Baron Dmitri Harkonnen is a fictional character in the science fiction series of Dune. He is the father of both the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen and Count Abulurd Rabban of Lankiveil. Dune is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965. ... Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, portrayed by Ian McNeice in the Dune miniseries Vladimir Harkonnen is a fictional character from the science fiction series Dune. ... In the fictional Dune universe, Abulurd Harkonnen is the younger half brother to Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, son of Dimitri Harkonnen, through his second wife. ...

Dmitri was a direct male-descendant to Abulurd Harkonnen I. Different from most Harkonnens, Baron Dmitri was not a very ruthless man, and left the Atreides in peace during his years of power. It was during Baron Dmitri's reign that House Harkonnen was rewarded with the governship of the most important planet of the Imperium, Arrakis, by the Padishah Emperor Elrood Corrino IX. In the fictional Dune universe, Abulurd Harkonnen is the younger half brother to Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, son of Dimitri Harkonnen, through his second wife. ... House Harkonnen is a powerful fictional noble family in Frank Herberts Dune novels. ... Arrakis, (derived from the Arabic name ar-rāqiṣ, the dancer, originally a star-name for Mu Draconis) later Rakis (known colloquially as Dune) is a fictional desert planet featured in the Dune novels by Frank Herbert, where it is the home of the Fremen (Zensunni wanderers) and later, the... Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV, portrayed by José Ferrer in Dune (1984) The Padishah Emperor was the title of the hereditary rulers of the Padishah Empire in Frank Herberts fictional Dune universe. ... Elrood Corrino IX is a character from Frank Herberts Dune universe. ...

Dmitri had at least two wives, Victoria who bore Dmitri the son Vladimir. Their marrige ended with a bitter divorice, but Vladimir still became Dmitri's successor. Dmitri later married a women named Daphne. Their first child was named Marotin Harkonnen, but the boy showed to be a retard, and he died at age 28. The second son of Daphne and Dmitri was named Abulurd Harkonnen, after the original Abulurd Harkonnen. Abulurd became his father's favorite, and he spent much more time with him than with his heir Vladimir. It was bitter Victoria who raised him to become the ruthless man he finally became. Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, portrayed by Ian McNeice in the Dune miniseries Vladimir Harkonnen is a fictional character from the science fiction series Dune. ... In the fictional Dune universe, Abulurd Harkonnen is the younger half brother to Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, son of Dimitri Harkonnen, through his second wife. ...