Dmitri Harkonnen

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Baron Dmitri Harkonnen is a fictional character in the science fiction series of Dune. He is the father of both the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen and Count Abulurd Rabban of Lankiveil. He is also the great-grandfather of Muad'Dib.

As of being a Baron Harkonnen, Dmitri was a direct male line-descendant to Abulurd Harkonnen I, who had been banished from the League of Nobles after the Battle of Corrin for cowardice. Different from most Harkonnens, Baron Dmitri was not a very ruthless man, and left the Atreides in peace during his years of power. It was during Baron Dmitri's reign that House Harkonnen was rewarded with the governorship of the most important planet of the Imperium, Arrakis, by the Padishah Emperor Elrood Corrino IX.

Dmitri had at least two wives. The name of his first were Victoria, who bore Dmitri the son Vladimir. Their marriage ended with a bitter divorce, but Vladimir still became Dmitri's successor. Dmitri later married a women named Daphne. Their first child was named Marotin Harkonnen, but the boy showed to be mentally retarded, and he died at age 28. The second son of Daphne and Dmitri was named Abulurd, after the original Abulurd Harkonnen. Abulurd became his father's favorite, and he spent much more time with him than with his heir Vladimir. It was bitter Victoria who raised him to become the ruthless man portrayed in Dune.

Preceded by Unknown

Baron Harkonnen ????? - 10,146 A.G.

Succeeded by Vladimir Harkonnen