Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Caroline Fleming
Danish former Baroness (born 1975) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Caroline Elisabeth Ada Fleming (born 9 September 1975), styled as Baroness Caroline Elizabeth Ada Iuel-Brockdorff until 2001, is a Danish socialite and media personality, who has owned Valdemar's Castle since 2003. She is known as the host of the Kanal 4 reality television series Danmarks Næste Topmodel (2010–2014) and as a main cast member on the Bravo reality television series Ladies of London (2015–2017).
Remove ads
Early life
Baroness Caroline Elizabeth Ada Iuel-Brockdorff was born into Danish nobility at Valdemar's Castle[1][2] on the Danish island of Tåsinge, near Svendborg,[3] in southern Denmark,[4] on 9 September 1975,[5][6] as the daughter to Baron Niels Krabbe Juel-Brockdorff,[7] a landowner, and his first wife, Baroness Margaretha Juel-Brockdorff (née Lundgren),[8] a socialite. She has a sister. She is the 11th generation of landowners after the naval hero Niels Juel.[9] Her godfather is Count Preben Ahlefeldt Laurvig.[10]
Remove ads
Career
Summarize
Perspective
Fleming rose to prominence as the original host on the Kanal 4 reality television series Danmarks Næste Topmodel. After the fifth season, she stepped down as the host of the show.[11][12]
Fleming has authored two Danish cookbooks, Baronessen går i køkkenet (The Baroness in the Kitchen), and Baronessens sunde fastfood (The Baroness's Heathy Fastfood), both of which were published in 2010. She has authored an English cookbook, Cook Yourself Happy: The Danish Way, which was published in 2017.[13][14][15]
Fleming has made a perfume series of "Eau de Vie" and "Eau de Vie: Josephine", the latter of which is named after her daughter.[16]
Fleming joined the main cast member on the Bravo reality television series Ladies of London[17][18] for the second season, which premiered on 7 September 2015, with Juliet Angus, Marissa Hermer, Annabelle Neilson, Caroline Stanbury, and Julie Montagu, Viscountess Hinchingbrooke.[19] The season finale aired on 9 November 2015. In April 2016, the network renewed the series for a third season.[20][21] The third season premiered on 29 November 2016, with Sophie Stanbury. The season finale aired on 7 February 2017.[22] In May 2017, Ladies of London was placed on indefinite hiatus.[23]
Remove ads
Personal life
Summarize
Perspective
Fleming lost her title[24] when she married Rory David Fleming, an English banker, at Valdemar's Castle on 13 October 2001.[25] They have two children together, a son, Alexander William Fleming (born 7 April 2004), and a daughter, Josephine Margaretha Victoria Fleming (born 20 December 2006). Josephine's godmother is Mary Donaldson, the Australian-born Queen Consort of Denmark.[26] The couple separated in December 2007 and were divorced in early 2008.[27]
Fleming started dating the Danish footballer Nicklas Bendtner in September 2009,[28] after the two had met when she was filmed renovating her castle on a reality television series. They later got engaged. In December 2010, she gave birth to their son, Nicholas Christian Juel Bendtner, at London's Portland Hospital.[29] The couple announced the end of their engagement and separated in February 2011.[30]
Fleming briefly dated the American banker Christian Hostetter in 2015. She "fell in love" with the French entrepreneur Hervé Larren in 2017, after the two met in Los Angeles while she was promoting her English cookbook.[31] Larren was by her side for her grandmother's funeral at Valdemar's Castle on 22 August 2016.[32]
Fleming lived in Chelsea, London.[33] In June 2019, she moved back home to Denmark.[34]
Fleming is passionate about cooking.[35]
Fleming has been in a relationship with the Danish plastic surgeon Frederik Kølle since September 2023.[36][37]
Filmography
Remove ads
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads