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Consuelo Vanderbilt. Consuelo Vanderbilt-Balsan (formerly Consuelo Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; born Consuelo Vanderbilt; 2 March 1877 – 6 December 1964) was an American socialite and member of the Vanderbilt family. Her first marriage to the 9th Duke of Marlborough has become a well-known example of the advantageous, but ...
1. She Was A Golden Child. In certain echelons of New York society—the upper ones—the birth of Consuelo Vanderbilt in 1877 was akin to the coming of a messiah. The eldest child and only daughter of the main Vanderbilt heir William and his wife Alva, Consuelo was all the hopes of the Gilded Age of America rolled into one.
Jan 8, 2021 · Jacques Balsan. Consuelo Vanderbilt was a willowy beauty of 17 when the 26-year-old Frenchman and future aviation pioneer, Jacques Balsan, first saw her and fell in love. It would be nearly another 26 years before the two would finally marry in 1921 and Consuelo would find happiness with Jacques in France, and later in Southampton.
Consuelo Vanderbilt est la fille du multi-millionnaire américain William Kissam Vanderbilt (1849-1920), roi des chemins de fer, et de sa première épouse Alva Erskine Smith (1853-1933). Elle a deux frères cadets, William Kissam et Harold Stirling, et reçoit son nom de baptême en l'honneur de sa marraine, Lady Mandeville (en), duchesse de ...
Consuelo Vanderbilt, born in New York in 1877 into one of America's wealthiest families, was the only daughter and one of three children of William Kissam Vanderbilt I and Alva Smith Belmont . Dominated by a mother she could not please, Consuelo was a precocious, introverted child, says biographer James Brough, "in the habit of searching her ...
Alva Vanderbilt got her wish, and Consuelo and the Duke became engaged in September of 1895. Her mother leaked the news to the press right away. In fact, she continued to feed information to the papers about everything from Consuelo’s gown to the gold fastenings on her undergarments in order to build public excitement in the lead up to the wedding.
Consuelo Vanderbilt was an American socialite from the Vanderbilt family who became the Duchess of Marlborough following her marriage to Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, the 9th Duke of Marlborough. While she was with the Duke for just over a decade, she is best known for their loveless but socially advantageous marriage.
Jul 19, 2024 · Consuelo Vanderbilt’s childhood home, the Petit Chateau on Fifth Avenue, Photo from Library of Congress Consuelo Vanderbilt was born in New York City in 1877 to Alva and William K. Vanderbilt.
Jan 25, 2022 · Consuelo Vanderbilt, born in New York in 1877, was the first child of William Kissam Vanderbilt (grandson of the Commodore, Cornelius Vanderbilt) and his first wife, Alva Erskine Smith. W.K. Vanderbilt inherited a boatload of family money and took control of the Vanderbilt railroad empire. The family lived in an elaborate, castle-like home on ...
This lecture was done live via Zoom on Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 11am.The fifth lecture on women of the Gilded Age in Southampton will focus on Consuelo V...
