Claudia is the aristocratic-seeming wife of Christian Völker zu Frankfurt. She hates, or is possibly jealous of, Elisabeth-Maria Holstein, believing that Elisabeth-Maria tried to steal her husband after the latter was sexually assaulted by him. Alternatively, she may be trying to cover up for her husbands' misdeeds.

Not an aristocrat by blood, Claudia is a scion of the affluent Bärwald family, which made its money in the energy sector, primarily oil exploration and exploitation.