Cordeilla queene. Woodcut portrait showing Cordeilla wearing the crown and holding a scepter of kingship. Queen Cordelia was a legendary Queen of the Britons; as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth.The bottom woodcut shows Cordelia commiting suicide in her bedchamber; after being imprisoned.London: Imprinted for John Harrison; 1577.From: Raphael Holinshed; The firste volume of the chronicles of England; Scotlande; and Irelande; conteyning the description and chronicles of England; from the first inhabiting unto the Conquest. The description and chronicles of Scotland; from the first originall of the Scottes nation; till the yeare 1571. The description and chronicles of Yrelande; from the firste originall; untill the yeare 1547. (The laste volume. conteyning the chronicles of Englande from William Conquerour untill this present tyme.G. 6006 page 20London; British Library.