List of Family Houses in Dune
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The following are the family Houses featured in the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert.
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[edit] House Atreides
[edit] House Boro
House Boro was the imperial house that ruled the Old Empire before its downfall at the hands of the Thinking Machines. During the Butlerian Jihad, Iblis Ginjo married Camie Boro, the last descendant of House Boro, as part of his plan to ascend in the League of Nobles. Their great-granddaughter Jessica Boro-Ginjo would later marry Faykan Corrino, the first Padishah Emperor, making future members of House Corrino and House Atreides descendants of House Boro.
[edit] House Corrino
[edit] House Ecaz
House Ecaz rules the fourth planet of Alpha Centauri B, also named Ecaz. During the events of Prelude to Dune, the head of the House is Archduke Armand Ecaz. At this time, House Ecaz was in kanly, or vendetta, with House Moritani.
[edit] House Fenring
[edit] House Hagal
House Hagal allied itself with the Imperial House Corrino when Padishah Emperor Elrood IX wed Yvette Hagal. Their daughter Edwina would later be the great-grandmother of Paul Atreides. Their homeworld of Hagal was once rich in gems before it was mined out.
[edit] House Harkonnen
[edit] House Moritani
[edit] House Mutelli
House Mutelli also wed one of its own, Barbara, to Emperor Elrood IX.
[edit] House Ordos
[edit] House Richese
[edit] House Taligari
In the Prelude to Dune series, House Taligari had adopted Tyros Reffa, illegitimate son of Padishah Emperor Elrood Corrino IX and his concubine Shando Balut, later the wife of Earl Dominic Vernius of Ix. Their homeworld was the recreational planet Zanovar.
