According to a variant of the story, Helen, in widowhood, was driven out by her stepsons and fled to Rhodes, where she was hanged by the Rhodian queen Polyxo in revenge for the death of her husband, Tlepolemus, in the Trojan War.

What did Helen die of in Jane Eyre?

Helen tragically dies of tuberculosis at a very young age and Jane stays with her until the last moment. ... Brontë describes Helen as angelic in her death to demonstrate her pious nature. Question. Helen Burns is Jane's first friend.

Did Helen of Troy have a child?

Helen and Menelaus became rulers of Sparta, after Tyndareus and Leda abdicated. Menelaus and Helen rule in Sparta for at least ten years; they have a daughter, Hermione, and (according to some myths) three sons: Aethiolas, Maraphius, and Pleisthenes.