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* UsefulNotes/{{Iceland}} (a European island country located in the Arctic) has a presidency (currently held by Guðni Th. Jóhannesson).

* In ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', [[SchoolIdol Miyuki]] isn't true royalty (the story being set in a futuristic Japan), but her admirers call her the "Snow Queen" anyway because of her aristocratic origins and cryokinesis.
* In ''LightNovel/{{Maoyu}}'', the ruler of the Ice Nation, one of the Southern Kingdoms, is the [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Blizzard Queen]].

* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' portrays Snegurochka (see Mythology and Religion) as a girl in a fancifully-trimmed snow coat with a diadem reminiscent of the star on a Christmas tree. The Japanese main characters compare her to a YukiOnna.

* ''Franchise/XMen'':
** In ''ComicBook/XFactor'', ComicBook/JeanGrey had a playful SnowballFight with Scott, both [[MundaneUtility using their powers]], and since Jean had just bought a brand new [[PrettyInMink white fur coat]], she proclaims herself "the queen of the icy north!".
** Emma Frost invokes this trope in her name and outfit. While she doesn't have ice powers, she does wear white and is known for her cold and harsh personality. She was previously known as the White Queen as a member of the Hellfire Club.

In fiction, there are a lot of upperclass characters (royalty, nobility, and otherwise wealthy people) who have a visual aesthetic that evokes snow, ice, and winter.

Visually, there is a lot to connect the cold with being upperclass. Ice crystals and snowflakes can evoke [[EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry sparkly, glittery things like gemstones and jewelry]], while clean white snow can bring [[TheRichHaveWhiteStuff expensive and pristine white items to mind]]. Anyone who lives in a cold region will often wear a lot of furs, [[PrettyInMink which are also associated with wealth and glamour]]. These characters also incorporate historical attributes of the wealthy and high-ranked: they are often pale due to the climate (a fair complexion indicated that one did not have to labor in the sun) and wear the color blue.

* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'': Ice is the princess of an isolated tribe of ice magic-wielding Norsemen. Her outfits are typically white, blue or some combination of both.

** Emma Frost invokes thus trope in her name and outfit. While she doesn't have ice powers, she does wear white and is known for her cold and harsh personality. She was previously known as the White Queen as a member of the Hellfire Club.

* The Ice Princess from ''Film/BatmanReturns'' is a beauty queen responsible for lighting up the giant Christmas Tree in Gotham Plaza. It's played for {{fanservice}}, since she wears a fur-trimmed leotard instead of a holiday dress. Her title was also an allusion to her original IceQueen characterization in [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the earlier screenplays]].

%%* ''The Winter King'' by Bernard Cornwell is a rare male title. It was the byname of Frederick V of the Palatinate, although in that case it was more of an insult.

* Snegurochka, the Snow Maiden of [[Myth/RussianMythologyAndTales Russian legends]], is often shown wearing a long pale blue coat and white fur. She is often in the company of Ded Moroz (Grandpa Frost), the Russian equivalent to Santa Claus.

* In Myth/NorseMythology, Skadi is the Norse goddess of winter and formerly a princess before marrying the Aesir god Njord. Unlike most examples of the trope she's usually depicted wearing utilitarian fur clothing and skis since she was also the goddess of hunting, skiing and archery.

* ''VideoGame/CookieRunKingdom'': Frost Queen Cookie is a Legendary cookie who calls her self "a Guardian of Nature". She lives in a frozen palace and is one of the focuses of the ''The Frost Witch and the Lantern in the Snow'' storyline.

* The Ice Princess from ''VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail'' is a anthropomorphic fox, who wears an ice blue, ermine-trimmed gown, but even that isn't enough in the [[SlippySlideyIceWorld winter level]] she resides until Spyro relights the boilers.

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* Snegurochka, the Snow Maiden of [[Myth/RussianMythologyAndTales Russian legends]], is often shown wearing a long pale blue coat and white fur. She is often in the company of Ded Moroz, the Russian equivalent to Santa Claus.

* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'': Ice is the princess of an isolated tribe of ice magic-wielding Norsemen.

* ''Franchise/XMen'': In ''ComicBook/XFactor'', ComicBook/JeanGrey had a playful SnowballFight with Scott, both [[MundaneUtility using their powers]], and since Jean had just bought a brand new [[PrettyInMink white fur coat]], she proclaims herself "the queen of the icy north!".

* UserfulNotes/{{Iceland}} (a European island country located in the Arctic) has a presidency (currently held by Guðni Th. Jóhannesson).

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* Greenland (an island located in the Arctic) has one, Margrethe II (who also ruled Denmark and Faroe Islands).
* Iceland (an European island country located in the Arctic) has a presidency (currently held by Guðni Th. Jóhannesson).

* Downplayed with Heavenly Saint Snowgel of ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'', who has the temperament and ice powers but not the title. ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'', oddly enough, gender-flipped her into the Snow ''Prince''.

* The ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' video, the eponymous "The Snow Princess" is an IdenticalStranger to Dora. She wears a winter-themed dress and CoolCrown.

* Frosta in the original ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'' is Queen of Castle Chill in the Kingdom of Snows on Etheria. Frosta in the reboot ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower' also qualifies, technically, being the Princess of the Kingdom of Snows. However, instead of being the archetypal glamorous haughty woman in a sexy dress, she's an eleven-year-old in a sensible parka.

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%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* In the Empire Wrestling Federation, [[Wrestling/KatarinaWaters Winter]] was portrayed this way [[{{foil}} in]] direct [[SnobsVsSlobs contrast]] to [=SnowCal=] Chloe, an arctic PlayBoyBunny.

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* In ''LightNovel/{{Maoyu}}'', the ruler of the Ice Nation, one of the Southern Kingdoms, is the [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Blizzard Queen]].

* The Ice Princess and her father, the Ice King. from ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSharkboyAndLavagirl''. She is a gigantic humanoid composed ''entirely of ice'', and he really is King of an ice kingdom.

* ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'' by Creator/HansChristianAndersen involves the eponymous lady who is implied to be the personification of winter.

%%* ''The Winter King'' by Bernard Cornwell is a rare male title. It was the byname of Frederick V of the Palatinate, although in that case it was more of an insult.
* The White Witch, Jadis, in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' declares herself queen of Narnia and plunges the land in an EndlessWinter to her powers.
* ''The Winter Queen'' by Jane Stevenson is a novel about the actual Queen of Bohemia and her (fictional) husband-in-exile who is also a former African prince, slave, and theology student.
* Princess Leia's adopted sister/lifelong friend, Lady Winter Celchu, from the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse. This one is an unusual example, in that "Lady Winter" isn't her title - "Winter" is her actual first name.
* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', the [[TheFairFolk Winter Court]] make this pretty much literal. Winter Lady Maeve, Winter Queen Mab, and Mother Winter are pretty much the embodiment of ''cold''.

** in the backstory to ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', the Kings in the North (ruling from the castle of Winterfell) used to be colloquially known as the Kings of Winter, fitting the recurring ice/winter motif of House Stark. Presumably any woman to inherit the Northern crown would be the Queen of Winter. Tywin put it best when describing the Northern army, showing how the entire North under House Stark plays up the winter theme as a means of intimidation (notably, the North is shown to sometimes be described as the "winterlands", ruled by the Kings of Winter from Winterfell with a motto warning about the dangers of winter):

* The titular villainess from ''Literature/CavernsOfTheSnowWitch'' in the ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' series. Other books set in this universe have also referenced the character.
* ''The Queen of Frost and Darkness'', by Christine Pope, is a re-imagining of Andersen's fairy tale set in czarist Russia.

* In Malcolm's ''Jewel Kingdom'' series, the Diamond Princess wears a shimmering white gown and lives in an arctic region, as fits her jewel's aesthetic.
* In '' Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil'' the queen of [[spoiler: Callow, Catherine, ]] becomes this after defeating (in a way) the [[TheFairFolk Court of Winter]] and being the sole titled entity that's left of her former court. Befitting her status, she also has very powerful ice powers.
* In ''Literature/SpinningSilver'', Irina becomes this when she wears jewelry made of silver from the Staryk, a race of [[TheFairFolk ice-dwelling fae]]. Because she is one-quarter Staryk herself, the silver amplifies the little magic she has and makes her seem like the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman. The jewelry is described as looking at "winter around her throat", or hand, or brow, and her preferred dress colors are in grey or blue.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': All Starks and most other Northern Houses are associated with winter and its various themes, but Sansa officially becomes this after her brother Jon becomes King in the North. Her primary title is Lady of Winterfell, the north's stronghold and capital, but Princess of the North also applies following Jon's coronation as King in the North in Season 6. The same could also be said of younger sister Arya. [[spoiler:In the series finale, the North is declared an independent realm, and Sansa is crowned Queen in the North.]]
* Invoked in ''Canada's Drag Race'', the Canadian ForeignRemake of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace''. The winner of the competition is dubbed the "Queen of the North," and in the first season's promotional material, half the queens are wearing white or ice blue dresses.

* Lady Frost, especially after she won the women's belt of Midwest Championship Wrestling. Suddenly ''every'' show she was on referencing anything cold was ''obviously'' named for her, never mind it being a winter month or other icy gimmick wrestlers like AJ Snow being around. And everyone else, besides [[TagTeam Pretty Proper]] partner The Savage Gentleman Victor Benjamin became a "civilian" in her eyes.[[/folder]]

* In the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' Fantasy world, the northern human country of Kislev is ruled by Tzarina Katarin, also known as the Ice Queen or Ice Empress. She even uses a special ice-themed magic lore to which no other currently released character has access. The roleplaying game makes it clear that there is an entire group of Ice Witches who can use that Lore, and Tzarinas have to be at least competent with it. This doesn't apply to Tzars since only women can use ice magic.
* Jezra Wagner, the "Ice Queen", is a spectre that haunts the mountains of Barovia in the ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' setting. Not royal, but a noblewoman in life; her ice-pale looks and flesh-freezing touch certainly fit this trope.

* ''TabletopGame/CandyLand'' has Queen (currently [[YoungerAndHipper Princess]]) Frostine. She is described as being benevolent and the sweetest person in the kingdom. Traditionally she is married to King Candy, but newer copies have them as father and daughter.
* Alicia Aeilene Fae, in ''TabletopGame/HeroesOfCamelot'', is known as the Queen of Frost, and is one of the last descendants of the ancient Ice Shamans; she lives in the ice mountains and leads a group of other such descendants known as the Frost Witches. In her backstory, she received much of her training (and her CanineCompanion) from the Snow Queen, Selene.

* The Ice Princess from ''VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail'' is a anthropomorphic fox, who wears an ice blue, ermine-trimmed gown, but even that isn't enough in the [[SlippySlideyIceWorld winter level]] she resides until Spyro relights the boilers.
* ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder'' has the Snow Queen, Icebella; she also appears in ''VideoGame/KingsQuest2015''.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' has Shiva, who has been called the Ice Queen in references, and certainly maintains the grace thereof in her combat.

* A free online dress-up game for girls is known as ''[[http://www.girlsplay.com/game/winter-princess-dress-up/ Winter Princess]]''.
* The title character from the puzzle game ''[[http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/3155/ice-princess/index.html Ice Princess]]'', Mariebelle, has had her heart frozen by an evil magician.

* From ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' we have [[AnIcePerson Letty Whiterock]], the "Spirit Of Winter."
* In ''VideoGame/QueenAtArms'', the goddess Althea is known by various names throughout the countries where she is worshiped; in the kingdom of Orthera, where winter tends to be long, she's called Our Lady of the Ice.

* In ''VideoGame/{{SuperCity}}'' on the [[EndlessWinter Snow Plateau]], an [[IcyBlueEyes icy queen]] rules the [[IcePalace Palace of Winter]], sporting an ImpossiblyLowNeckline contrasting with a detached HighCollarOfDoom and [[SpikesOfVillainy shoulder spikes of ice]]. She demands: "My palace must be as beautiful as my face and [[IceQueen as cold as my heart]]!"
* A major aspect of ''VideoGame/Persona1'' is the snow queen quest, involving a teacher at St. Hermelin High putting on a [[EvilMask possesed mask]] used to perform the part of Snow Queen in a school play and being taken over by the Night Queen, Nyx.
* In ''Shadowlands'', ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' introduced the Winter Queen, ruler of the realm of Ardenweald.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' has Demeter, Goddess of the Seasons. Due to certain story events, she has assumed her wintry aspect, bestowing powers over ice and having the attire and personality to match.

* The Minister of Winter in the ''[[Franchise/DisneyFairies Tinkerbell]]'' movies.
* Ice Queen from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' definitely counts as this.
* Frosta in the original ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'' is Queen of Castle Chill in the Kingdom of Snows on Etheria. Frosta in the reboot ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower' also qualifies, technically, being the Princess of the Kingdom of Snows. However, instead of being the archetypal glamorous haughty woman in a sexy dress, she's an eleven-year-old in a sensible parka.

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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': All Starks are associated with winter and its various themes, but Sansa officially becomes this after her brother Jon becomes King in the North. Her primary title is Lady of Winterfell, the north's stronghold and capital, but Princess of the North also applies following Jon's coronation as King of Winter in Season 6. The same could also be said of younger sister Arya. [[spoiler:In the series finale, the North is declared an independent realm, and Sansa is crowned Queen in the North.]]

* Invoked in ''Canada's Drag Race'', the Canadian ForeignRemake of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace''. The winner of the competition is dubbed the "Queen of the North," and half the contestants in the first season wore white or ice blue dresses in the promo.

* ''Franchise/XMen'':
** In ''ComicBook/XFactor'', ComicBook/JeanGrey had a playful SnowballFight with Scott, both [[MundaneUtility using their powers]], and since Jean had just bought a brand new [[PrettyInMink white fur coat]], she proclaims herself "the queen of the icy north!".
** ComicBook/EmmaFrost has the rich background, fondness for white clothing and IceQueen personality. However, she has no ice powers at all.

* ''VideoGame/Hades'' has Demeter, Goddess of the Seasons. Due to certain story events, she has assumed her wintry aspect, bestowing powers over ice and having the attire and personality to match.

Compare YukiOnna and JackFrost, winter mythical figures who may be portrayed this way. See also EtherealWhiteDress and VirginInAWhiteDress, for characters with a similar visual scheme but very different connotations.

Visually, there is a lot to connect the cold with being upperclass. Ice crystals and snowflakes can evoke sparkly, glittery things like gemstones and jewelry, while clean white snow can bring [[TheRichHaveWhiteStuff expensive and pristine white items to mind]]. Anyone who lives in a cold region will often wear a lot of furs, [[PrettyInMink which are also associated with wealth and glamour]]. These characters also incorporate historical attributes of the wealthy and high-ranked: they are often pale due to the climate (a fair complexion indicated that one did not have to labor in the sun) and wear the color blue.

* Invoked in ''Canada's Drag Race'', the Canadian ForeignRemake of ''Series/RupaulsDragRace''. The winner of the competition is dubbed the "Queen of the North," and half the contestants in the first season wore white or ice blue dresses in the promo.

* Greenland (an island located in the Arctic) has one, Margrethe II (who also ruled Denmark and Faroe Islands).