 Through marriage Zruanduxt became a Queen consort, a relation to the ruling Arsacid dynasty of Armenia and a powerful, influential woman in Armenian society.Shapur III gave to his cousin with Khosrov IV a large army to protect Armenia and gave Khosrov IV a tutor called Zik.Zruanduxt had married a King Client who was a Christian in faith, as she was a follower of the Zoroastrianism, a faith that was the official state religion of the Sasanian Empire.