Queen Alexis was, the wife of Anatinus and Queen of Misty Island in ancient days.
Her daughter, cursed by fate and prophecy, was born blind. To ease her heavy heart, Alexis kidnapped the peasant girl Morning-Star, and raised her as the Princess.
When Morning-Star came of age, due to her envy she created six tough Love-Quests to the knights seeking to marry the girl, and eventually she decreed that her daughter "must remain unmarried and virgin all her days."