History Main / PoliticallyActivePrincess

* Kiara in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2SimbasPride'' shows she’s willing to fight, but her focus is ending the war within the pride and stopping anymore blood from being shed. She manages very well although Zira, the leader of the outsiders,refuses to give in and ends up dying as a result.

* Princess Renner of ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'' has instituted several reforms that result in her being adored by the people and viewed as a naive goody-two-shoes by most of the nobles in the kingdom. [[spoiler:Too bad she's a complete sociopath who only does it to see the look of utter adoration on her bodyguard Climb, and end up selling out the kingdom to Nazarick.]]

* Princess Henrietta from ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' is very active politically. For example, at one point she hires Saito and Loise to spy on a village to confirm her suspicions about corruption within the nobility, because she doesn't trust the usual sources. However, it appears that not only is Princess Henrietta the heir to the throne, when her father dies, she is running the country, as her mother "did not have the heart to continue to rule Tristain after her loss".

* Then there’s Marasiah Fel, heir to the throne of the Fel Empire and later empress in ''ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy''. She aids the fight against the Sith Empire that has taken over in the era of the story.

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* Too many ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' fanfics to list generally revolve around Anna and Elsa being characterized as these.

* Jasmine in the live-action ''[[Film/Aladdin2019 Aladdin]]'' has ideas for running Agrabah but her father just wants her to marry a prince and obey him.

* ''Literature/TheAsteriskWar'': {{Deuteragonist}} Julis-Alexia von Riessfeld is heir apparent to [[{{Ruritania}} Lieseltania, a constitutional monarchy in central Europe]], and chose to attend Seidoukan Academy and become a Festa tournament fighter to force political change in her homeland. She starts with using her Phoenix Festa victory wish to force [[OneNationUnderCopyright the integrated enterprise foundation]] that [[PuppetState really runs her country]] to fund an orphanage she often visited as a child and escalates to planning to use her Gryps Festa wish to expand the powers of the king (her elder brother) so he can really work to improve the lives of common citizens. That this puts her in danger is noted.

* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' Princess Sara is given this AlternativeCharacterInterpretation (compared to her DistressedDamsel ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' counterpart). Mostly because leaving [[TheCaligula King Steve]] to his own devices would pretty much be the end of their dynasty.

* ''Theatre/{{Diana}}'': Princess Diana's prominent acts of charity are portrayed with pushback from her in-laws the royal family. Prince Charles views it as 'common' and antithetical to their purpose to serve as symbols. Nevertheless, she resolves to use her influence to do good; the show includes the famous incident of Diana bringing photographers to her visit to an AIDS clinic in order to humanize them.

* ''Manga/ShoukokuNoAltair'' has several examples of this trope. Princess Ayşe of Balta tries to overthrow her mother, the Sultan, and ends up becoming Prime Minister at barely 18-years-old. Meanwhile, the King of Urado has four daughters who are all active spies and/or diplomats.

* Princess Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun from the ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' series, when not out adventuring with the rest of the gang, often acts as Seyruun's envoy to other kingdoms.

* ''LightNovel/TheAsteriskWar'': {{Deuteragonist}} Julis-Alexia von Riessfeld is heir apparent to [[{{Ruritania}} Lieseltania, a constitutional monarchy in central Europe]], and chose to attend Seidoukan Academy and become a Festa tournament fighter to force political change in her homeland. She starts with using her Phoenix Festa victory wish to force [[OneNationUnderCopyright the integrated enterprise foundation]] that [[PuppetState really runs her country]] to fund an orphanage she often visited as a child and escalates to planning to use her Gryps Festa wish to expand the powers of the king (her elder brother) so he can really work to improve the lives of common citizens. That this puts her in danger is noted.

* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsThePrincessAndThePauper'': Anneliese's CharacterDevelopment sees her grow from a PrincessClassic to one of these, beginning the movie resigning herself to an ArrangedMarriage to save her kingdom from bankruptcy, [[spoiler:to kickstaring a new mining industry when she finds some geodes in the caves, her background in science allowing her to realize how valuable they were--something her mother's TreacherousAdviser completely missed. She was always SpoiledSweet, but it's also implied that meeting Erika (the pauper) opened her eyes to how unfair life is to the poor, and that she now intends to use her position to do something about it]].

** Sansa Stark, too, is officially a princess with a political role only expected to increase in books 6 and 7.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'': Although the plot doesn't allow it to be focused on, Elsa does have a degree of involvement in Arendelle's trade relations.
* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInThePrincessAndThePauper'': Anneliese's CharacterDevelopment sees her grow from a PrincessClassic to one of these, beginning the movie resigning herself to an ArrangedMarriage to save her kingdom from bankruptcy, [[spoiler:to kickstaring a new mining industry when she finds some geodes in the caves, her background in science allowing her to realize how valuable they were--something her mother's TreacherousAdviser completely missed. She was always SpoiledSweet, but it's also implied that meeting Erika (the pauper) opened her eyes to how unfair life is to the poor, and that she now intends to use her position to do something about it]].

** Catherine incidentally later became a LadyOfWar, and a good one too: it was she (with the Earl of Surrey) who led the English forces in the Battle of Flodden Field (notable for being the last battle in the British Isles to be fought primarily with bows and polearms rather than firearms),[[note]]It was also the last battle in which the monarch of a British kingdom died, as the Scottish King James IV died of his battle wounds that day.[[/note]] a major victory for England over Scotland in their then-interminable feuding. Henry VIII, who hadn't had any successes at that scale, was a bit grouchy about that one.

* Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837-1898), better known as Sisi, was instrumental in the formation of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy. The normally completely uninterested in politics Elisabeth became a fervent supporter of the Hungarian cause and put a great deal of pressure in that direction on her husband, the Emperor Franz Joseph I. She reached her goal and was crowned Queen of Hungary in June 1867.

* Sansa Stark in ''Series/GameOfThrones''. By Season 6, she officially holds the title of princess since [[spoiler: her brother Jon is crowned King in the North]]. After many years surviving and learning how to play the game of thrones in the south, Sansa actively assists Jon in navigating the new political arena that they find themselves in, even going toe-to-toe with [[TheChessmaster Littlefinger]] when he attempts to manipulate and undermine their rule. [[spoiler:In Season 7, she and her sister Arya finally put him through a KangarooCourt and execute him. Season 8 sees Jon exiled to the Wall, Bran on the Iron Throne, and Sansa crowned as the Queen in the North.]]
* In ''Series/TheEmpressOfChina'', many imperial wives hold this position. Consort Wei manages to manipulate chancellors or generals through their sisters/daughters in the harem, Consort Yang intents to [[spoiler: restore the Sui dynasty through her son]], and obviously, there's Wu Meiniang, who had a lot of influence on the emperor before becoming her own political figure.
* {{Deconstructed}} in ''Series/BarbariansRising''. In "Ruin", Emperor Valentinian's sister tries her hand at politics but is manipulated by Geiseric, King of the Vandals into seeking a match with UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun, which leads him to invade the Western Roman Empire in force to claim the throne.

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* [[RebelliousPrincess Princess Cimorene]] from ''Literature/TheEnchantedForestChronicles'' is completely uninterested in being a ProperLady, and studies various "unprincess-like" subjects throughout childhood, politics being one of them. She doesn't have much opportunity to use her knowledge at home, but once she runs aways and becomes the [[DragonsPreferPrincesses dragon Kazul's princess]], she begins to get involved in dragon politics, much more so once [[spoiler:Kazul becomes King of the Dragons]]. By the second book, she's the one implementing systems to make dragon society more functional, and by the end of the second book, she's [[spoiler:Queen of the Enchanted Forest, and her husband Mendanbar is more than happy to have her equally running the kingdom.]]