Vardan II (d. 711) - was the

Mihranid The Mihranids were an Iranian family which ruled several regions of Caucasus from 330 to 821. They claimed to be of Sasanian Persian descent but were of Parthian origin. History The dynasty was founded when a certain Mihran, a distant relative o ...

king of

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from 705 to 711 (together with brother Gagik I).{{Cite book , last=Toumanoff , first=Cyrille , title=Les dynasties de la Caucasie chrétienne de l'Antiquité jusqu'au xixe siècle : Tables généalogiques et chronologiques Son of king Varaz Trdat I and Sparama. In 694, the latter declared Vardan together with his brother Gagik rulers. In the same year, he was captured by the

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Justinian II. Soon his mother Sparama along with usurpator Shero seized power. In 695, Vardan and his brother were sent to

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, where they stayed until 699. In 699, together with his father and brother, he managed to return to

, where Varaz Trdat I helped in the fight against the attacks of the

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. In 705, after the death of his father he shared power with his brother Gagik I, but could not confirm the royal title. Since 708, in alliance with Byzantine empire he fought against the

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. In 711, together with Gagik I he died in one of the battles, but according to other sources, he died as a result of an epidemic. The power was given to his son Narseh.

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