Mu'awiya II succeeded his father in Damascus in 64 AH (November 683 CE), at an age of somewhere between 17.
She was the influential wife of Abd al-Malik, her elder son was nominated heir of the Caliphate.
By dint of his descent, her son Yazid was a natural candidate for the succession to the caliphate.
[1][4] Yazid II's pedigree united his father's Marwanid branch of the Umayyad dynasty, in power since 684, and the Sufyanid branch of Yazid I and the latter's father Mu'awiya I (r. 661–680), founder of the Umayyad Caliphate.
[1] Atika and Abd al-Malik had sons; Yazid II, Marwan al-Asghar, Mu'awiya and a daughter, Umm Kulthum.