Caroline Fleming (born Baroness Caroline Elizabeth Ada Iuel-Brockdorff, 9 September 1975) is a Danish noble entrepreneur, model, television personality, who is the current owner of Valdemar's Castle since 2003.

Early life

Fleming was born and raised in Valdemar's Castle on

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as the daughter of

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Niels Krabbe Juel-Brockdorff and Baroness Margaretha Juel-Brockdorff. She is the 11th generation of landowners in a straight line after the naval hero

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Career

Fleming has made a perfume series of "Eau de Vie" and "Eau de Vie: Josephine" named after her daughter, Josephine Victoria. She has published two Danish cookbooks, ''Baronessen går i køkkenet'' (The Baroness in the Kitchen, 2010) and ''Baronessens sunde fastfood'' (The Baroness's Healthy Fastfood, 2010) as well as one English cookbook, ''Cook Yourself Happy: The Danish Way.'' Fleming has also appeared in television shows, including ''Baronessen flytter ind'' (The Baroness Moves In) and ''

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'', both on

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. From 2015 to 2017, she appeared in the reality television series ''

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''.

Personal life

From 2001 to 2008, Fleming was married to banker Rory Fleming, first cousin once removed of ''

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'' writer

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, with whom she has two children, Alexander (b. April 2004) and Josephine (b. December 2006). Her daughter's godmother is

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, the

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of Denmark who is originally from Australia. Fleming met footballer

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when she was filmed renovating her family home Valdemar's Castle on a reality show. In December 2010, Fleming gave birth to Bendtner's son at London's

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. In 2017, Fleming fell in love with French entrepreneur Hervé Larren, it is reported that the couple met in Los Angeles while she was promoting her book "Cook Yourself Happy". On August 22, 2018 Larren was by her side at Valdemar's Castle for the funeral of her grandmother.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fleming, Caroline 1975 births Living people People from Svendborg Municipality Danish expatriates in England 21st-century Danish businesswomen 21st-century Danish businesspeople Participants in American reality television series Women food writers Danish cookbook writers Danish women writers Danish baronesses Brockdorff family