Shaddam Corrino IV is a character in the fictional Dune universe of Frank Herbert. Shaddam IV is Padishah Emperor of the known universe at the time of Herbert's 1965 novel Dune. His ascension to the throne is chronicled in the Prelude to Dune (1999-2001) prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.
Shaddam IV is portrayed by José Ferrer in the 1984 David Lynch film adaptation Dune, and by Giancarlo Giannini in the 2000 Dune miniseries....
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Shaddam Corrino IV is a character in the fictional Dune universe of Frank Herbert. Shaddam IV is Padishah Emperor of the known universe at the time of Herbert's 1965 novel Dune. His ascension to the throne is chronicled in the Prelude to Dune (1999-2001) prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.
Shaddam IV is portrayed by José Ferrer in the 1984 David Lynch film adaptation Dune, and by Giancarlo Giannini in the 2000 Dune miniseries. In the 1984 film, Shaddam is said to be over 200 years old, as the Guild representatives remind him of the importance of the spice melange, which extends life.
Shaddam was born in year 10,134 A.G. (After Guild), the son of Elrood Corrino IX, the 80th Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe and the ruler of the Imperial House Corrino. During his childhood, Shaddam became close friends with Count Hasimir Fenring, whose mother Lady Chaola Fenring was a Bene Gesserit and lady-in-waiting to Shaddam's mother Habla, the fourth wife of Elrood IX. Lady...
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