Princess Stories

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An index of fictional works focusing on and/or starring princesses. To qualify, the princess(es) must be the main character, main villain, or otherwise central to the plot. A story just having a princess doesn't count. The princess(es) must also be an actual princess by birth or marriage. As such, honorary princesses also don't count towards this.

Such stories will invariably make use of one or more Princess Tropes. Compare Magical Girl Genre Index, with which this can overlap.

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Works:

Multimedia Franchises

• Disney Princess
  • Aladdin: Princess Jasmine has a prominent role.
  • Beauty and the Beast: Belle becomes a princess once the curse that turned the Prince into a beast is lifted.
  • Cinderella
  • Frozen
  • The Little Mermaid
  • Tangled
• The Legend of Zelda
• Sailor Moon: The titular character is a reincarnated princess, and her future self ends up becoming a queen.
• Shrek: Princess Fiona has a prominent role.
• Super Mario Bros.: Princess Peach has a prominent role.

Anime & Manga

• Akazukin Chacha: The eponymous character turns into the "magical princess" Once an Episode to fight the Monster of the Week.
• Blade of the Moon Princess
• Detatoko Princess
• Go! Princess Pretty Cure
  • Go! Princess Pretty Cure: Go! Go!! Gorgeous Triple Feature!!!
• Hime-chan's Ribbon: The main character Himeko Nonohara has a magical universe counterpart named Erika, who happens to be a princess. Said princess is the person who gave Himeko the magic ribbon and often checks on her at least Once per Episode.
• Izetta: The Last Witch: Ortfine Fredericka von Eylstadt is the Crown Princess of the Duchy of Eylstadt and one of two main characters in the series.
• Kilala Princess
• The Legend of Snow White
• Magical Angel Sweet Mint
• Magical Princess Minky Momo
• The Mermaid Princess's Guilty Meal
• Mimia Hime
• Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Female lead Relena Peacraft is the Princess of the fallen Sanc Kingdom. She reestablishes the kingdom third quarter into the story and eventually ascends to Queen. Her long-lost brother, Prince Milliardo aka Zechs Marquise, serves as The Rival to Heero (literally The Hero) and eventually the Big Bad.
• Murder Princess
• NEET Princess Terrass
• Petite Princess Yucie
• Princess Ai
• Princess Candle
• Princess Comet
• Princess Knight
• Princess Lucia
• Princess Principal
• Princess Resurrection
• Princess Tutu
• Puppet Princess
• Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura
• Sally the Witch
• Sea Princess Azuri
• Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
• Spellbound! Magical Princess Lil'Pri
• Time Stranger Kyoko
• 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess
• Twin Princess of Wonder Planet
• UFO Princess Valkyrie
• Vampire Princess Miyu
• Yona of the Dawn

Arts

• Marie de' Medici Cycle
• Las Meninas

Comic Books

• Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld
• Princeless
  • Princeless – Raven: The Pirate Princess
• Tangled: The Series
• Wonder Woman: The titular character is Princess of the Amazons.
• Xena: Warrior Princess

Fairy Tales

• "Beauty and the Beast": Beauty, the daughter of a merchant, disenchants a cursed prince and marries him.
• "The Blue Bird": Princess Florine vies for Prince Charmant's love (who is the titular Blue Bird) against a rival, Princess Truitonne.
• Cinderella: Title character becomes a princess upon marrying the prince.
• "The Death of Koschei the Deathless": One of the main characters is Marya Morevna, the beautiful warrior princess.
• "The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs"
• Donkeyskin: A princess escapes her father's mad plans for marriage wearing the skin of a donkey.
• "Fair Brow"
• "The Fair One with Golden Locks"
• "The Fire-Bird, the Horse of Power, and the Princess Vasilissa"
• The Frog Prince: One of the main characters is a princess who has to serve the frog, not knowing he's a prince.
• The Goose Girl
• "Graciosa and Percinet" - A princess named Graciosa is helped by a fairy prince named Percinet against the attempts of her ugly stepmother.
• "King Goldenlocks"
• "King Thrushbeard": An arrogant princess gets married to a fiddler after pissing her father off.
• The Little Mermaid: The title character is the daughter of the merfolk king.
• "Maid Maleen": The title character is a princess who gets locked away in a tower by her father after refusing an arranged marriage.
• Melisande
• "The Necklace Of Princess Fiorimonde"
• "Princess Belle-Etoile": Three generations of royal women: an impoverished queen, her three daughters (three princesses), and her granddaughter (also the child of a king), the titular Belle-Étoile.
• "The Princess and the Pea": A girl during a rainy night passes by a test to verify her princess status.
• "The Princess on the Glass Hill"
• Rapunzel: Rapunzel, child of poor parents, meets the prince in the tower and marries him at the end of the tale.
• "Reygoch": Co-protagonist Curlylocks is a young fairy princess, although she only mentions her royal blood once.
• The Six Swans: A princess must save her brothers from a curse that turned them into swans.
• Snow White: Title character is a princess who is terrorized by her evil stepmother.
• Sleeping Beauty: The titular Sleeping Beauty is the daughter a king and a queen.
• "Sun, Moon, and Talia": The titular Talia is a princess (the inspiration for "Sleeping Beauty", in fact)
• The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
• "Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf"
• "The Turnip Princess"
• "The White Duck"
• "The Yellow Dwarf"

Fan Works

• ADORA: Vagabond of the Etherian Cosmos
• Cat-Ra
• Horde Champion: The protagonist, Anevay, becomes a princess by marriage.
• Paradoxus
• Princess Maniacs
• Princess Tales
• The Winx Club Play Dugeons and Dragons
• World War Etheria
• Your Alicorn Is in Another Castle
• You Were My Best Friend

Film — Animation

• Aladdin: A lot of the plot hinges around Aladdin trying to win Princess Jasmine's heart.
  • Aladdin: The Return of Jafar
  • Aladdin and the King of Thieves
• Anastasia: Officially the title character is a Grand Duchess, but she's also referred to as a princess and the titles are just about interchangeable.
• Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus: The main protagonist is Princess Annika and it turns out the pegasus Brietta is a princess too.
• Barbie and the Secret Door
• Barbie as the Island Princess
• Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper
• Barbie as the Princess and the Popstar
• Barbie as Rapunzel
• Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
• Barbie in a Mermaid Tale
  • Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2
• Barbie in Princess Power
• Barbie: Mariposa and the Fairy Princess
• Barbie: The Pearl Princess
• Barbie: Princess Charm School
• Beauty and the Beast
  • Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
  • Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World
• Brave
• Castle in the Sky: Protagonist Sheeta is revealed to be the lost Crown Princess of Laputa.
• Cinderella
  • Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
  • Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
• Fire & Ice: Princess Teegra is one of the main characters, with a lot of the plot centered around rescuing her from and/or Teegra trying to escape from her captors.
• Frozen (2013)
  • Frozen Fever
  • Olaf's Frozen Adventure
  • Frozen II
• The Lion King II: Simba's Pride: Princess Kiara is one of the main protagonists and her relationship with Kovu forms a big part of the plot.
• The Little Mermaid (1989)
  • The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
  • The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
• Princess Arete
• The Princess and the Frog
• The Princess and the Pea
• Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
• Shrek
  • Shrek 2
  • Shrek the Third
  • Shrek Forever After
• Sleeping Beauty
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• Strange Magic: Princess Marianne is one of the main protagonists and a lot of the plot revolves around her trying to rescue her sister, Princess Dawn.
• The Swan Princess
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
• Tangled
  • Tangled Ever After
  • Tangled: Before Ever After
• Wonder Woman (2009)

Film — Live-Action

• Aladdin (2019)
• Beauty and the Beast (2017)
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Cinderella (2015)
• Cinderella (2021)
• Conan the Destroyer: One of the main characters is Princess Jehnna, with a lot of the plot revolving around her.
• Ella Enchanted
• Enchanted
  • Disenchanted (2022)
• Legend of the Eight Samurai: A Fallen Princess and her eight loyal dog companions must overthrow an evil empress.
• Mirror, Mirror
• The Mummy Returns: the main villainess is the reincarnation of Ankhsunamun, Seti I's wife, and Evelyn is the reincarnation of an Egyptian princess, daughter of Seti I.
• The Mummy (2017): The eponymous mummy was an Egyptian princess.
• The Myth: The protagonist is the reincarnated lover of a Korean Princess that is about to be part of The Emperor's concubine. The flashback/past storyline leading up to their "reunion" in the present covers their tragic love story.
• Pan's Labyrinth: The main protagonist discovers she's secretly the princess of a fairy kingdom.
• The Princess (2022)
• The Princess Bride
• The Princess Diaries
  • The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
• Princess From the Moon
• Princess Protection Program
• Roman Holiday
• Snow White & the Huntsman
• Spaceballs: One of the main characters is Princess Vespa (a parody of Princess Leia) and much of the film revolves around the Spaceballs trying to kidnap her.
• Spencer: Biopic about Diana, Princess of Wales.
• Star Wars: Original Trilogy: One of the main characters is Princess Leia; in the first film in particular she's responsible for sending the Death Star plans to Tatooine and a big part of the plot involves rescuing her.
  • A New Hope
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Return of the Jedi
• Wonder Woman (2017)
  • Wonder Woman 1984

Literature

• Adalmina's Pearl
• Altina the Sword Princess
• The Bad Unicorn Trilogy: Princess the Unicorn, who really is a princess, is The Heavy of the first book and the "Bad Unicorn" referred to in the series' title.
• Books of Bayern
• The Bridge Kingdom Archives: Lara and her sisters are princesses of Maridrina, and the series also features Ahnna, princess of Ithicana, and Zarrah, princess of Valcotta.
• A Brother's Price: The main character is romanced by a group of princesses, and their feud with a rival family forms a large part of the plot.
• The Clever Princess by Diana Coles
• Dark Shores: Malahi, king Serrick's daughter, is the princess of Mudamora. Later it also turns out that Lydia is really princess Kitaryia, daughter of the late king Derrek.
• The Discreet Princess
• European Folk and Fairy Tales: a collection of versions of famous European tales, by Joseph Jacobs, including Cinderella and Snow White.
• A Game of Thrones: Daenerys Targaryen is a major POV character and has the title of princess for much of the story, although near the end she takes the title queen.
• The Good Witch of the West
• Leia, Princess of Alderaan
• The Light Princess
• Little Princess
• The Lost Princess
• The Lunar Chronicles: Two of the main characters are lunar princesses.
• The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess
• Mary, Bloody Mary: Revolves around the childhood and teenage years of Princess Mary Tudor, later known as Bloody Mary.
• Mermaid (2011)
• Miya Black, Pirate Princess
• Nansō Satomi Hakkenden: The above-mentioned Legend of the Eight Samurai is based upon this.
• Of Fire and Stars: The story features two princess as lead characters who become lovers.
• The Ordinary Princess
• The Paper Bag Princess
• Princess Academy
• The Princess and the Goblin
  • The Princess and Curdie
• The Princess and the Pilot
• The Princess Bride
• The Princess Diaries
  • From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess
• The Princess Series
• The Princess Tales
• Princesses of the Pizza Parlor
• The Queen of Ieflaria: Both protagonists are princesses.
• Rapunzel and the Lost Lagoon
• Redwall: In Triss, The Heavy is Princess Kurda of the Pure Ferrets.^note Her father, King Agarnu, is technically the Big Bad of the book, but he barely has a presence in the story at all.
• Rose Princess Hellrage
• The Royal Diaries: Several of the protagonists are princesses.
• Scrapped Princess
• Tales of the Frog Princess
• The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Tsar Saltan's son, Prince Gvidon, is helped by the magical Princess Swan.
• Throne of Glass: The main protagonist is revealed to be a long-lost princess.
• The Twelve Dancing Princesses
• The Two Princesses of Bamarre
• The Wide-Awake Princess

Live-Action TV

• The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance: Princess Brea is one of the main protagonists, and her sisters Princess Seladon and Princess Tavra have important supporting roles.
• Encantadia: Mainly about four princesses (called Sang'gre within the fictional universe). The story kickstarts with the sisters vying for the Top Throne, and their descendants also playing key roles later in the story.
• Game of Thrones: Daenerys Targaryen, one of the central characters of the series, is the daughter of assassinated king Aerys II Targaryen and sets out to claim the Iron Throne and the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros with it.
  • House of the Dragon: Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen is one of the central characters of the series, aspiring to become the first Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. Princess Rhaenys Targaryen (also called the "Queen Who Never Was") is also a major character.
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: The show revolves around Galadriel, a Warrior Princess of the Elves, daughter of the High-King of the Ñoldor, in her quest to find Sauron.
• The Mandalorian: As of Season 3, Bo-katan Kryze, the younger sister of Duchess Satine and a Mandalorian princess, becomes a main character, trying to reclaim Mandalore.
• Moon Lovers: Protagonist Hae Soo eventually marries 14th Prince Wang Jung during the story's last quarter. Princess Yeon Hwa is a recurring antagonist.
• Obi-Wan Kenobi: Princess Leia (as a child) is a major character.
• Once Upon a Time: Being based on fairytales, many of the main characters are princesses.
• The Other Kingdom
• Princess and I: About the long-lost crown princess of the fictional Kingdom of Yangdon and her Unwanted Harem.
• Princess Returning Pearl
• Queen for Seven Days: The titular protagonist is married to the Crown Prince's (eventually King) younger half-brother. Her husband was eventually forced to take the throne for himself, but she couldn't live with the stress and politics that comes with it, hence she leaves the palace.
• Queen Seondeok: The titular protagonist is actually a soldier for much of the first half due to being initially unaware of her royal status. But once she discovers the truth and reconnect with her parents, she officially dons the title for much of the show's middle point until her Awesome Moment of Crowning.
• The Witcher (2019): One of the three main protagonists is Princess Ciri.
• Xena: Warrior Princess

Mythology

• Cupid And Psyche: the love story between Cupid (the god of love) and Psyche (a human princess).

Theatre

• The Light Princess

Toys

• Ever After High

Video Games

• Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore
• Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland
• Battle Princess Madelyn
• Code of Princess
• Dead or Alive: Protagonist Kasumi is a ninja princess.
• Escape Lala: The goal of Escape Lala II is to rescue a princess. However, she turns out to be more than your typical Damsel in Distress...
• Final Fantasy IX: Princess Garnet of Alexandria's adoptive mother Queen Brahme serves as the main antagonist for the first two discs of the game. After the latter's Death Equals Redemption, Garnet ascends to Queenhood.
• Final Fantasy XII: Despite Vaan being framed as the protagonist, and Balthier calling himself the leading man, it's Princess Ashe whose story the game revolves around.
• Hyper Princess Pitch
• Kameo: Elements of Power: Kalus, one of the game's antagonists, is a princess by blood. Her sister Kameo is only one through adoption.
• King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
• King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride
• The Legend of Zelda:
  • Cadence of Hyrule
  • Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
  • The Legend of Zelda CD-i Games
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  • The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince
• Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
• My World, My Way
• Princess Maker
• Princess Remedy
  • Princess Remedy In a World of Hurt
  • Princess Remedy In A Heap Of Trouble
• Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
• Sacred Odyssey: Rise of Ayden
• Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Sonic Rush
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
  • Sonic Rush Adventure
• Super Mario Bros.
  • Super Mario Bros. 2
  • Super Mario RPG
  • BS Super Mario USA
  • Super Princess Peach
  • Super Paper Mario
  • Super Mario 3D World
  • Super Mario Run
  • Super Mario Bros. Wonder
  • Princess Peach: Showtime!
• Tangled
• The Tenth Line
• Tetris Battle Gaiden
• The Wizard Sniffer
• Xena: Warrior Princess

Visual Novels

• Guinevere
• Long Live the Queen
• The Princess Swap
• Reigning Passions
• Seven Kingdoms: The Princess Problem

Web Animation

• Princess Natasha

Webcomics

• Cursed Princess Club: The Protagonist is Gwendolyn of the Pastel Kingdom.
• Erika and the Princes in Distress
• The Fuzzy Princess
• The Little Crooked Tale
• Marya Morevna: The co-protagonist is the titular warrior princess.
• Pocket Princesses
• The Princess's Jewels
• Princess Princess (2012)
• Royal Blue
• Samurai Princess
• Suihira: The protagonist is Princess Wahida of Iona.
• They Say I Was Born a King's Daughter

Western Animation

• Aladdin: The Series
• Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: Fire Nation Princess Azula is a major antagonist in Books Two and Three.
• Disenchantment
• Hazbin Hotel: Main character Charlotte "Charlie" Magne is the princess of Hell.
• Lady Lovely Locks
• The Legend of Zelda (1989)
• The Little Mermaid (1992)
• Maya and the Three
• Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders
• Princess Sissi
• She-Ra: Princess of Power
  • She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
• Sofia the First
  • Elena of Avalor
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil
• Super Mario Bros. (DiC)
  • The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
  • The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
  • Super Mario World (1991)
• Tangled: The Series
• Winx Club: Bloom, Stella, and Aisha, three of the six main characters, are princesses of their respective home realms.

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