Forgotten Disney

The First King and Queen

Originally published in July-26-2015

The First King and Queen: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Deleted Disney Characters

Here we have the first king, Not much is known about him except that he was Snow White's father. When his first wife passed away, he married another maiden to give Snow White a loving mother. When he died, Grimhilde revealed her true nature and forced her stepdaughter to become a servant and dress in rags.

He was Snow White's father, who died when his daughter was young.

Not much is known about him except for some background information given in the Golden Books. He was a kind and good man who loved his wife dearly and since they were childless, they wished for one. One winter's day, his wife sat by a window sewing when she pricked her finger with the needle. When she saw the blood, she wished for a daughter with skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood and hair as black as ebony.

By spring, a daughter was born to the King and Queen. They called her Snow White and shortly after, the Queen died. The King was devastated and spent many sad and lonely years in his kingdom before he decided, at least for Snow White's sake, to remarry. When he did so, alas, the new Queen, although very beautiful, did not possess goodness like his first one and was vain, heartless and cruel. Instead, after his untimely death, she would start to treat Snow White like a servant.

Interestingly, in the 1987 book The Complete Story of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, there is a mention of him being poisoned by the Evil Queen.

Although there were pictures of his first wife, there are none of him in the Golden Books.

He appears in Once Upon a Time and Mirror, Mirror (A Twisted Tale) by Jen Calonita.

For the queen, Not much is known about her (she was not mentioned in the movie, nor were there any images of her).

However, a vintage sticker book was published by Lesieur-Cotelle & Associates S.A (R.C.B 9691). It was given to Disney enthusiast Alexandre Milazzo by a friend. It contains a Walt Disney Productions copyright and a Mir Supe is credited as editor. In it is a picture of the artist's version of her and the story, which is written in French. The scene of her sewing beside her window is reminiscent of the Grimm Brothers' story.

She can also be seen in the 1952 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Golden Book. In it, she sat sewing by a window one winter's day when she pricked her finger with her needle. When she saw the blood, she wished for a daughter with lips as red as blood, skin as white as snow, and hair as black as ebony. In the spring, she gives birth to a baby girl that she and her husband, the King, named Snow White. Sadly, she passes away shortly and the King, saddened and devastated over her death, eventually remarries, making Grimhilde the new Queen. And then when he passes away, she takes over the kingdom.

Aside from Snow White's hair and eye color, which she inherited from her father, she's said to look identical to her mother. The Queen's hair color varied between the sources: in the French sticker book, she was depicted as blonde, while the Belgian one as well as the Golden Book adaptation depicted her as brown.

She also appears in Once Upon a Time.

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Source: DisneyWiki

August-29-2020 Update: Updated and changed chapter with added information.