Emperor Shaddam IV

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Corrino dynasty member Padishah Emperor fictional character

Emperor Shaddam IV is the Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe in Frank Herbert’s Dune, whose political machinations and fear of House Atreides set the epic’s central conflict in motion.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV	5

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Corrino dynasty member ⓘ Padishah Emperor ⓘ fictional character ⓘ
ally	House Harkonnen NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn	Children of Dune NERFINISHED ⓘ Dune NERFINISHED ⓘ Dune Messiah NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Bene Gesserit Sisterhood NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Planetologist Liet-Kynes (through his orders) NERFINISHED ⓘ Spacing Guild NERFINISHED ⓘ
children	Chalice Corrino NERFINISHED ⓘ Irulan Corrino NERFINISHED ⓘ Josifa Corrino NERFINISHED ⓘ Rugi Corrino NERFINISHED ⓘ Wensicia Corrino NERFINISHED ⓘ
conspiresWith	Baron Vladimir Harkonnen NERFINISHED ⓘ
controls	the Imperial Sardaukar NERFINISHED ⓘ the Landsraad NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBy	Frank Herbert NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicInterest	spice melange from Arrakis ⓘ
enemy	House Atreides NERFINISHED ⓘ
exiledTo	Salusa Secundus NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Elrood IX NERFINISHED ⓘ
fears	Duke Leto Atreides NERFINISHED ⓘ the rising popularity of House Atreides ⓘ
firstPublication	Dune (1965) NERFINISHED ⓘ
forcedTo	abdicate in favor of Paul Atreides ⓘ
fullName	Shaddam Corrino IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	science fiction ⓘ
homeworld	Kaitain NERFINISHED ⓘ
house	House Corrino NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	attempting to destroy House Atreides ⓘ political machinations that trigger the events of Dune ⓘ secretly supporting the Harkonnen attack on Arrakis ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	English ⓘ
motivatedBy	desire to maintain Corrino imperial power ⓘ
orders	deployment of Sardaukar in Harkonnen livery against House Atreides ⓘ
overthrownBy	Paul Atreides NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalTool	arranged marriage of Princess Irulan to Paul Atreides ⓘ
predecessor	Elrood IX NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentAt	final confrontation at Arrakeen NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	far future feudal interstellar empire ⓘ
spiceDependence	relies on melange for life extension ⓘ
successor	Paul Atreides NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ
universe	Dune universe NERFINISHED ⓘ
uses	Sardaukar NERFINISHED ⓘ