutin Stefan Milutin Stefan Brnjača
Religion	Roman Catholic, then Serbian Orthodox
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Helen of Anjou (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Анжујска, Jelena Anžujska, pronounced [jɛ̌lɛna ǎnʒuːjskaː]; c. 1235 – 8 February 1314) was the queen consort of the Serbian Kingdom, as the spouse of King Stefan Uroš I, who ruled from 1243 to 1276. Their sons were later Serbian kings Stefan Dragutin (1276–1282) and Stefan Milutin (1282–1321). As a dowager-queen, she held the provincial governorship in the regions of Zeta and Travunija (until 1308). She built Gradac Monastery and was known for her religious tolerance. She is revered as a saint by the Serbian Orthodox Church.^[1][2] Her relics, however, are now lost.