Appendix IV: The Almanak en-Ashraf (Selected Excerpts of the Noble Houses)

           SHADDAMIV(10,134—10,202)

           ThePadishahEmperor,81stofhisline(HouseCorrino)tooccupytheGoldenLionThrone,reignedfrom10,156(datehisfather,ElroodIX,succumbedtochaumurky)untilreplacedbythe10,196Regencysetupinthenameofhiseldestdaughter,Irulan.HisreignisnotedchieflyfortheArrakisRevolt,blamedbymanyhistoriansonShaddamIV’sdalliancewithCourtfunctionsandthepompofoffice.TheranksofBursegsweredoubledinthefirstsixteenyearsofhisreign.AppropriationsforSardaukartrainingwentdownsteadilyinthefinalthirtyyearsbeforetheArrakisRevolt.Hehadfivedaughters(Irulan,Chalice,Wensicia,Josifa,andRugi)andnolegalsons.Fourofthedaughtersaccompaniedhimintoretirement.Hiswife,Anirul,aBeneGesseritof

           HiddenRank,diedin10,176.

           LETOATREIDES(10,140—10,191)

           AdistaffcousinoftheCorrinos,heisfrequentlyreferredtoastheRedDuke.

           HouseAtreidesruledCaladanasasiridar-fieffortwentygenerationsuntilpressuredintothemovetoArrakis.HeisknownchieflyasthefatherofDukePaulMuad’Dib,theUmmaRegent.TheremainsofDukeLetooccupythe“SkullTomb”onArrakis.HisdeathisattributedtothetreacheryofaSukdoctor,andisanactlaidtotheSiridar-Baron,VladimirHarkonnen.

           LADYJESSICA(Hon.Atreides)(10,154—10,256)

           Anaturaldaughter(BeneGesseritreference)oftheSiridar-BaronVladimirHarkonnen.MotherofDukePaulMuad’Dib.ShegraduatedfromtheWallachIXB.G.School.

           LADYALIAATREIDES(10,191—)

           LegaldaughterofDukeLetoAtreidesandhisformalconcubine,LadyJessica.