Cleo von Adelsheim

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 son of Baron Joachim Karl von Adelsheim von Ernest and Helga Annemarie Irmingard von Zitzewitz. Her mother is Lillian Elena Baettig Rodríguez, daughter of José Vicente Baettig Dättwyler and Teresa Elvira Rodríguez Nieto. 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, a boarding school in Germany, before transferring to 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. 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.

Von Adelsheim is signed with Louisa Models, The People Agency, and V.Communication as a model, brand ambassador, and fashion influencer. She has posed for German fashion photographer Christian Schoppe. In August 2020 Von Adelsheim modelled in an advertisement campaign for the fashion line Fleur du Soleil, a collaboration between Sandra Mansour and H&M. In November 2020 she was featured in German Vogue.

As the Hereditary Princess of Oettingen-Oettingen and 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. She is an active member of the Oettingen-Spielberg Family Foundation, which supports underprivileged people in Bavaria.