Editing Hormizd II (section)

==Succession==
After Hormizd's death, he was succeeded by his eldest son [[Adur Narseh]], who, after a brief reign which lasted few months, was killed by some of the nobles of the empire.{{sfn|Tafazzoli|1983|p=477}} They then blinded the second,{{sfn|Al-Tabari|1985–2007|loc=v. 5: p. 50}} and imprisoned the third ([[Hormizd (Constantinople)|Hormizd]], who afterwards escaped to the Roman Empire).{{sfn|Shahbazi|2004b|pp=461–462}} The throne was reserved for the unborn child of Hormizd II's wife Ifra Hormizd, which was Shapur II. Shapur II was reportedly the only king in history to be crowned ''[[Uterus|in utero]]'', as the legend claims that the crown was placed upon his mother's womb while she was pregnant.{{sfn|Daryaee|2014|p=16}} However, according to Shahbazi, it is unlikely that Shapur was crowned as king while still in his mother's womb, since the nobles could not have known of his sex at that time. He further states that Shapur was born forty days after his father's death, and that the nobles killed Adur Narseh and crowned Shapur II in order to gain greater control of the empire, which they were able to do until Shapur II reached his majority at the age of 16.{{sfn|Al-Tabari|1985–2007|loc=v. 5: p. 50}}