Briar Rose

This article focuses on the Enchanted Forest character Briar Rose, the Sleeping Beauty. For her daughter, see Aurora. For the fairy tale, see Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale). For the film, see Sleeping Beauty (film).

Briar Rose
Enchanted Forest Character
Biographical Information
Gender:	Female
Status:	Unknown
Home:	Her palace
Relatives:	See "Family"
Physical Description
Species:	Human
Show Information
First mention:	"The Thing You Love Most"
Latest mention:	"Enter the Dragon"
Relevant Pages

“

Evil Queen: The one you put under a sleeping curse.
Maleficent: Until King Stefan, the square jawed, undid all my work with true love's kiss.

”

—The Evil Queen to Maleficent ^src

Queen Briar Rose, also known as Sleeping Beauty, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. She is first mentioned in the second episode of the first season.

Briar Rose is based on Sleeping Beauty and her mother, the queen, from the fairy tale, "Sleeping Beauty." She also shares some aspects with Queen Leah from the Disney film, Sleeping Beauty.

History

Before First Curse

Briar Rose, having incurred Maleficent's wrath, is cursed by her into an eternal sleep before King Stefan awakens her with true love's kiss. While Maleficent falls into ruin, destroyed by her failed revenge, King Stefan and Briar Rose marry and have a daughter named Aurora. Years later, when their daughter is set to wed Prince Phillip, King Stefan seeks to get rid of Maleficent permanently to keep Aurora safe from her. Instead, Maleficent regains her lost ability to morph into a dragon and attacks the king, but the latter managed to survive. Later, the dragoness gains retribution against Briar Rose by cursing Aurora into an eternal sleep. ("Enter the Dragon")

Family

Briar Rose

King Stefan

Aurora

Prince Phillip

Phillip

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Notes:

• Solid lines denote blood relationships
• Dashed lines denote marriage relationships that result in offspring

Trivia

• Character Notes

Etymology

• "Briar Rose" is the name given to the character in the Brothers Grimm's version of the "Sleeping Beauty" fairy tale. In the original version by Charles Perrault, the character is simply known as "the princess."

Appearances

Once Upon a Time: Season One
"Pilot":	"The Thing You Love Most":	"Snow Falls":	"The Price of Gold":	"That Still Small Voice":	"The Shepherd":	"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter":	"Desperate Souls":	"True North":	"7:15 A.M.":	"Fruit of the Poisonous Tree":
Absent	Mentioned	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Skin Deep":	"What Happened to Frederick":	"Dreamy":	"Red-Handed":	"Heart of Darkness":	"Hat Trick":	"The Stable Boy":	"The Return":	"The Stranger":	"An Apple Red as Blood":	"A Land Without Magic":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Two
"Broken":	"We Are Both":	"Lady of the Lake":	"The Crocodile":	"The Doctor":	"Tallahassee":	"Child of the Moon":	"Into the Deep":	"Queen of Hearts":	"The Cricket Game":	"The Outsider":
Mentioned	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"In the Name of the Brother":	"Tiny":	"Manhattan":	"The Queen Is Dead":	"The Miller's Daughter":	"Welcome to Storybrooke":	"Selfless, Brave and True":	"Lacey":	"The Evil Queen":	"Second Star to the Right":	"And Straight On 'Til Morning":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Four
"A Tale of Two Sisters":	"White Out":	"Rocky Road":	"The Apprentice":	"Breaking Glass":	"Family Business":	"The Snow Queen":	"Smash the Mirror":	"Fall":	"Shattered Sight":	"Heroes and Villains":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Darkness on the Edge of Town":	"Unforgiven":	"Enter the Dragon":	"Poor Unfortunate Soul":	"Best Laid Plans":	"Heart of Gold":	"Sympathy for the De Vil":	"Lily":	"Mother":	"Operation Mongoose Part 1":	"Operation Mongoose Part 2":
Absent	Absent	Mentioned	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Other Appearances

The fairy tale version of Sleeping Beauty is mentioned in "And They Lived..."