Queen Isabella (The 12 Dancing Princesses)

Queen Isabella is a minor character in Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses. She is the late mother of the princesses, and the wife of King Randolph. She was only seen in the movie as a portrait in the castle.

Story
Isabella, like her daughters, loved to dance, and she had a dance pavilion in the castle. Her daughters and her husband loved her very much, and they still do. When the girls were younger, Queen Isabella gave them all the storybooks. All of the books had the girl's favorite flowers (for example. a geranium for Ashlyn, a larkspur for Blair, etc.)

The storybooks are about a princess who loves to dance, ad she goes to a dance pavilion in a magical world to dance at night. After the third night, the magical world disappears, and the princess is distraught. This is hinted to her daughters that the stone pattern on their bedroom floor was the gateway to the magical world from the story, where the girls could dance and get away from their problems.

Duchess Rowena, who wanted to make the girls into "proper princesses" upset the girls by changing who they were. She also tried to steal the Queen's silver goblet. After all the trouble, she'd caused, Genevieve used the magic to make Rowena and her crony Desmond dance forever.

The Queen used to tell the princesses: "There's a difference only you can make". She didn't want the girls to change who they were, and she told her husband that their children would do great things in their own special way.

Physical Appearance
Queen Isabella has dark brown hair and dark blue eyes. Out of all of her daughters Ashlyn resembles her the most (even her hairstyle and dress color are similar). The Queen's dress is similar with the dancing princesses' dresses, with a flower on the middle of the bodice on her dress. She wears a necklace and a golden crown.

Personality
Isabella was very passionate about dancing. She made it the family tradition, and her favorite story featured a dancing princess.

Trivia

 * She shares the same name with Queen Isabella from Barbie: Princess Charm School, who is also a deceased character and mother of the main character whose daughter is named Blair.
 * She is only shown in portraits.