Queen Miranda

Miranda Balthazar-Winslow, later Queen Miranda is a major character in the Disney Junior series Sofia the First. She is the widow mother of Princess Sofia, former shoemaker/cobbler, King Roland II’s new wife after her husband Birk Balthazar's death and the death of Roland's first wife, Queen Lorelei, the stepmother of Princess Amber and Prince James, and the current queen of the kingdom of Enchancia.
She is voiced by Sara Ramirez.
==Background==
Miranda was known to be a shoemaker/cobbler, working as a pauper in village of Dunwiddie in the kingdom of Enchancia with her daughter, Sofia, and things became even more difficult after the death of her husband, Birk Balthazar, who was lost at sea. After a while, however, Miranda, when she was called to the palace to do a shoe fitting for King Roland II, fell in love with Roland and so did he with her and they got married, since it was love at first sight. After this marriage, Miranda was coronated and crowned the new Queen of Enchancia while her daughter Sofia becomes a student at Royal Prep and the second Princess of Enchancia, and Miranda also becomes Amber and James' stepmother, who immediately accepts them as her children.
When Sofia tells her that she doesn't feel good where they are now as royals, she cheers her up and encourages her because we know that changes aren't always easy.
As time went on and Miranda carried out her new duties as Queen alongside Roland, she also wanted to spend more time with her family, such as going on a picnic with her kids, leading to some wild adventures with Sofia when dealing with river rapids.
When the family travels to Merroway Cove on the Floating Palace, their royal ship that served as a mobile castle when traveling overseas while still having the comforts of the castle back in Enchancia at their disposal, Sofia is able to mend hostilities against humans carried by the Mermaid Queen Emmaline, allowing Emmaline to meet and befriend Miranda and Roland, becoming a good friend of theirs, leading to later visits having Sofia's family put on a performance for the merpeople, and Emmaline putting on a water show for the Enchancia Royal Family in return.
When Sofia suggests visiting the Kingdom of Avalor to open up trade relations with them, Miranda is very supportive of it thanks to Sofia's encouragement. However, she would soon learn that Avalor had been taken over by the wicked sorceress Shuriki, who overthrew and murdered the true sovereigns in King Raul and Queen Lucia, leaving their eldest daughter, Elena, to take over, but she had been imprisoned in the Amulet of Avalor for over 40 years. After she was freed, she explained everything about the Amulet to Roland and Miranda, and Sofia's true reasons for coming to Avalor, and Miranda, while shocked, assured Sofia she should have just come forward and told them the truth to begin with, and they would have been more than willing to help. Thanks to Miranda and her family's efforts, Elena overthrew Shuriki and reclaimed Avalor, becoming Crown Princess and sovereign, earning Enchancia a valued ally in Elena and Avalor.
As a result, several years later, when Elena is about to be crowned Queen of Avalor, Miranda and her family return to Avalor to attend the coronation, with Miranda looking as if she hasn't aged a day while Sofia and her stepsiblings have grown into handsome and beautiful teenagers.
Before returning to Avalor, Miranda took Sofia back to their old home and shoe store to reveal a new dress that Miranda had made for Sofia for her graduation from Royal Prep. After Sofia changes into it, they head back to the castle, but when Sofia shows anxiety over how her classmates want her to give a speech at the graduation ceremony, Miranda assures her she'll do fine. After the ceremony, while Miranda and the others are getting the castle ready for the after-party, they are shocked when the evil ancient sorceress Vor appears in the castle. After Cedric is disarmed by his former familiar Wormwood, Miranda and the rest of her family are mind controlled by Vor, and sent to lock themselves up in Cedric's tower while she takes over Enchancia. After Sofia frees her mom and the others from the spell, they move quickly to evacuate Enchancia for safer havens, with Roland making it clear he wants his wife and children out of harm's way before he goes back to deal with Vor himself. Sofia, however, reminds him that the people of Enchancia are family too, and before Miranda or Roland can stop her, Sofia changes into her flying unicorn form, has Amber, as heiress to the throne, mount her, and heads back to deal with Vor herself.
Encouraged by Amber and Sofia's bravery, Roland and Miranda order Baileywick to turn their ship around and head back to reclaim their kingdom. By the time they and James return to the castle, Vor has already been vanquished, trapped in the Amulet of Avalor, but Amber somberly reveals that Sofia was trapped in it with her, to Miranda and the others' horror. Fearing for her daughter's life, Miranda and the others plead for Cedric to save her. Calling his parents, and soon joined by Flora, Fauna and Merryweather, and the Protectors, Cedric has Miranda and the others form a circle around the Amulet and hold hands. Using a powerful spell, Cedric has it collect the inert, dormant magic from Miranda and everyone else to amplify it, and after a few tense seconds, it manages to free Sofia, and a repentant Prisma, from the Amulet. Miranda is relieved and overjoyed to have her daughter back, while Sofia reassures her mom and stepfather that Vor will never threaten Enchancia or the Ever Realm ever again, having vanquished her with the light of goodness in her heart while trapped in the Amulet.
Afterwards, Miranda bears witness as the Protectors, in reward for Sofia's bravery in saving the Ever Realm from Vor's tyranny, officially dub her a Protector as well. Shortly thereafter, Miranda heads back inside the castle with everyone else to enjoy the party.
==Gallery==
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Elena-avalor-disneyscreencaps.com-6772.jpg|Miranda, her husband, and daughter, standing with Elena, her grandparents, and the people of Avalor against Shuriki
Elena-avalor-disneyscreencaps.com-6794.jpg|Elena catches Shuriki's wand as Miranda looks on with Roland and Sofia
Elena-avalor-disneyscreencaps.com-6818.jpg|Elena prepares to destroy Shuriki's wand as Miranda looks on with Roland
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