Talk:Disney Princess/@comment-9440129-20130824194407/@comment-1416077-20130827231353

I already stated that holding the actual title of princess is NOT a requirement for inclusion in the franchise.

Mulan is in fact the only Disney Princess to NOT hold a title or its equivalent... HOWEVER, there is strong indication that she is NOT a commoner; the Fa family are clearly affluent landowners AND Li Shang is noble-born (generals of that era in China were ranked among the nobility; given that he was the son of a general, he is in fact, noble), though his title would be closer in equivalent to a Landed Knight, Baronet or Baron.

Even without her marriage, her appointment as Imperial Councilor would grant her immediate noble status, as would her appointment as the Imperial Champion (when the Emperor giver her his crest, this is what he is actually doing), which effectively knights her and grants her noble status.