# Vardan II

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{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Vardan II
| title        = [King of Caucasian Albania](/source/Caucasian_Albania)
| reign        = 705–711
| predecessor  = Shiruye
| successor    = [Narseh](/source/Narseh_(Mihranid))
| birth_date   = Unknown
| death_date   = 711
| burial_place = [Gardman castle](/source/Gardman_castle)
| issue        = [Narseh](/source/Narseh_(Mihranid))
| father       = [Varaz-Tiridates I](/source/Varaz-Tiridates_I)
| mother       = [Sparama](/source/Sparama)
| religion     = [Church of Caucasian Albania](/source/Church_of_Caucasian_Albania)
| dynasty      = 22px|border [Mihranids](/source/Mihranids)
}}

'''Vardan II''' (died 711), was the [Mihranid](/source/Mihranids) king of [Caucasian Albania](/source/Caucasian_Albania) from 705 to 711 (together with brother Gagik I).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Kaghankatvatsi |first=Movses |title=The History of the Caucasian Albanians}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Toumanoff |first=Cyrille |title=Les dynasties de la Caucasie chrétienne de l'Antiquité jusqu'au xixe siècle : Tables généalogiques et chronologiques}}</ref>

Son of king [Varaz Trdat I](/source/Varaz-Tiridates_I) and [Sparama](/source/Sparama).<ref name=":0" /> In 694, the latter declared Vardan together with his brother Gagik rulers. In the same year, he was captured by the [Byzantine emperor](/source/List_of_Byzantine_emperors) [Justinian II](/source/Justinian_II).<ref name=":0" /> Soon his mother Sparama along with usurpator Shero seized power. In 695, Vardan and his brother were sent to [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople), where they stayed until 699.<ref name=":0" />

In 699, together with his father and brother, he managed to return to [Caucasian Albania](/source/Caucasian_Albania), where [Varaz Trdat I](/source/Varaz-Tiridates_I) helped in the fight against the attacks of the [Arabs](/source/Muslim_conquest_of_Persia).<ref name=":0" />

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 [Umayyad Caliphate](/source/Umayyad_Caliphate).<ref name=":0" />

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](/source/Narseh_(Mihranid)).<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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Category:8th-century monarchs in Asia
Category:8th-century Iranian people
Category:Mihranid kings of Caucasian Albania
Category:711 deaths
Category:People of the Arab–Byzantine wars
Category:Prisoners of war held by the Byzantine Empire

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