Cleo von Adelsheim


Cleopatra, Hereditary Princess of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg, known professionally as Cleo von Adelsheim, is a Swiss-born German-Chilean actress. She is known for her title role in the 2015 German television film Prinzessin Maleen. In 2016 she married Franz Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg, the heir to the German princely houses of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg.

Early life and education

Baroness Cleopatra von Adelsheim von Ernest was born in 1987 in Bern, Switzerland. Her father is Baron Louis von Adelsheim von Ernest, a filmmaker, and her mother is Lillian-Elena Baettig-Rodriguez. Von Adelsheim's mother is Chilean, and the family relocated there from Switzerland when she was a child. She attended an English-language school in Santiago de Chile. She later attended Schule Schloss Salem in Germany before transferring and graduating from Hurtwood House, a boarding school in England. She studied international communications and journalism at the American University of Paris. In 2013 she graduated from the Centro de Cinematografia de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.

Career

Von Adelsheim began her acting career after graduating from the Centro de Cinematografia de Catalunya in Spain. She acted in short films, including Parker Ellermann's short film Seduction, before landing a role as the title character in the television movie Prinzessin Maleen, which aired on the German channel for Northern Italy. After the television film, she appeared in two television series, Cologne P.D. and Der Kriminalist. She has posed for German fashion photographer Christian Schoppe.
As the Hereditary Princess of Oettingen-Spielberg, Von Adelsheim works with the museum at Schloss Oettingen, one of the family residences. In June 2020 she presented awards to the winners of a photography competition at the castle.

Filmography

On 4 June 2016 von Adelsheim married Franz Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg in a civil ceremony performed by Klaus Gramlich, the mayor of Adelsheim. On 9 July 2016 they were married in a religious ceremony at St. Jakob Church in Oettingen in Bayern. Princess Isabella Gaetani von Lobkowicz and Beatrice Borromeo served as maids of honour. The reception was held at Oettingen Castle. The wedding had eight hundred guests, including Prince Harry of Wales, Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, and Pierre Casiraghi.
She and her husband live at Schloss Hirschbrunn. On 8 September 2017 the princess gave birth to a daughter, Princess Matilda Galilea. On 10 August 2019 she gave birth to a son, Prince Louis-Albrecht.