Editing Khosrow II (section)

== Family ==
Khosrow was the son of [[Hormizd IV]] and an unnamed [[House of Ispahbudhan|Ispahbudhan]] noblewoman who was the sister of [[Vistahm]] and [[Vinduyih]]. Khosrow also had two cousins from the Ispahbudhan family who were named [[Mah-Adhur Gushnasp]] and [[Narsi]].{{sfn|Pourshariati|2008|p=179}} He had a brother-in-law named [[Hormuzan]],{{sfn|Shahbazi|2004b}} a Sasanian nobleman from one of the [[seven Parthian clans]], who later fought against the Arabs during the [[Muslim conquest of Persia|Muslim invasion of Persia]].{{sfn|Pourshariati|2008|p=236}}

Of Khosrow's wives, the Christian [[Shirin]] played the most prominent public role. She bore Khosrow a son, [[Mardanshah (Sasanian prince)|Mardanshah]], and unsuccessfully tried to secure the succession for him. Another one of Khosrow's wives was [[Maria (daughter of Maurice)|Maria]], which some sources depict as the daughter of the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] emperor [[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]].{{sfn|Howard-Johnston|2010}} However, this identification is generally not accepted by scholars. Maria may have been a Greek girl in Khosrow's harem, later remembered as a Byzantine princess.{{Sfn|Garsoïan|2000|p=579}} Maria was the mother of Khosrow's successor [[Kavad II]].{{sfn|Howard-Johnston|2010}} The 9th-century historian [[Abu Hanifa Dinawari|Dinawari]] claims that Khosrow married [[Gordiya]], the sister of [[Bahram Chobin]], after the latter's death, and that Gordiya bore him a son named [[Juvansher|Javanshir]]. Javanshir is supposed to have ruled before Khosrow's daughter [[Borandukht]], but he is not represented in Sasanian coinage.{{sfn|Al-Tabari|1985–2007|p=|loc=v. 5: p. 404 (note 996)}} Khosrow also had other children: daughters Borandukht and [[Azarmidokht]] and sons [[Shahriyar (son of Khosrow II)|Shahriyar]] and [[Farrukhzad Khosrau V|Farrukhzad Khosrow V]]. All these persons except Shahriyar would later become the monarch of Iran during the [[Sasanian civil war of 628–632]]. Khosrow had a sister who was married to the Sasanian ''[[spahbed]]'' [[Shahrbaraz]] and bore him [[Shapur-i Shahrvaraz]]. She was called Mihran because she had married into the [[House of Mihran]].{{sfn|Pourshariati|2008|p=205}}

=== Family tree ===

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{{Tree chart| | | | | | | ANU | | | | SHA | | | | | | | | | | | | | SHA = Shapur<br />(† 580s) | ANU = [[Khosrow I]]<br />(531–579) | border=1}}
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{{Tree chart| | | | | | | HO4 |y| UNK | | VIS | | | VIN | | | | UNN |y| JUS | | | | HO4 = [[Hormizd IV]]<br />(579–590) | UNK = Unknown | VIS = [[Vistahm]]<br />(590/1–596<br/>or<br/>594/5–600) | VIN = [[Vinduyih]] | UNN = Unnamed noblewoman | JUS = Jushnas |border=1}}

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{{Tree chart| | | | | KH2 | | | | | | | | | | | KVD | | MIR | | MAH | | NAR | KH2 = '''Khosrow II'''<br />(590–628) | KVD = Kavad | MIR = Mihran | MAH = [[Mah-Adhur Gushnasp]] | NAR = [[Narsi]] |border=1}}
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{{Tree chart| | KA2 |!| AZA |!| MAD |!| JVS |!| KH3 | | SH5 | | |!| ANO |!| BIS | | KA2 = [[Kavad II]]<br />(628) | AZA = [[Azarmidokht]]<br />(630–631) | MAD = [[Mardanshah (Sasanian prince)|Mardanshah]]<br />(† 628) | JVS = [[Javanshir (Sasanian prince)|Javanshir]] | KH3 = [[Khosrow III]]<br />(630) | SH5 = [[Shapur-i Shahrvaraz]]<br />(630) | BIS = Bistam | ANO = Anoshagan | border=1}}
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{{Tree chart| | | | BUR | | KH5 | | SHR | | INC | | | | | | | | KAV | | TAM | | | | BUR = [[Borandukht]]<br />(629–630, 631–632) | KH5 = [[Farrukhzad Khosrau V|Farrukhzad Khosrow V]]<br />(631) | SHR = [[Shahriyar (son of Khosrow II)|Shahriyar]]<br />(† 628) | INC = Unknown | KAV = Kavad Gushnasp | TAM = Tamahij | border=1}}
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