This was a result of being wickedly jealous of the young girl's natural beauty and charm, which she and her own daughters all lacked. While pampering her own two daughters and spoiling them rotten, she raised Cinderella in abuse and virtual slavery. Her selfishness and vanity destroyed both the family fortune and left the once beautiful château in a state of disrepair. After the death of her father, Cinderella was under the control of Lady Tremaine, whose true colors finally surfaced, showing a cruel and cold-hearted woman. Sometime during her childhood, Cinderella's mother tragically passed away, and as a result of believing his daughter needed a mother figure in her life, Cinderella's father remarried a woman named Lady Tremaine, who notably had two daughters of her own, both around Cinderella's age: Anastasia and Drizella. The family resided in a French château, just beyond a small- but powerful- kingdom. Cinderella was born to wealthy, unnamed parents who treated their daughter with great love.