Cartimandua

Cartimandua
Queen of the Brigantes
"Caractacus, King of the Silures, deliver'd up to Ostorius, the Roman General, by Cartismandua, Queen of the Brigantes." – print by F. Bartolozzi, British Museum.
Queen of the Brigantes
Reign	before AD 51 – AD 69
Successor	Venutius
Co-ruler	Venutius (until divorce) and Vellocatus (from remarriage)
Born	c. 1st century AD
Died	after AD 69
Spouse	Venutius (divorced) Vellocatus

Cartimandua or Cartismandua (reigned c. AD 43 – c. 69) was a 1st-century queen of the Brigantes, a Celtic people living in what is now northern England. She came to power around the time of the Roman conquest of Britain, and formed a large tribal agglomeration that became loyal to Rome. The only account of her is by the Roman historian Tacitus, through which she appears to have been widely influential in early Roman Britain.

Her name may be a compound of the Common Celtic roots *carti- "chase, expel, send"^[1] and *mandu- "pony".^[2]