Princess Rapunzel is the protagonist of Disney 's animated feature film Tangled. She is the princess of the kingdom of Corona , known for her long, magical, golden hair. As a baby, Rapunzel was abducted by a wicked crone and locked away in a remote tower for 18 yearsβduring which, she became fascinated with a phenomenon involving " floating lights " that would only appear on her birthday.
With the aid of the handsome thief Flynn Rider , Rapunzel escaped her tower to learn more about the lights and pursue her dream of exploring the outside world. Rapunzel is loosely based on the protagonist of the classic German fairy tale Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm. She is the tenth official Disney Princess and is also the first to originate from a fully computer-animated film.
Eighteen years before the events of Tangled , King Frederic and Queen Arianna Rapunzel's parents of Corona were anticipating their firstborn. Unfortunately, very late in her pregnancy, the queen fell ill with what would surely result in her death, as well as her child's.
Fearing the death of his love, the King dispatched multitudes of soldiers and villagers alongside the populace to search for a rumored magic flower , created by a single drop of sunlight, with the potential to heal any illnesses. After much searching, the flower, long hoarded by a woman named Mother Gothel , who has kept herself young by singing a song to it, is miraculously located and boiled into medicine to cure the queen of her illness.
With the help of the flower, the queen makes a full recovery and soon gives birth to a healthy baby girl, named Rapunzel who, unlike her brunette parents, has beautiful, golden hair. To celebrate her birth, a floating lantern with the emblem of the sun the Corona symbol was released into the sky amongst the people of Corona. However, the peace did not last long. Determined to retrieve the flower that kept her young and alive for centuries, Mother Gothel breaks into the castle late one night and sang the song to Rapunzel's hair.
