Emperor Frederick Corrino IV, played by Adrian Sparks, seated on the Golden Lion Throne (as seen in the computer game Dune 2000 by Westwood Studios)

For the novel of the same name, see Dune: House Corrino.

Imperial House Corrino is a Great House and the ruling family of the Imperium in the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. The Corrinos came to power after mankind's victory against the Thinking Machines at the Battle of Corrin (from which they took their name), and ruled until deposed by Paul Atreides approximately 10,000 years later. Image File history File links Shaddam_IV_The_Bastard. ... Image File history File links Shaddam_IV_The_Bastard. ... Dune 2000 is a Dune computer game, released by Westwood Studios in 1998. ... Westwood Studios (1985-2003) was a computer and video game developer, founded in 1985 as Westwood Associates by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle and based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... House Corrino is the third book in a prequel trilogy to the Dune series, set before the events of Frank Herberts original works. ... Dune is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965. ... Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986) Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. ... The Thinking Machines are a fictional group from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... It has been suggested that Bridge of the Hrethgir be merged into this article or section. ... Paul Atreides, as portrayed by Kyle MacLachlan in David Lynchs Dune (1985), wielding the infamous Weirding Module. Paul Orestes Atreides is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ...

Founding

According to the Legends of Dune series, Imperial House Corrino was founded by Viceroy Faykan Butler, the grandnephew of Serena Butler. Faykan had married Jessica Boro-Ginjo, a descendant of both the first Grand Patriarch Iblis Ginjo and also of the last Emperors of the Old Empire. In a speech given immediately after the Battle of Corrin, the final battle of the Butlerian Jihad, Faykan took much of the credit for the victory (though the battle was mainly organized and carried out by Supreme Bashar Vorian Atreides) and announced that he would change his name to Corrino in recognition of this historic event. He then combined the positions of Viceroy and Grand Patriarch into one office, declaring himself Emperor of Humanity.-1... Faykan Corrino I is a character from Frank Herberts Dune Universe. ... Serena Butler, the daughter of Manion and Livia Butler, is a character in Brian Herbert and Kevin J Andersons Legends of Dune series, a trilogy of novels set during the Butlerian Jihad, the war against thinking machines only vaguely referred to in Frank Herberts original Dune series. ... Iblis Ginjo is a fictional character from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Iblis Ginjo is a fictional character from the Dune prequel universe created by Frank Herberts son, Brian Herbert. ... The Old Empire is a fictional galactic empire in the Dune-series. ... The Butlerian Jihad is an epic turning point in the back-story of Frank Herberts fictional Dune universe. ... Vorian Atreides is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Brian Herbert. ...

Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV, played by Jose Ferrer, in the 1984 movie Dune by David Lynch

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Rule as Emperors

Members of this Imperial House ruled as Padishah Emperors of the Known Universe for over 10,000 years, from the time of the Butlerian Jihad until the defeat of the 81st Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV by "Muad'dib" (Paul Atreides) and the Fremen. The Emperor had five daughters, though only two played a part in the events of the Dune saga: Princess Irulan became the wife (in name only) of Paul Atreides to effect his ascension to the throne, and Princess Wensicia was the mother of Farad'n, the future companion of Ghanima Atreides. 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. ... Shaddam Corrino IV, portrayed by Giancarlo Giannini in the Dune miniseries Shaddam Corrino IV is a fictional character in the science fiction novel Dune. ... Paul Atreides, as portrayed by Kyle MacLachlan in David Lynchs Dune (1985), wielding the infamous Weirding Module. Paul Orestes Atreides is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Spoiler warning: The Fremen are a group of people in the Dune series of science fiction novels by Frank Herbert. ... Princess Irulan Corrino, portrayed by Julie Cox in the Dune miniseries Princess Irulan Corrino is a character in Frank Herberts fictional Dune universe. ... Princess Wensicia Corrino, portrayed by Susan Sarandon in the Children of Dune miniseries Princess Wensicia Corrino is a fictional character from the Dune universe of Frank Herbert. ... Faradn Corrino is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Ghanima (meaning spoil of war in the Fremen language) is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ...

The Imperial House Corrino's ancestral planet was Salusa Secundus, the seat of imperial power since the Butlerian Jihad. Due to an atomic aggression by a renegade House, House Corrino and the Golden Lion Throne moved to Kaitain. The identity of the offending house was subsequently erased from history. The resulting harsh conditions on Salusa Secundus encouraged the survival of the strong, and allowed the Corrinos to develop the universe's most-feared military units, the warrior-fanatic Sardaukar, the means by which House Corrino controlled the Empire. Salusa Secundus is a fictional planet appearing in Frank Herberts Dune universe. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter. ... Below is a list of fictional planets from the universe depicted in the series of books beginning with Frank Herberts Dune. ... The Galápagos Islands hold 13 species of finches that are closely related and differ most markedly in the shape of their beaks. ... Emblem of the Sardaukar The Sardaukar are a fictional army from Frank Herberts Dune universe, as depicted in the Dune series of science-fiction novels. ...

Exile

Julie Cox as Princess Irulan Corrino in the 2000 TV miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune.

Following their exile to Salusa Secundus after being deposed by Paul Atreides, the Corrinos gradually recovered strength. A few years later, Prince Farad'n, the grandson of Shaddam IV and the last hope for a new Corrino Emperor, made a bid for the throne (spurred on by his mother Wensicia). Image File history File links Princessirulan. ... Image File history File links Princessirulan. ... Julie Cox in Dune miniseries Julie Cox is a English actress. ... Princess Irulan Corrino, portrayed by Julie Cox in the Dune miniseries Princess Irulan Corrino is a character in Frank Herberts fictional Dune universe. ... Frank Herberts Dune was a three-part miniseries based on the Dune novel by Frank Herbert. ...

The proposed return to glory for the House Corrino did not succeed, and Paul's heirs Leto Atreides II and his twin sister Ghanima rose to power at the death of the Regent, Paul's sister Alia. Leto II had been rendered sterile by the process of binding with the sandtrout, so to continue the line he reached an agreement with the Corrinos: Leto would marry Ghanima in a political arrangement, but Farad'n (who would never rule or marry Ghanima) would sire all future heirs apparent to the throne. Leto Atreides II, portrayed by James McAvoy in the Children of Dune miniseries Leto Atreides II is a fictional character in the Dune universe, created by Frank Herbert. ... Alia Atreides, portayed by Daniela Amavia in the Children of Dune miniseries. ... Sandworms are fictional creatures from Frank Herberts science-fiction novel Dune. ...

Following Leto II's death after 3,500 years of rule, the Empire of a Million Worlds collapsed in The Scattering, as billions fled chaos and famine to seek new opportunities in unknown space. Siona Atreides, the descendant of Farad'n and Ghanima and the culmination of Leto's Bene Gesserit#Breeding program, assumed stewardship of his Empire with Duncan Idaho. Some 1,500 later, in the events of Heretics of Dune, Duncan and Siona's powerful bloodline permeates the universe and lives on in such luminaries as [[Miles Teg and Darwi Odrade. The Scattering is a fictional event that takes place in Frank Herberts Dune books. ... Siona Atreides is a fictional character in Frank Herberts Dune universe. ... The Bene Gesserit (as seen in the prologue of Dune) The Bene Gesserit (from Latin or Arabic: see the origin of the name) are a key social, religious and political force in Frank Herberts science fiction universe of Dune. ... In general stewardship is responsibility for taking good care of resources entrusted to one. ... Duncan Idaho is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Heretics of Dune is a 1984 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, fifth in a series of six novels. ... Reverend Mother Odrade, also known as Darwi Odrade or Dar is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ...

Corrino Family Tree

The following familiy tree comes from the Legends of Dune series.

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Computer Game Storylines

For the computer game Dune 2000 and its sequel Emperor: Battle for Dune, Westwood Studios included live-action cutscenes that employed the same costuming style as David Lynch's 1984 movie Dune. These scenes told a non-canon alternate storyline involving Arrakis, the spice melange and the Great Houses while introducing a new Great House, House Ordos, to the Dune universe. Dune 2000 is a Dune computer game, released by Westwood Studios in 1998. ... Westwood Studios (1985-2003) was a computer and video game developer, founded in 1985 as Westwood Associates by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle and based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... David Lynch at Cannes in 2001. ... Dune is a 1984 science fiction film directed by David Lynch and based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name and containing elements from the later parts. ... House Ordos is an insidious mercantile House in the Dune universe as presented in the Westwood Studios games. ...

In Westwood's computer game storyline, a Corrino emperor named Frederick Corrino IV incites three Great Houses (House Atreides, House Harkonnen and House Ordos) to wage a feudalistic war on the planet Arrakis. When Emperor Frederick is later poisoned, at the conclusion of Dune 2000, by his own Bene Gesserit concubine, the reign of House Corrino ends. At the beginning of Emperor: Battle for Dune, the Spacing Guild pronounces the start of a War of Assassins between the three aforesaid Great Houses for control of the Golden Lion Throne. Meanwhile, the Sardaukar seeks a new powerful House to serve. House Ordos procures a ghola of the deceased Frederick Corrino from the Bene Tleilax and presents the ghola Frederick to two Sardaukar bursegs (generals). This ghola was so identical to the recently deceased Corrino emperor that one of the two bursegs kneeled to the ghola when he first saw it. This ghola was to act as House Ordos' puppet on the imperial throne should House Ordos win its War of Assassins against House Atreides and House Harkonnen and secures the loyalty of the Sardaukar. House Atreides is a fictional noble family from Frank Herberts Dune novels. ... Emblem of House Harkonnen from Emperor: Battle for Dune See also the novel of similar name, Dune: House Harkonnen. ... House Ordos is an insidious mercantile House in the Dune universe as presented in the Westwood Studios games. ... 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... The Bene Gesserit (as seen in the prologue of Dune) The Bene Gesserit (from Latin or Arabic: see the origin of the name) are a key social, religious and political force in Frank Herberts science fiction universe of Dune. ... The Spacing Guild is a fictional organization in Frank Herberts Dune universe created in a series of science fiction novels starting in Dune and ending with Chapterhouse Dune. ... War of Assassins denotes a regulated form of conflict between noble houses in Frank Herberts Dune novels. ... The Golden Lion Throne was the throne upon which that the Emperor of the Known Universe sat in the reign of House Corrino. ... Emblem of the Sardaukar The Sardaukar are a fictional army from Frank Herberts Dune universe, as depicted in the Dune series of science-fiction novels. ... A Ghola is a creature in the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... The Bene Tleilax or Tleilaxu are a secretive society in the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert in the Dune series of novels. ...

It should be noted that these story lines are non-canon in relation to the novel series.

See also

• House Atreides
• House Harkonnen