Aurora was still a princess at the end.
With Aurora and several of the others, it depends on when exactly they or their husbands would ascend the throne. They don't necessarily have to wait until the current monarch, if there even is one, dies--he/she could voluntarily step down. In these cases generally it is not definitely known by the ends of their respective movies. Here is a rundown of the usual suspects (much of this has already been covered):
Snow White - Born a princess, and with no wedding shown, still a princess by the end, although with the death of the Evil Queen maybe the kingdom will now be hers to rule--it's uncertain exactly what her status is. The intention seems to be that she will stay a princess or become a queen consort in another kingdom someday, depending on whether her prince is heir to the throne there. Either their kingdoms will be united or she has older siblings (who had been imprisoned) who will ascend the throne--it doesn't seem to matter for this story.
Cinderella - With a wedding at the end became either a princess or queen consort, depending on whether the king chose to step down (probably didn't, so she's probably a princess for the time being). Will someday become a queen consort if she hadn't already.
Aurora - Born a princess, and with no wedding shown, still a princess by the end. As for her future status, with the two kingdoms being united like this, who knows what WDAS were thinking? Usually it's the dude who gets to rule, and if that's the case here, then Aurora will be Phillip's queen consort.
Ariel - Born a mermaid princess, became a human (leaving her previous world behind), and married to become a human queen consort to Eric, who presumably ascended the throne upon his marriage to Ariel. Either that or he still has to come of age, in which case Ariel will remain a princess for a while longer.
Belle - Born a commoner, she will marry to become Adam's queen consort...unless he stays a "prince" because that is one weird kingdom, anyway. As for her status at the end of the movie, maybe she's married already and maybe not yet.
Jasmine - Born a princess, she might be either a princess or queen consort (or whatever you would call a sultan's wife), depending on when Aladdin would become sultan. At least that's what it looks like, although for all we know she might rule equally as a sultana.
Pocahontas - Daughter of an elected chief of the Powhatan Nation/Confederacy, so not really a princess. That said, effectively it was kind of a monarchy in some ways, so maybe she could be viewed as a princess--she was born one (if her father had been chief for that long--it's often a lifetime gig) and remained one at the end.
Mulan - Has nothing to do with royalty or power whatsoever, except for the emperor thinking that she's pretty awesome.
Tiana - Born a commoner, and married Prince Naveen to become a princess by the end. He doesn't appear to be the heir to a throne, so Tiana will likely stay a princess.
Rapunzel - Born a princess, she remains a princess at the end. That said, she is apparently an only child, and will presumably therefore eventually become the queen regnant (the ruling monarch, female edition) of Corona, with Eugene Fitzherbert as her prince consort.
Merida - Listed as an "official" Disney Princess(TM) by the Disney Consumer Products division, she's not even a WDAS character, as
Brave is a Pixar movie, so never mind.
Elsa - Born a princess and groomed as heir to the throne (first child), she ascended the throne at age 21 as queen regnant of Arendelle, and remains so at the end (after stints in self-imposed isolation on a mountain and then in prison for murder and treason ). Elsa is the only Disney princess to become a reigning monarch during her movie; Rapunzel is the only other known crown princess (female heir to the throne), although Snow White is a possibility, and who knows, maybe Aurora is, too.
Anna - Born a princess, and remains one at the end of her movie (will presumably marry a commoner, Kristoff Bjorgman).
I think Elsa is Disney's only Queen (as the main character).
Among the princess characters Elsa is the only known (for sure) queen regnant within her movie's timeline. Most of the monarchs in WDAS movies are kings, with only two exceptions that immediately spring to mind: the Evil Queen in
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Queen Elsa in
Frozen (the Queen of Hearts in
Alice in Wonderland sure seems to rule, but that may just be de facto rather than official, since she has such a...forceful personality). The rest of WDAS' queens seem to be queens consort--the wives of the monarchs and mothers of their heirs (not to put them down, but they're not the actual rulers of their kingdoms). As noted above, some of the other princesses are potentially (due to the uncertainty of some facts) queens consort by the ends of their movies, but nevertheless only Elsa reigns as the monarch.
Of course, I'm only talking about the "standard" Disney princess characters that many people are familiar with. I could throw in Kida, for example, to complicate matters. Apparently she, like Elsa, became a queen regnant during her movie, but nobody cares about her, right?
reply
share
lrdcharlton
9 years ago
The issue of who is going to be a monacrch in disney films often dosent make much sense. For example, in Aladin we see he comes from nothing, not even a mnor nobel house he is literallly a homelees boy. In the film Jasmine threaens Jafar that once she becomes Queen, she will get rid of him. That seems to imply that she will be Queen with or without husband. It dosent really make much sense that the man she would marry would end up being the Monarch. That woud suggest that the people would be subjected to the rule of a foreigner. On the side note there is no such thing as a sultana. In history there have been situations were there are two monarchs married to each other, Mary of scots and her husband Henry of france, Isabella and Ferdinand both ruled there own respective kingdoms together. The co-monarchs william and mary are another example of there being two rulers. The marriage of Mary 1 and Phillip of spain was one of the few unsuccessful marriages were the people(Marys) were against the match. It took a toll on the marriage, which there was no love and was only for political purposes. Phillip basicallly abandoned his wife when they failed to produce a child and she died shortly after. Snowwhite is a bit ambiguous to what her status was after her stepmother died. If her father was king and she was his only child and her stepmother was his wife, she had no claim to the throne. The only way she were to have power was if she were regent in the minority of the Monarch, but snow white was a princess. Idk, can't put much thougght into disneey logic.
reply
share
rbrtck
9 years ago
The issue of who is going to be a monacrch in disney films often dosent make much sense.
Ultimately Disney do whatever works for their stories, and I think that contrary to typical reality, in their minds kings and queens are co-heads of state.
For example, in Aladin we see he comes from nothing, not even a mnor nobel house he is literallly a homelees boy.
Well, it's the same as Cinderella, Belle, and Tiana coming from nothing, as far as Disney are concerned.
In the film Jasmine threaens Jafar that once she becomes Queen, she will get rid of him. That seems to imply that she will be Queen with or without husband.
No, at that point, before her father casually changed the law later on, Jasmine was going to be married whether it was against her will or not. Then she would get rid of Jafar, but for now she had no power, even over her own life.
It dosent really make much sense that the man she would marry would end up being the Monarch. That woud suggest that the people would be subjected to the rule of a foreigner.
Well, he's the protagonist of the movie with his own little Cinderella story--realism doesn't necessarily apply, and I'm just guessing what Disney might have been thinking anyway.
On the side note there is no such thing as a sultana.
So it has never happened in history? Not even in India, for example? This is fiction in any case, and it may well be that the intention was that Jasmine and Aladdin would rule equally.
In history there have been situations were there are two monarchs married to each other, Mary of scots and her husband Henry of france, Isabella and Ferdinand both ruled there own respective kingdoms together. The co-monarchs william and mary are another example of there being two rulers.
That's true, and it is probably what Disney usually have in mind, particularly for Aurora. It's just not 100% clear in this and a number of other Disney animated features.
Snowwhite is a bit ambiguous to what her status was after her stepmother died. If her father was king and she was his only child and her stepmother was his wife, she had no claim to the throne. The only way she were to have power was if she were regent in the minority of the Monarch, but snow white was a princess. Idk, can't put much thougght into disneey logic.
I agree that the Evil Queen would really just be the regent in real life, but I think that Disney literally view her as the queen nevertheless. Perhaps killing Snow White off could be viewed as a play to usurp the throne, although both the fairy tale and the movie only cover the jealousy angle. We can attempt to describe the status and titles of the Disney princesses in real-life terms, but ultimately Disney generally do not go for strict realism in this respect.
reply
share
MadameLee (18)
7 years ago
Actually a Sultana was a wife or concubine of a Sultan something similar to a Queen Consort
reply
share
annedoe
8 years ago
You do know there were things called Principality which means a state ruled JUST by a prince. In pre-Revoulation France someone who is distantly related to the ruling family (but not in line to the throne themselves) could be called a prince which means he will never be able to become King of the France. So mostly likely this is the Beast's story (for the 1991 version) so I believe that Belle will be a Princess consort for her entire life well her husband is a Prince.
Tiana-I got the impression that Prince Naveen was the heir to the throne of his country but because he was too much like Britain's Edward VII and the current Prince Harry of England (ie partying) that Naveen's family disowned him which made his little brother (unnamed) the heir-but I'm assuming if something happened to the King&Queen of Naveen's homeland and the brother is too young to rule still-he probably might have to be temporary Regnant for him.
It was implied that Merdia was going to be Queen instead of one of her brothers (probably maybe to prevent a civil war from happening).
Anna could become Queen if Elsa stepped down if not one of Annna's children could if something happened to Elsa and she died without issue.
reply
share
Otter (24464)
7 years ago
In medieval Scotland, if someone like Merida assumed the throne, her brothers would feel obligated to take arms and depose her. That was considered normal family dynamics in those days.
Queen Elsa is extremely unlikely to marry, because of the whole touchy-freezy thing, so Anna is the heir presumptive and her children would probably be the future monarchs. Which kind of rules out marrying a common ice-cutter.
As to the original question, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White seem to be equivalent - princesses who are only children, and rightful heir to their father's kingdom, who are marrying the heir to a different kingdom and presumably both kingdoms will be combined into one nation. Except... do we know that Snow White's prince is the crown prince, or could he be a younger son? And does she have a hope in hell of claiming her father's throne?
reply
share
MadameLee (18)
7 years ago
I think it was stated IN the Brave movie that Merida's going to gain the throne. Since if Fergus tries to leave it to one of his sons-there would be civil war both among themselves and from the other clans.
reply
share