Princess Irulan/ˈɪrəlɑːn/[1] is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. She first appears in Dune (1965), and is later featured in Dune Messiah (1969) and Children of Dune (1976). The character's birth and early childhood are touched upon in the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy (1999–2001) by Herbert's son Brian, and Kevin J. Anderson, and she is a principal character in the Herbert/Anderson series Heroes of Dune (2008–2009).
The character of Irulan serves as a de facto narrator in Dune, with excerpts of her later writings used as epigraphs before each chapter of the novel. Within the storyline, Irulan is established as the eldest daughter of the 81st Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV and Anirul, a Bene Gesserit of Hidden Rank, and has four younger sisters and no brothers. In Dune, the character appears in person only near the end of the novel, but continues as a regular character in the sequels Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Epigraphs attributed to Irulan also appear—to a much lesser extent—in these subsequent novels, and others in the extended series.
Irulan is portrayed by Virginia Madsen in the 1984 film Dune, and by Julie Cox in the 2000 TV miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune and its 2003 sequel, Frank Herbert's Children of Dune. The character is played by Florence Pugh in the 2024 film Dune: Part Two.
^"Audio excerpts from a reading of Dune by Frank Herbert". Usul.net. Archived from the original on November 11, 2010. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
PrincessIrulan /ˈɪrəlɑːn/ is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. She first appears in Dune (1965), and is later featured...
Ghanima cares for Irulan, but Alia never trusts the princess, due to Irulan's Corrino heritage and Alia's own increasing paranoia. Irulan flees into the...
in Class. Her breakout role came the following year when she played PrincessIrulan in David Lynch's Dune. After a string of parts in teen films, comedies...
biographical film Oppenheimer (2023), her highest-grossing release, and PrincessIrulan in Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two (2024). Florence Pugh was born...
Paul's wife, the PrincessIrulan, daughter of the deposed Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV. Paul has refused to father a child with Irulan, but he and his Fremen...
(1969) as Paul's Jihad rages, Shaddam seeks to regain his throne and PrincessIrulan accepts the "task of building the legend of Muad'Dib". She in turn...
Julie Cox is an English actress. She played PrincessIrulan in the Sci Fi Channel's 2000 miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune and its 2003 sequel, Frank Herbert's...
Father's House (Epigraph, PrincessIrulan)". Dune. Herbert, Frank (1965). "In My Father's House (Epigraph, PrincessIrulan)". Dune. Herbert, Frank (1981)...
Navigator Edric, and Paul's embittered consort (and Shaddam's daughter) PrincessIrulan of House Corrino, plot to insinuate the Tleilaxu ghola Hayt into the...
of Margot's actions are attributed to PrincessIrulan as part of director John Harrison's expansion of Irulan's role in that adaptation. Though Margot...
of their conspiracy (with the Tleilaxu Face Dancer Scytale and the PrincessIrulan of House Corrino) to seize the throne from Paul. Touponce notes that...
requires the hand of the Emperor's daughter, the Bene Gesserit-trained PrincessIrulan as well as the Emperor's abdication in favor of Paul. Urged by the...
spice melange allows him to depose Shaddam, marry his eldest daughter PrincessIrulan, and ascend the throne. In Dune Messiah (1969), Shaddam retains a single...
Vladimir Harkonnen, and Sietch Tabr leader Stilgar, his wife Harah, and PrincessIrulan flee with Leto II and Ghanima to escape Alia's worsening tyranny. Though...
(grandfather) Lady Jessica (grandmother) Liet-Kynes (grandfather) Vladimir Harkonnen (great-grandfather) Alia Atreides (aunt) PrincessIrulan (stepmother)...
Paul's name rages as he himself sees to the accuracy of his consort PrincessIrulan's chronicle of his life story. Paul flashes back to his memories of...
Shaddam IV Leto I Atreides Lady Jessica Count Dalak Kenola Princess Wensicia PrincessIrulan Paul Atreides Chani Josifa Farad'n Ghanima Atreides Leto II...
Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, and Paul's embittered consort, PrincessIrulan of House Corrino. With their endless need for melange, the Spacing...
Shaddam IV Leto I Atreides Lady Jessica Count Dalak Kenola Princess Wensicia PrincessIrulan Paul Atreides Chani Josifa Farad'n Ghanima Atreides Leto II...
Shaddam IV Leto I Atreides Lady Jessica Count Dalak Kenola Princess Wensicia PrincessIrulan Paul Atreides Chani Josifa Farad'n Ghanima Atreides Leto II...
, This is a list of fictional princesses that have appeared in various works of fiction. This list is organized by medium and limited to well-referenced...
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