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DISNEY PRINCESSES:
THE DEFINITIVE LIST
by Whatsits Galore

No Princess Left Behind

You know Disney has a long-standing princess tradition dating from the very first animated feature and continuing to the present day. This includes an official princess list, which currently stands at 12, with two more scheduled to be inducted in the future. Wait...inducted? Princesses are born (daughter of a king, chief, or jeddak), or made (wife of a prince), not elected. Unless you're counting the Star Wars universe, which is beyond the parameters of this site.

It seems that Disney allows such things as popularity and ethnicity to influence their judgement concerning princesses, factors that have nothing to do with royalty. A princess is a princess, with or without a formal ceremony to induct her into the club. To set the record straight, Whatsits Galore has compiled a truly complete list of Disney princesses, some well-known, some obscure, but each one deserving of the title and of a place in Disney history.

This list includes Disney and Pixar characters, but not Star Wars (no Princess Leia), Marvel (no Princess Python or Teela), or the Muppets (no Princess Azalea...look it up). If you want a Star Wars princess page, you'll have to create it yourself.

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Snow White, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937

snow Princess by: birth
True Love: The Prince
Confidants: forest creatures
Enemies: The Wicked Queen
Skills: animal empathy, cooking, cleaning, sewing, singing, dancing
Rank: Fairest of them all

"Bless the seven little men who have been so kind to me..."

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Bambi's Mother, Bambi, 1942

bambi Princess by: marriage
True Love: The Great Prince of the Forest
Confidants: Aunt Ena
Enemies: Man
Skills: speed, woodcraft, foraging
Status: deceased

"Don't look back! Keep running!"

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Faline, Bambi, 1942

bambi Princess by: marriage
True Love: Bambi
Confidants: none
Enemies: Man, hunting dogs, Ronno
Skills: speed, woodcraft, foraging
Offspring: twin fawns

"Don't you remember me?"

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Cinderella, Cinderella, 1950

cinderella Princess by: marriage
True Love: Prince Charming
Confidants: mice and birds
Enemies: step-family
Skills: communicating with mice, animal empathy, housework, sewing, singing, dancing
Transportation: pumpkin coach

"They can't order me to stop dreaming."

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Tiger Lily, Peter Pan, 1953

lily Princess by: birth
True Love: none, though she is attracted to Peter Pan
Confidants: unknown
Enemies: Capt. Hook
Skills: dancing
Home: Never Land

"Help!"

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Aurora, Sleeping Beauty, 1959

sleeping Princess by: birth
True Love: Prince Phillip
Confidants: forest creatures
Enemies: Maleficent
Skills: singing, dancing, berry-picking
Alias: Briar Rose

"Oh, he's not a stranger. We've met before."

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Wednesday, Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N., 1966

wednesday Princess by: birth
True Love: Robin Crusoe (almost)
Confidants: sisters and cousins
Enemies: Tanamashu
Skills: swimming, fishing, javelin, hand-to-hand combat, dancing
Religious affiliation: Kabuna cult

"Woman got rights, you say?"

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Eilonwy, The Black Cauldron, 1983

eilonwy Princess by: birth
True Love: Taran
Confidants: none
Skills: magic bauble
Enemies: The Horned King
Flaws: talks too much

"If it wasn't for this girl, you would still be in the Horned King's dungeon."

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Mombi, Return to Oz, 1985

oz Princess by: usurpation
True Love: none
Confidants: none
Skills: magic, lute, charioteer
Enemies: Ozma
Collection: heads

"Nobody's going to help you."

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Calla, adventures of the Gummi Bears, 1985

gummi Princess by: birth
True Love: none, yet
Confidants: Sunni
Skills: riding, swordplay
Enemies: Duke Igthorn, ogres
Secret Identity: The Crimson Avenger

"I'm sorry, Father, I just couldn't resist."

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Ariel, The Little Mermaid, 1989

ariel Princess by: birth
True Love: Prince Eric
Confidants: Flounder, Scuttle
Enemies: Ursula, Flotsam & Jetsam
Skills: singing, dancing, swimming
Collection: human artifacts

"If I become human, I'll never be with my father or sisters again."

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Aquata, The Little Mermaid, 1989

mermaid Princess by: birth
True Love: none
Confidants: her sisters
Enemies: Ursula, The Evil Manta, Marina Del Rey
Skills: singing, swimming
Siblings: Andrina, Arista, Attina, Adella, Alanna, Ariel

"I'm a mermaid with no grace!"

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Andrina, The Little Mermaid, 1989

mermaid Princess by: birth
True Love: none
Confidants: her sisters
Enemies: Ursula, The Evil Manta, Marina Del Rey
Skills: singing, dancing, swimming
Siblings: Aquata, Arista, Attina, Adella, Alanna, Ariel

"Isn't it obvious, Daddy? Ariel's in love."

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Arista, The Little Mermaid, 1989

mermaid Princess by: birth
True Love:
Confidants: her sisters
Enemies: Ursula, The Evil Manta, Marina Del Rey
Skills: singing, dancing, swimming, wind instruments
Siblings: Aquata, Andrina, Attina, Adella, Alanna, Ariel

"It's still dark out."

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Attina, The Little Mermaid, 1989

mermaid Princess by: birth
True Love:
Confidants: her sisters
Enemies: Ursula, The Evil Manta, Marina Del Rey
Skills: singing, dancing, swimming
Siblings: Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Adella, Alanna, Ariel

"She's got it bad."

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Adella, The Little Mermaid, 1989

mermaid Princess by: birth
True Love:
Confidants: her sisters
Enemies: Ursula, The Evil Manta, Marina Del Rey
Skills: singing, dancing, swimming
Siblings: Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Attina, Alanna, Ariel

"Okay, where are the boys?"

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Alanna, The Little Mermaid, 1989

mermaid Princess by: birth
True Love:
Confidants: her sisters
Enemies: Ursula, The Evil Manta, Marina Del Rey
Skills: singing, dancing, swimming
Siblings: Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Attina, Adella, Ariel

"But I need my beauty sleep."

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Belle, Beauty and the Beast, 1991

belle Princess by: marriage
True Love: The Beast
Confidants: Maurice
Skills: thinking, singing, dancing, riding
Enemies: Gaston, villagers
Passion: books

"Papa, do you think I'm...odd?"

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Jasmine, Aladdin, 1992

jasmine Princess by: birth
True Love: Aladdin
Confidants: Rajah
Skills: pole vault, singing
Enemies: Jafar
Kingdom: Agrabah

"I am not a prize to be won!"

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Pocahontas, Pocahontas, 1995

pocahontas Princess by: birth
True Love: John Smith
Confidants: Meeko, Flit, Grandmother Willow
Skills: climbing, running, stealth, singing, swimming, canoeing, diving
Enemies: Ratcliffe
Allegiance: Powhatan Tribe

"This is where the path of hatred has brought us."

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Atta, A Bug's Life, 1998

atta Princess by: birth
True Love: Flik
Confidants: none
Skills: flying, climbing, motivational speaking
Enemies: Hopper, grasshopper gang
Kingdom: Ant Island

"This was not supposed to happen."

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Dot, A Bug's Life, 1998

dot Princess by: birth
True Love: none
Confidants: fellow Blueberries
Skills: flying, climbing
Enemies: Hopper, grasshopper gang
Group affiliation: Blueberry Troop

"Pretend it's a seed, okay?"

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Kiara, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, 1998

kiara Princess by: birth
True Love: Kovu
Confidants: none
Skills: hunting
Enemies: Zira and her pack
Territory: the Pridelands

"Upendi...it means "love", doesn't it?"

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Mira Nova, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, 2000

mira Princess by: birth
True Love: none
Confidants: none
Skills: insubstantiability, laser weapons, flying
Enemies: Evil Emperor Zurg and his allies
Species: Tangean

"Please tell me I'm not the only one who just saw that."

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Melody, The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, 2000

mermaid Princess by: birth
True Love: none
Confidants: Tip, Dash
Skills: swimming, singing
Enemies: Morgana
Disadvantages: clumsiness

"Sometimes I even pretend I have fins!"

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Mia Thermopolis, The Princess Diaries, 2001

diaries Princess by: birth
True Love: Lord Nicholas Devereaux
Confidants: Lily, Fat Louie
Skills: rock climbing, singing, dancing, archery, horseback riding
Enemies: none
Education: high school

"Just in case I'm not enough of a freak already, let's add a tiara."

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Kida, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, 2004

kida Princess by: birth
True Love: Milo James Thatch
Confidants: none
Skills: hand-to-hand combat, languages, swimming, jumping, climbing
Enemies: Rourke
Limitations: illiterate

"The kings of the past would weep if they could see how far we have fallen."

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Mai, Mulan II, 2004

disney Princess by: birth
True Love: Yao
Confidants: Su, Ting-Ting
Skills: singing
Enemies: duty
Citizenship: China

"A true romantic can tell."

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Su, Mulan II, 2004

princess Princess by: birth
True Love: Chien Po
Confidants: Mai, Ting-Ting
Skills: singing
Enemies: duty
Hobby: eating

"I saved the food!"

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Ting-Ting, Mulan II, 2004

mulan Princess by: birth
True Love: Ling
Confidants: Mai, Su
Skills: singing
Enemies: duty
Asset: sense of humor

"I hate my laugh!"

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Nancy Tremaine, Enchanted, 2007

enchanted Princess by: marriage
True Love: Prince Edward
Confidants: none
Skills: dancing
Enemies: none
Former occupation: fashion designer

"She forgot her shoe. Figures."

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Tiana, The Princess and the Frog, 2009

tiana Princess by: marriage
True Love: Prince Naveen
Confidants: Charlotte
Skills: cooking, singing, diligence
Enemies: Dr. Facilier
Occupation: restauranteur

"I gotta make sure all Daddy's hard work means something."

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Rapunzel, Tangled, 2010

tangled Princess by: birth
True Love: Flynn Rider (Eugene Fitzherbert)
Confidants: Pascal
Skills: climbing, painting, singing, dancing, cooking, guitar, astronomy, geometry, candle-making, sewing, housework, ventiloquism, knitting, darts, pottery, chess, papier maché, jigsaw puzzles, drawing
Enemies: Mother Gothel
Hair: 70'

"I can't believe I did this!"

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Tamina, Prince of Persia, 2010

persia Princess by: birth
True Love: Prince Dastan
Confidants: none
Skills: swordplay, riding
Enemies: Nizam
Kingdom: Alamut

"The solution would be to kiss me, and then kill me."

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Merida, Brave, 2012

merida Princess by: birth
True Love: none, she hopes
Confidants: Angus
Skills: archery, riding, climbing, swordplay
Enemies: Mord'u
Clan: Dunbroch

"I tore a great rift in our kingdom."

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Vanellope Von Schweetz, Wreck-It Ralph, 2012

ralph Princess by: programming
True Love: none
Confidants: none
Skills: driving, glitching
Enemies: King Candy, Taffyta Muttonfudge and her entourage
Game: Sugar Rush

"Enjoy your little tantrum, diaper-baby?"

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Deja Thoris, John Carter, 2012

barsoom Princess by: birth
True Love: John Carter
Confidants: none
Skills: swordplay, physics
Enemies: Sab Than, Therns
Discovery: the 9th ray

"I would lay down my life for Helium."

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Sola, John Carter, 2012

thark Princess by: birth
True Love: none
Confidants: none
Skills: getting into trouble
Enemies: Sarkoja
Species: Thark

"It is good to fly!"

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Sofia, Sofia the First, 2013

sofia Princess by: marriage (her mother's)
True Love: none yet
Confidants: Clover, Minimus, other Disney princesses
Skills: outdoor skills, magic powers, singing
Enemies: Wormwood, Prince Hugo, Boswell, Miss Nettle, Cedric
Alma Mater: Royal Prep Academy

"It's time to rise and shine, Wake up and make the day mine."

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Glinda, Oz the Great and Powerful, 2013

oz Princess by: birth
True Love: Oscar Diggs
Confidants: none
Skills: magic
Enemies: The Wicked Witches
Direction: south

"Maybe you're capable of more than you know."

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Elena Castillo Flores, Elena of Avalor, 2016

avalor Princess by: birth
True Love: none
Confidants: Isabel, Naomi
Skills: swordplay, magic, singing, guitar
Enemies: Shuriki, Fiero
Weapon: Scepter of Light

"They say every story has a beginning. Except mine. My story has two..."

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Moana Waialiki, Moana, 2016

moana Princess by: birth
True Love: none
Confidants: Gramma Tala
Skills: climbing, sailing, wayfinding, administration, singing
Enemies: the Kakamora, Tamatoa
Passion: the ocean

"My job is to deliver Maui across the great ocean."

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Clara Stahlbaum, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, 2018

nutcracker Princess by: birth
True Love: none
Confidants: Drosselmeyer
Skills: inventing, riding, dancing, hand-to-hand combat
Enemies: the Sugar Plum Fairy
Nationality: British

"Maybe I have been spending too much time in the attic."

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Raya, Raya and the Last Dragon, 2021

raya Princess by: birth
True Love: none
Confidants: Tuk Tuk
Skills: hand-to-hand combat, martial arts, swordsmanship, riding, cooking
Enemies: Fang, Talon, Spine, Tail
Childhood Nickname: Dewdrop

"I really wanted to believe that we could be Kumandra again."

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Namaari, Raya and the Last Dragon, 2021

namaari Princess by: birth
True Love: none
Confidants: none
Skills: hand-to-hand combat, martial arts, stick fighting, crossbow, riding
Enemies: Heart, Talon, Spine, Tail
Fandom: Dragon nerd

"In a different world, maybe we could have been friends."

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And here are some who are definitely NOT Disney princesses, no matter what anybody says or thinks. Sorry, girls.

elsa anya marian jane tink alice giselle
odette charlotte meg esmy daphne mulan thumbelina

To this list we must add the only member of the club removed because of a sequel:

anna

Farewell, Princess (now Queen) Anna

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