Karl Lagerfeld’s cat could be in line to inherit some of the Chanel icon’s £150 million fortune after his death.

Fashion “Kaiser” Lagerfeld died on Tuesday morning aged 85 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Chanel described the designer as an “extraordinary creative individual” in a statement that announced his passing with “deep sadness”.

One of the creative force’s most important companions in later life was his Birman cat Choupette, who he famously said he would marry if it were legal.

The fashion icon last year said that “among others” his pet would receive a share of his riches. This could actually happen if certain legal structures are arranged, it has been claimed.

Such an arrangement could be feasible under German law if the cat was nominated the ‘heir’ through an association or foundation, according to French newspaper Le Figaro.

Choupette has her own Twitter and Instagram pages, with a combined following of about 200,000. She became a social media legend as pictures of posted of her online of her enjoying a jet-set lifestyle travelling at Lagerfeld’s side.

She reportedly boasted her own bodyguard, personal chef and two maids.

Lagerfeld even designed a whole fashion collection based on the feline called “Choupette in Love”.

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ready-to-wear AFP/Getty Images 39/60 Diana, Princess of Wales, German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld and British pop-star Elton John, attend the memorial mass for Gianni Versace, inside Milan's gothic cathedral, Italy in 1997 AP 40/60 Karl Lagerfeld, with fan, stands with German model Nadja Auermann, left, British model Naomi Campbell, second right, and an unidentified model after the presentation of Chanel's 1996 spring/summer haute couture collection, in Paris AP 41/60 German Designer Karl Lagerfeld (R), flanked by US model Kristen McMenamy, acknowledges the audience after the fashion house Karl Lagerfeld's show as part of the 1996 Spring-Summer ready-to-wear collection in Paris AFP/Getty Images 42/60 German designer Karl Lagerfeld (R) appears with model Linda Evangelista, surrounded by models, for a bow at the end of the presentation of Chanel's Spring-Summer 1996 ready-to-wear collection presented in Paris AFP/Getty Images 43/60 German couturier Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel Fashion House (L) and German top model Claudia Schiffer (R) arrive at the Sporting Club of Monaco late April 2, 1995 to attend the yearly Red Cross Ball of the Rose AFP/Getty Images 44/60 Karl Lagerfeld, Liz Tilberis and Gianna Versace 45/60 Karl Lagerfeld is applauded by Claudia Schiffer, left, and Naomi Campbell at the end of the Chanel 1997 Spring-Summer ready-to-wear collection presented in Paris AP 46/60 Karl Lagerfeld joins models, from left, American Cindy Crawford, Canadian Linda Evangelista and Claudia Schiffer of Germany after the presentation of his 1996 spring-summer ready-to-wear fashion collection for Chanel in Paris AP 47/60 Designer Karl Lagerfeld and actress Daryl Hannah in 1994 AFP/Getty Images 48/60 German designer Karl Lagerfeld acknowledges at the end of his show for Chanel as part of his high fashion collection on January 15, 1994 in Paris AFP/Getty Images 49/60 Karl Lagerfeld pictured on the catwalk after his show 50/60 Cindy Crawford, Karl Lagerfeld and Claudia 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to celebrate the 20-year-collaboration between Lagerfeld and Fendi AP 57/60 German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld with two models, circa 1984 Getty Images 58/60 Karl Lagerfeld posing next to a model presenting a dress from his Chloe collection in 1977 AFP/Getty Images 59/60 Karl Lagerfeld poses with models in Krefeld, Germany in 1973 AP 60/60 German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld after winning the coats category in a design competition sponsored by the International Wool Secretariat, Paris, 14th December 1954 Getty Images 1/60 Karl Lagerfeld Karl Lagerfeld walks the runway during the Chanel show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2017 Getty Images 2/60 Katy Perry, Stylist Karl Lagerfeld, Cara Delevingne and Claudia Schiffer pose after the Chanel Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2017-2018 show as part of Haute Couture Paris Fashion Week Getty Images 3/60 German designer Karl Lagerfeld (right) and model Cara Delevingne (centre) appear at the end of his Spring/Summer 2016 women's ready-to-wear collection for fashion house Chanel at the Grand Palais which is transformed into a Chanel airport during the Fashion Week in Paris Reuters 4/60 Karl Lagerfeld with his Birman cat Choupette Mademoiselle Choupette Lagerfeld 5/60 Kristen Stewart, Karl Lagerfeld and Lily Rose Depp attend the Chanel - Collection Metiers d'Art Paris Hamburg 2017/18 Getty Images 6/60 Pietro Beccari, Kim Jones, Bella Hadid and Karl Lagerfeld attend the Dior Homme Menswear Spring/Summer 2019 show as part of Paris Fashion Week Getty Images for Dior 7/60 Designer Karl Lagerfeld and nephew Hudson Kroenig walk the runway during Chanel Cruise 2017/2018 Collection at Grand Palais on May 3, 2017 in Paris, Franc Getty Images 8/60 Lenny Kravitz, Naomi Campbell and Karl Lagerfeld attend the Dior Homme Menswear Spring/Summer 2019 show as part of Paris Fashion Week Getty Images for Dior 9/60 German fashion designer for Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, arrives to the Chanel women's 2018 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show in Paris AFP/Getty Images 10/60 Designer Karl Lagerfeld walks the runway at Chanel Metiers D'Art 2018/19 Show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York Getty Images 11/60 Karl Lagerfeld looks on after launching the Champs Elysees Christmas lights in 2018 AFP/Getty Images 12/60 Kristen Stewart, Julianne Moore and Lara Stone attend the Chanel show as part of Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2015/2016 at the Grand Palais Getty Images 13/60 Kendall Jenner and Karl Lagerfeld attend the Cocktail Reception For The LVMH PRIZE 2017 Getty Images 14/60 Karl Lagerfeld and Jessica Chastain attend the Chanel Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017 show as part of Paris Fashion Week Getty Images 15/60 Gwyneth Paltrow and fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld attend the Chanel Spring Summer 2016 show as part of Paris Fashion Week Getty Images 16/60 Fashion Designer Karl Lagerfeld and actress Vanessa Paradis pose after the Chanel show as part of Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2015 Getty Images 17/60 Model Cara Delevingne clowns as German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld waves after the presentation of Chanel's ready to wear fall/winter 2014-2015 fashion collection presented in Paris AP 18/60 Fashion Designer Karl Lagerfeld and model Cara Delevingne appear at the end of the runway during the Chanel show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Getty Images 19/60 Lily-Rose Depp and Karl Lagerfeld walk the runway during the Chanel Spring Summer 2017 show as part of Paris Fashion Week Getty Images 20/60 Cara Delevingne and Stylist Karl Lagerfeld attend the Chanel Spring Summer 2016 show as part of Paris Fashion Week Getty Images 21/60 Kate Hudson and Karl Lagerfeld attend the Fendi Roma 90 Years Anniversary fashion show at Fontana di Trevi in 2016 22/60 Anna Wintour and Karl Lagerfeld attends a drinks reception at the British Fashion Awards in 2015 Dave Benett 23/60 Leigh Lezark and Karl Lagerfeld attend Der Berliner Mode Salon supported by Mercedes-Benz Cocktail as part of Paris fashion Week at Hotel de Beauharnais Getty Images 24/60 Karl Lagerfeld and Lily Collins attend the Chanel show as part of Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014-2015 French Select 25/60 Karl Lagerfeld attends the Conde' Nast International Luxury Conference at Palazzo Vecchio on April 22, 2015 in Florence, Italy Getty Images 26/60 Karl Lagerfeld, his godson Hudson Kroenig and model Cara Delevingne walk the runway during the Chanel show as part of Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture Spring/Summer 2014 Getty Images 27/60 Victoria Beckham and Karl Lagerfeld talk on stage at the Bambi Awards 2013 Getty Images 28/60 Karl Lagerfeld poses with Rita Ora before the 'Bal De La Rose Du Rocher' in aid of the Fondation Princess Grace in 2013 Getty Images 29/60 Guest speaker Victoria Beckham (L) and Designer Karl Lagerfeld attend Day 1 of the International Herald Tribune Heritage Luxury Conference at theInterContinental Hotel in 2010 Getty Images 30/60 Guest speaker Victoria Beckham (L) and Designer Karl Lagerfeld attend Day 1 of the International Herald Tribune Heritage Luxury Conference at theInterContinental Hotel Getty Images 31/60 Models parade during the Fendi Fashion Show on the Great Wall of China at Badaling, 19 October 2007 AFP/Getty Images 32/60 Karl Lagerfeld and Victoria Beckham attend the 58th annual Bambi Awards in 2006 Getty Images 33/60 Top Designer Karl Lagerfeld received the Bambi Award in category creativity at the 57th annual Bambi Awards in 2005 Getty Images 34/60 Karl Lagerfeld walks with former top model Linda Evangelista after the show for Chanel on 08 July 2003 during the autumn-winter 2003/04 haute couture collections in Paris AFP/Getty Images 35/60 German designer Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel leads Japanese model Devon Aoki wearing a wedding dress during the autumn/winter 2000-2001 Chanel collection in Tokyo AFP/Getty Images 36/60 Karl Lagerfeld and models in the Chanel Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show in 1998 PA 37/60 Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, surrounded by top models Claudia Schiffer (2ndL), Helena Christensen and Naomi Campbell, aknowledges teh audience after the presentation of his 1997 Spring-Summer ready-to-wear collection for Chanel AFP/Getty Images 38/60 German stylist Karl Lagerfeld acknowledges the audience on October 17, 1997 at the end of the presentation in Paris of Chanel's Spring-Summer 98 ready-to-wear AFP/Getty Images 39/60 Diana, Princess of Wales, German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld and British pop-star Elton John, attend the memorial mass for Gianni Versace, inside Milan's gothic cathedral, Italy in 1997 AP 40/60 Karl Lagerfeld, with fan, stands with German model Nadja Auermann, left, British model Naomi Campbell, second right, and an unidentified model after the presentation of Chanel's 1996 spring/summer haute couture collection, in Paris AP 41/60 German Designer Karl Lagerfeld (R), flanked by US model Kristen McMenamy, acknowledges the audience after the fashion house Karl Lagerfeld's show as part of the 1996 Spring-Summer ready-to-wear collection in Paris AFP/Getty Images 42/60 German designer Karl Lagerfeld (R) appears with model Linda Evangelista, surrounded by models, for a bow at the end of the presentation of Chanel's Spring-Summer 1996 ready-to-wear collection presented in Paris AFP/Getty Images 43/60 German couturier Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel Fashion House (L) and German top model Claudia Schiffer (R) arrive at the Sporting Club of Monaco late April 2, 1995 to attend the yearly Red Cross Ball of the Rose AFP/Getty Images 44/60 Karl Lagerfeld, Liz Tilberis and Gianna Versace 45/60 Karl Lagerfeld is applauded by Claudia Schiffer, left, and Naomi Campbell at the end of the Chanel 1997 Spring-Summer ready-to-wear collection presented in Paris AP 46/60 Karl Lagerfeld joins models, from left, American Cindy Crawford, Canadian Linda Evangelista and Claudia Schiffer of Germany after the presentation of his 1996 spring-summer ready-to-wear fashion collection for Chanel in Paris AP 47/60 Designer Karl Lagerfeld and actress Daryl Hannah in 1994 AFP/Getty Images 48/60 German designer Karl Lagerfeld acknowledges at the end of his show for Chanel as part of his high fashion collection on January 15, 1994 in Paris AFP/Getty Images 49/60 Karl Lagerfeld pictured on the catwalk after his show 50/60 Cindy Crawford, Karl Lagerfeld and Claudia Schiffer, during the Paris Chanel fashion show in 1993 Getty Images 51/60 Karl Lagerfeld in 1987 AFP/Getty Images 52/60 German Chanel's designer and art director of Chanel fashion house Karl Lagerfeld in 1987 AFP/Getty Images 53/60 German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, flanked with models, acknowledges the public after the Chanel autumn-winter 1984/1985 ready-to-wear collection show AFP/Getty Images 54/60 German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld (R) poses on January 24, 1983 with a model as French hairdresser Alexandre de Paris (L) prepares her backstage ahead of the presentation of spring-summer haute couture collection for Chanel in Paris AFP/Getty Images 55/60 Karl Lagerfeld attends the opening of an exhibition at Rome's National Galley of Modern Art to celebrate the 20-year-collaboration between Lagerfeld and the Fendi in 1985 AP 56/60 Carla Fendi, Karl Lagerfeld and U.S. Ambassador to Rome, Maxwell Rabb, attend the opening of an exhibition at Rome's National Gallery of Modern Art to celebrate the 20-year-collaboration between Lagerfeld and Fendi AP 57/60 German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld with two models, circa 1984 Getty Images 58/60 Karl Lagerfeld posing next to a model presenting a dress from his Chloe collection in 1977 AFP/Getty Images 59/60 Karl Lagerfeld poses with models in Krefeld, Germany in 1973 AP 60/60 German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld after winning the coats category in a design competition sponsored by the International Wool Secretariat, Paris, 14th December 1954 Getty Images

It was not immediately clear who would look after Choupette following her designer owner’s death but there will likely be no shortage of volunteers to take care of one of the world’s most fashionable cats.

While the feline could be in line for a share of the German-born designer’s fortune, Lagerfeld’s male model muse Brad Kroenig and Kroenig's son Hudson, the fashion icon's godson and model, are also tipped to receive a cut.

Lagerfeld - known for his trademark look of dark sunglasses, high collars and white ponytail - was admitted to the American Hospital on the outskirts of Paris on Monday and passed away early on Tuesday.

Rumours about Lagerfeld’s failing health had been circulating for several weeks after he failed to appear at the end of the Chanel spring/summer haute couture show in Paris for the first time. At the time aides said he was too “tired” to attend.

The designer, who up until his death was the creative director at Fendi, Chanel and his eponymous label, was thought to have been working right up until his death, even directing and passing on instructions to his team about the Fendi autumn/winter 2019 collection which is due to be shown at Milan Fashion Week this Thursday.

His death brings an end a remarkable 64 year career creating clothes for the world’s most famous women.