Background
He was the son of Narseh (293–302). Hormizd II, unlike his father, persecuted the Manicheans who had lived peacefully during the reign of his father.
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Hormizd Hormizd II
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Career
In 302, Hormizd II ascended the throne, assuming a crown resembling the crown used by the early Sasanian rulers. In 309, while Hormizd was hunting, he was wounded by a Ghassanid army, and was shortly killed by the Sasanian nobles. Another version has it that Shapur II was the son of Hormizd II"s first wife, and that while still pregnant she was made to wear a crown over her pudenda so that the baby would be born as a king.
Prince Adhur Narseh (3rd century – 309), the ninth king of the Sasanian Empire.
Prince Shapur II (309–379), the tenth king of the Sasanian Empire. Prince Adurfrazgird (??? – 4th century), governor of southern Arbayistan.
Prince Zamasp (??? – 4th century), governor of northern Arbayistan. Prince Shapur Sakanshah (??? – 4th century), governor of Sakastan.
Prince Hormizd (??? – 4th century), imprisoned by the Sasanian nobles and later defected to the Roman Empire.
Prince Ardashir II (??? – 383), the eleventh king of the Sasanian Empire. Princess Asay (??? – 4th century), married the Arsacid king Urnayr. Princess Hormizddukht (??? – 4th century), married the Mamikonian prince Vahan.
