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These are the Disney "Princes" (also known as male protagonists) of the Disney Princess films put in chronological order.
Contents
- 1 Official Princes
- 2 Honorary Official Princes
- 3 Live-Action Princes
- 3.1 1. Prince Phillip ( Maleficent - 2014 )
- 3.2 2. King Kit Charming ( Cinderella - 2015 )
- 3.3 4. Prince Adam ( Beauty and the Beast - 2017 )
- 3.4 5. Aladdin ( Aladdin - 2019 )
- 3.5 6. Chen Honghui ( Mulan - 2020 )
- 3.6 7. Prince Eric (The Little Mermaid - 2023)
- 3.7 8. Johnathan (Snow White - 2024 )
- 4 Unofficial Live-Action Princes
- 4.1 1. Mowgli (The Jungle Book - 2016)
- 4.2 2. Pinocchio (Pinocchio - 2022)
- 5 Unofficial Princes
- 5.1 Taran
- 5.2 Hercules
- 5.3 Tarzan
- 5.4 Prince/King Milo Of Atlantis
- 5.5 Robin Hood
- 5.6 Simba
- 5.7 Kovu
- 5.8 Robert Philip
- 5.9 Prince Rei
- 5.10 Other Disney Heroes
- 6 Trivia
- 7 See Also
Official Princes
Name | Image | Notes |
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Prince/King Florian Charming | The Prince (known as Prince Florian since the franchise started, or the rumored Prince Ferdinand) is the secondary protagonist and the main male protagonist of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Although rumoured to be 31 years of age, he is confirmed to be 18 years old. He is the love interest and later husband of Snow White and is referred to as the Prince as his name is never mentioned in the film. The Prince just appears at the movie start, when he sings with Snow White, and at the end, when he saves the princess of her stepmother's curse. | |
Prince/King Henry Charming | Prince Charming (also known as Prince Henry) is the deuteragonist of Cinderella and its sequels. Prince Charming has black hair and is the love interest of Cinderella. He is much more interested in her than anyone else. He appears to be a loyal husband, prince and future king. Prince Charming is at first apparently not interested in marrying, but his opinion changes when he meets Cinderella, of whom he doesn't know the name at first. He also apparently can dance, and he has more prominence at the movie sequels. He is widely known for jumping out the diving out the palace window in Cinderella III: A Twist in Time. | |
Prince/King Phillip Charming | Prince Philip is the deuteragonist of the film Sleeping Beauty. Prince Phillip has brown hair is the love interest and later husband of Aurora. He is brave, loyal and kind. He was the first prince to have a revealed name and the first to have a prominent role in his movie, as he appears in most of it, and he is the first to have known his romantic partner since she was born. | |
Prince/King Captain Eric Charming | Prince Eric is the deuteragonist of The Little Mermaid and a secondary protagonist of its sequel and does not appear at all in The Little Mermaid III: Ariel's Beginning as it was a prequel focusing on Ariel's childhood. In the video game, Ariel's Adventure, he does not appear as a character but appears in visions in Ariel's crystal ball. Ariel, when seeing him in the crystal ball, wonders who he is and also says that she would never give up her voice for a man. In The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, he and Ariel become the first in the Disney Princess franchise to have a child in the movie, Melody. Prince Eric has black hair. | |
Prince/King Adam/The Beast Charming | Prince Adam, also known as The Beast, is the male protagonist of Beauty and the Beast. He is the love interest/husband of Belle. He is mostly seen in his Beast form, including in the franchise. He is at first selfish, impatient and unkind, due to being spoiled, which changes to fierce, territorial and lonely to kind, gentle and brave. Prince Adam has auburn hair. | |
Prince/Sultan Aladdin Charming | Aladdin, also known as Prince Ali Ababwa, is the titular main protagonist of the films Aladdin, The Return of Jafar, Aladdin and the King of Thieves and the TV series. He is the love interest and later husband of Princess Jasmine. He has black hair and has a pet monkey named Abu and recently acquired a flying rug with no name, but known as Carpet or Rug Man, a retired Genie for a friend and Jafar's old parrot, Iago. He is the only prince who was the protagonist of his movie, seeing he is more important than his romantic couple, the princess Jasmine. He is also the first prince that isn't from the royalty since his birth. | |
Prince/Chief Captain John Smith | John Smith is the deuteragonist of the film Pocahontas. He is the love interest of Pocahontas. He has blonde hair. He was more interested in land than gold until he met Pocahontas and changed his priority to her. After being shot by Ratcliffe, John had to go back to England for medical treatment. He is the first prince of the franchise who isn't a real prince, and the only one who was based on a real person. | |
Prince/Emperor Captain General Li Shang | Li Shang is the deuteragonist of Mulan, though it is unclear at first, and Mulan II. He is the son of General Li and was promoted to the role of Captain in Mulan. He is a slight antagonist in Mulan which changes to love interest, and later fiancé and husband to Mulan in Mulan II. He has black hair. | |
Prince/King Naveen Charming | Naveen is the Prince of Maldonia and deuteragonist of The Princess and the Frog. He is an annoyance to Tiana until they spend more time together as frogs, and he becomes her love interest and later husband. He is slightly bratty and hugely spoiled until his "froggy" adventure. He has black hair. | |
Prince/King Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert | Eugene Fitzherbert is the deuteragonist of Tangled. He is the love interest of Rapunzel in Tangled and her husband in Tangled Ever After. He went from an orphan to a thief to a prince. For most of his life, he went by Flynn Rider as he liked a similarly named character in his book as a child. In Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, it is discovered that he was in fact born a prince of the Dark Kingdom and his birth name is Horace. He has brown hair. |
Honorary Official Princes
Name | Image | Notes |
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Prince/King Kristoff Bjorgman | Kristoff Bjorgman[1] is the tritagonist of Frozen, and a major character in Frozen II. He is a Sami[2] outdoorsman that worked as an ice harvester with his reindeer Sven. Having been an orphan[3][4] who was raised by a colony of trolls in the mountains, Kristoff was initially wary of humans, believing them to be untrustworthy, cheating crooks. His outlook would slowly change upon meeting Princess Anna, whose warmheartedness would prove that people aren't as bad as Kristoff believed. |
Live-Action Princes
1. Prince Phillip ( Maleficent - 2014 )
2. King Kit Charming ( Cinderella - 2015 )
3. King Benjamin ( Descendants - 2015 )
4. Prince Adam ( Beauty and the Beast - 2017 )
5. Aladdin ( Aladdin - 2019 )
6. Chen Honghui ( Mulan - 2020 )
7. Prince Eric (The Little Mermaid - 2023)
8. Johnathan (Snow White - 2024 )
Unofficial Live-Action Princes
1. Mowgli (The Jungle Book - 2016)
2. Pinocchio (Pinocchio - 2022)
Unofficial Princes
This category includes characters who meet the qualifications for Disney Princes and/or are the counterpart to an unofficial Disney Princess. They also are verified as Disney Heroes.
Taran
Taran is the protagonist of The Black Cauldron and the love interest of Princess Eilonwy. He is not a Disney Prince because of the movie's lack of success.
Hercules
Hercules is the son of King Zeus and Queen Hera and the protagonist of Hercules. He is Megara's canon partner. Although he has all standards to be an Official Disney Prince, he is not, because of the reason that Princess Megara is not an Official Disney Princess a lack of respect at the box office.
Tarzan
Tarzan is the titular protagonist of Tarzan, Tarzan II, and Tarzan and Jane. Known as the ape-man, Tarzan was raised by gorillas and meets Jane Porter who teaches him about the world of mankind. Tarzan has all standards to be a Disney Prince, but he is not, because Jane Porter is not an Official Disney Princess because of the movies box office performance.
Prince/King Milo Of Atlantis
Milo is the protagonist of Atlantis. He is the love interest/husband/Prince/King Of Atlantis To Princess/Queen Kida Of Atlantis, which makes him Prince/King Consort Of Atlantis. He is not An Official Disney Prince in the line up list due to his film's lack of success.
Robin Hood
Robin Hood is the protagonist of Robin Hood. He is the love interest/husband of Maid Marian. He is brave, noble and loyal.
Simba
Simba is the protagonist of The Lion King, a major character in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, and the tritagonist in The Lion King 1 1/2. As cubs, he and Nala were inseparable friends, but their friendship blossomed into a romance in adulthood, and eventually became mates. He is also the father of Kiara. He is not an Official Disney Prince due to the fact that he is an animal.
Kovu
Kovu is the male protagonist of The Lion King II. He is the love interest/mate of Kiara, Simba's daughter. He looks like Scar (though they are not related).
Robert Philip
Robert is the deuteragonist of Enchanted. He was a serious divorce lawyer in New York until Giselle came. He and Morgan eventually loved Giselle like family, and Robert married her. He is not an official Disney Prince because it would be hard to put him in the parks due to the live-action part of the film. As well as the fact that disney would have to pay royalties to Amy Adams to use her likeness.
Prince Rei
Prince Rei is the male protagonist in Kilala Princess and love interest of Kilala Reno. Although he is a prince, he is not part of the franchise because of his lack of a film.
Other Disney Heroes
- Mickey Mouse from Mickey Mouse and Friends
- Pinocchio from Pinocchio
- Bambi from Bambi
- Peter Pan from Peter Pan
- Arthur from The Sword in the Stone
- Mowgli from The Jungle Book
- Quasimodo fromThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
- TarzanfromTarzan
- Woody from Toy Story
- Flik from A Bug's Life
- Princess Dot from A Bug's Life
- Ling, Yao and Chien-PofromMulan
- Jim from Treasure Planet
- Kuzco from The Emperor's New Groove
- Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Kenai from Brother Bear
- Prince Edward from Enchanted
- Ralph from Wreck-It Ralph
Trivia
- Even though John Rolfe is Pocahontas' love interest in the direct-to-video sequel, he's not credited as her "official" love interest due to John Smith and Pocahontas's relationship more well-known from the first film.
- Prince Charming, Aladdin and Li Shang are the only three princes to have their speaking and singing voices done by two different people.
- Aladdin is the only prince to be a main protagonist in a Princess film.
- Adam is the only prince to be a redhead.
- Adam and Naveen are the only two princes to not be human for the majority of two Princess films.
- Brave, Moana, and Raya and The Last Dragon are the only Princess films to not have a prince however on future seuqels.
- Aladdin is the only prince to go barefoot. However, when he is disguised as "Prince Ali Ababwa", he wears shoes.
- Li Shang is the last prince to be introduced in the 20th century.
- Naveen is the first prince to be introduced in the 21st century.
- Naveen and John Smith are the only princes to have both of their parents alive and to have a sibling in which they had a brother.
See Also
- List of Disney Princesses
- List of Disney Princess Villains
- List of Disney Princess Films