Cordelia is King Lear’s youngest and favourite daughter. He has arranged for her to marry the Duke of Burgundy or the King of France. When called upon to publicly express love for her father, Cordelia does not feel she can make a flattering speech in the way her sisters do. Her father is angry with her and disinherits her, so she has no entitlement to the kingdom portion he will give as a dowry. The King of France agrees to marry her without this land, and Cordelia leaves with him. She is concerned that her sisters will not care for their father as she would have done and returns to Britain with a French army to fight against them. She is eventually reunited with her father, who asks her for forgiveness for his poor judgment of her. The French troops lose the battle, and Cordelia is imprisoned with her father and murdered.