For her daughter, see Aurora. For the fairytale, see Sleeping Beauty (fairytale). For the film, see Sleeping Beauty (film). |
Queen Briar Rose, also known as Sleeping Beauty,[2] 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 fairytale, "Sleeping Beauty." She also shares some aspects with Queen Leah from the Disney film, Sleeping Beauty.
History
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes:
- Solid lines denote blood relationships
- Dashed lines denote marriage relationships that result in offspring
Trivia
Etymology
- "Briar Rose" is the name given to the character in the Brothers Grimm's version of the "Sleeping Beauty" fairytale. 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 | ||||||||||
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References
- ↑ In "Tallahassee," Aurora claims that she has "no loved ones" left, which may or may not indicate that Briar Rose is dead. Therefore, her current status is unknown.
- ↑ Abrams, Natalie (October 18, 2012). Lightning Round 2: Once Upon a Time Bosses Answer Your Burning Questions!. TV Guide. “Was it Aurora's (Sarah Bolger) mother that Regina (Lana Parrilla) was referring to back in Season 1 who got the best of Maleficent (Kristin Bauer)? Edward Kitsis: Yes.”