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When Persian King Hormisda II (302–309) died, the Persian magnates killed his eldest son Adarnasses, blinded the second, and imprisoned the third (Hormisda, who afterwards escaped to the Roman Empire). The throne was reserved for the unborn child of one of the wives of Hormisda II, who was Jewish. It is said that Shapur II may have been the only king in history to be crowned in utero, the crown was placed upon his mother's belly. This child, named Shapur, was therefore born king; the government was conducted by his mother and the magnates. But when Shapur II came of age, he turned out to be one of the greatest monarchs of the dynasty.
WI Shapur was born a girl instead of a boy??? Does the girl still succeeds as Queen (since she was crowned as a fetus) or some relative of Hormisda II or another magnate gets the Throne?
How is this altering History? Any thoughts?
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