Danish television profile Caroline Fleming (47), who until 2001 bore the title of baroness, is currently at the center of an ever so small noble drama, writes the Danish BT.
In our neighboring countries there are still traces of aristocracy, which means that some carry titles such as baron and duke. That also includes Fleming, who admitted she lost the title in 2001 when she married a Brit.
Sold after a bitter dispute between brothers
Fleming, who is the eleventh generation heiress of Juel, is the daughter of Baron Niels Krabbe Juel-Brockdorff and Baroness Margaretha Juel-Brockdorff. Until 2011 she owned the castle of Valdemarwhich is located on the island of Tåsinge in Denmark.
The castle was then inherited by his son Alessandro, who was only 12 years old at the time of taking over.
However, it was the beginning of a long dispute over the castle, which had a new renaissance after the takeover. The castle, completed in 1644, was in financial ruin when the young Alessandro took over.
– And the tragedy
The long-running inheritance dispute and financial problems led Fleming’s sister, Louise Iuel Albinus, to choose to buy the castle. Nor was it completely without problems.
Albino could not get the historical contents of the castle in the deal. He belongs to the now 18-year-old Alexander. When the two sisters could not agree on the continuation of the castle, mother and son Fleming therefore chose to collect the contents of the castle and put it up for sale.
INHERITANCE CONTROVERSY: Caroline Fleming and her son Alexander are organizing several auctions these days. Photo: Nick Harvey/REX/NTB
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So far, it has resulted in four auctions, in which the 18-year-old was able to raise over eight million Danish kroner at the first auction, among other things for objects such as beds, chandeliers and family paintings.
Now, though, a new auction from Valdemar Castle has further torn apart the siblings’ heated relationship, according to BT.
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– I think it’s a tragedy, I must admit. A tragedy for Danish cultural heritage. I don’t have words to describe it, because I really think it’s such an unfortunate situation to be in, Albinus tells the Danish newspaper, after mother and son Fleming make their fortunes with books from the old castle.
– The only thing I can console myself with is that the people who bought the books are book collectors, but of course that doesn’t mean he won’t leave the country, so Denmark is losing its cultural-historical heritage once again, she adds.
Notify multiple auctions
Alexander Fleming earned DKK 1.3 million at the book auction.
Incidentally, a large collection of 18th-century encyclopaedias was sold for 240,000 Danish kroner.
– I am very, very sad about this situation. It’s that you divide the collections. It’s tragic for Denmark’s cultural heritage, says Albinus.
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She herself was present at the first furniture auction, and among other things she bought a series of paintings. You didn’t attend the last book auction.
She adds that she wants the books back, but that she has focused on getting the family portraits back so she can continue the family history.
AUCTION: Furnishings from Valdemar Castle in Denmark sell at breakneck speed. Photo: Trond Strandsberg / Wikimedia Commons
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Wednesday’s auction was not the last in the series. Auction house Bruun Rasmussen has announced that there will be another book auction in 2023, from which Alexander Fleming is likely to earn another million.
Expensive divorce
The former baroness was listed as the owner of Château de Valdemar until 2011, but is known for entirely different reasons. She grew up in the castle but eventually moved to England.
In 2001, she married wealthy heir Rory Fleming, from the fourth richest family in England at the time. Her chosen one was, among other things, the nephew of the author of “James Bond” Ian Fleming. They had two children together, son Alexander and daughter Josephine Margaretha (15).
The latter has no other than Danes Crown Princess Mary as godmother.
The son of the former baroness (12) inherited the castle. But luck didn’t run out
However, the marriage was not to last and the couple separated in 2008. They have never come out with any official reasons but it must have been a very expensive divorce. Hay he said that year that the former baroness would receive around 400 million pounds sterling in the deal, which at day’s exchange rate would be 4.4 billion Norwegian kroner.
Fleming has too been with Rosenborg player Nicklas Bendtner (34). They were together from 2010 to 2012 and have their son Nicholas (11) together.
Russian nun in inheritance dispute
Valdemar Castle is by no means the only castle that has been associated with a year-long dispute over the years.
In September, a year-long dispute – over the 140-year-old Hesbjerg Castle in Denmark – between a Russian nun and a trust was finally resolved.
When the castle’s previous owner, Jørgen Laursen Vig, added a little sentence to his will, it gave the new owners a 17-year headache, according to Danish television 2.
Reveal violations
The brief ruling stated that the Russian nun “Mother Amvrosjia”, with the civil name Lioudmila Garaeva, must “be allowed to live in the castle as long as she wishes”.
This created a dispute between the nun and the Hesbjerg fund, as the latter believed that she was not allowed to live there after all. In September, the Odense court ruled that “Mother Amvrosjia” could stay.
– I think it’s a shame for us, and it’s a shame for the castle, because now we can’t go ahead with the plans we had for the castle, and use it for what we really wanted: the search for peace and a meeting place for all religions, the president of the fund, Bo Morhorst Rasmussen, told TV 2.
