Search results
$10 million
- Alva divorced Vanderbilt in March 1895, at a time when divorce was rare among the elite, and received a large financial settlement reported to be in excess of $10 million (equal to about $370 million today). The grounds for divorce were allegations of Vanderbilt's adultery.
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_Kissam_Vanderbilt
People also ask
Why did Alva divorce Vanderbilt?
Who was William Kissam Vanderbilt?
How many children did Alva Vanderbilt have?
Why did William & Alva get divorced?
Alva Vanderbilt shocked society in March 1895 when she divorced her husband who had long been unfaithful, at a time when divorce was rare among the elite, and received a large financial settlement said to be in excess of $10 million, in addition to several estates.
Alva divorced Vanderbilt in March 1895, at a time when divorce was rare among the elite, and received a large financial settlement reported to be in excess of $10 million (equal to about $370 million today).
Jul 7, 2023 · The couple had three children: Consuelo, William Kissam Jr., and Harold Stirling. In 1895, Alva Vanderbilt divorced her husband on the grounds of adultery. The divorce decree granted her custody of her children, the right to remarry, and a large financial settlement.
The couple had three children but their marriage disintegrated, primarily due to William’s philandering, to which Alva responded with a divorce filing—a scandalous gesture that even her own lawyer tried to deter. New York society ladies were predictably horrified.
Mar 31, 2021 · The reason for the divorce was William K.’s supposedly adultery; some sources claim he hired a woman to pretend to be his mistress just to give Alva an excuse to divorce him, due to their marriage growing loveless.
After securing her place in the coveted "Four Hundred," New York's most elite of the elite, Alva then stunned her new society friends by charging her rich husband with adultery and filing for a divorce.
They had three children consisting of Consuelo Vanderbilt, born in 1877, William Kissam Vanderbilt II, born in 1878, and Harold Sterling Vanderbilt, born in 1884. The couple divorced in 1895, an event unusual in their circles.
