7 Princesses

To qualify as a Princess on this list, the lady has to be beautiful, of strong moral fiber, the main heroine of a series written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, a member of royalty, and hail from another planet or lost race. The 7 Princesses are presented in alphabetical order:

Dejah Thoris

She is the daughter of Mors Kajak, Jed of Lesser Helium, the granddaughter of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium, and the wife of John Carter, Warlord of Mars. She is called incomparable and the most beautiful woman of two worlds. 

"Her face was oval and beautiful in the extreme, her every feature was finely chiseled and exquisite, her eyes large and lustrous and her head surmounted by a mass of coal black, waving hair. Her skin was of a light reddish copper color, against which the crimson glow of her cheeks and the ruby of her beautifully molded lips shone with a strangely enhancing effect. She was destitute of clothes... nor could any apparel have enhanced the beauty of her perfect and symmetrical figure." - from A Princess of Mars  

    illustration by Frank Cho

Dian the Beautiful

Dian the Beautiful is the daughter of the former King of Amoz, sister of the current King of Amoz, niece of Ghak the Hairy One (King of Sari), and mate of David Innes, Emperor of Pellucidar. David met Dian on a Sagoth slave march to Phutra. 

"...But the girl! She was magnificent." - from At the Earth's Core 

Caroline Munro played Dia in the 1976 movie At the Earth's Core.

               illustration by Harry Roland from The Gilak's Guide to Pellucidar

Duare

Duare is the daughter of Mintep, Jong of Vepaja, and the mate of Carson Napier. Carson met and fell in love with the girl while living in the home of her father.  

"...I had been absolutely dumfounded by her beauty. ...such indescribable perfection of coloring and features combined with character and intelligence..." - from Pirates of Venus

     illustration by Frank Frazetta from the cover of Escape on Venus

Fou-tan

She is the daughter of Beng Kher, King of Pnom Dhek and the wife of Gordon King. She is known to us as the Jungle Girl or The Dancing Girl of the Leper King. 

"Every movement of her lithe body, every gesture of her graceful arms and hands, each changing expression of her beautiful face and eyes were provocative. She radiated magnetism." - from Jungle Girl

illustration by Roy Krenkel from the cover of The Land of Hidden Men       

Nadara

Nadara's true origin is revealed as the daughter of Henri de la Valois, Count of Crecy. Known to us as The Cave Girl, she becomes the wife of Waldo Emerson Smith-Jones. 

"...Her soft black hair fell in disorder across one cheek and over the other arm, to spread gracefully upon the green grass about her. ...he saw that she was very comely. Never had he seen a girl just like her. ...This girl...her lips seemed to have been made for laughing, and for something else." - from The Cave Girl

     illustration by Roy Krenkel from the cover of The Cave Girl

Nah-ee-lah

She is the proud Nonovar of Laythe and daughter of Sagroth, Jemadar of Laythe. The Moon Maid and Julian the 5^th escape the besieged city of Laythe on flying wings, living an idyllic life on a deserted island before returning to Earth and marrying.

"...there before me, was as perfectly formed a human female as I had ever seen. ...she appeared a girl of about eighteen, with hair of glossy blackness, that suggested more the raven's wing than aught else and a skin of almost marble whiteness, slightly tinged with a creamy shade. Such perfection of features seemed almost unbelievable." - from The Moon Maid

 illustration by Frank Frazetta          

Victory

Queen Victory is the daughter of Wettin, former King of Grabritin, and becomes the wife of Jefferson Turck.

"She was of medium height, well formed, and with fine, clear-cut features. Her forehead was high, and her eyes both intelligent and beautiful. Exposure to the sun had browned a smooth and velvety skin to a shade which seemed to enhance rather than mar an altogether lovely picture of youthful femininity." - from The Lost Continent

    illustration by Frank Frazetta from the cover of The Lost Continent

Favorite Princess not on the List? Look for her on one of these other pages:

More Princesses (not the main Princess of the Series but one featured in one of the books)

Honorable Mention (excluded by the "Princess" criteria stated but worthy of note)

Princess Links

Janes of the Cinema

Hillman's Heroines: Part I, Part II, Part III, Frazetta Style I, Frazetta Style II

Additional Reading

The Women of ERB by J.G.Huckenpöhler in ERB-APA #70, Summer 2001