 The throne was reserved for the unborn child of Hormizd II's wife Ifra Hormizd, which was Shapur II.It is said that Shapur II may have been the only king in history to be crowned "in utero", as the legend claims that the crown was placed upon his mother's womb while she was pregnant.However, according to Alireza Shapour 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.