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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.
6 days ago · Consuelo Vanderbilt being called a “dollar princess” seems like a contradiction. The name Vanderbilt evokes visions of over-the-top Gilded Age marble mansions and vast wealth. However, the ...
Consuelo Vanderbilt was an American socialite who became the Duchess of Marlborough through her marriage to the 9th Duke of Marlborough. Check out this biography to know about her childhood, family life and fun facts about her.
Born on March 2, 1877, in New York; died in 1964; only daughter and one of three children of William Kissam Vanderbilt I (1849–1920) and Alva (Smith) Vanderbilt, later Alva Smith Belmont (1853–1933); educated privately at home; married Charles Richard Spencer Churchill (1871–1934), 9th duke of Marlborough, on November 6, 1895 (separated ...
Oct 21, 2016 · The ‘Dollar Princess’ and the Duke. The story of American heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt’s ‘celebrity wedding’ in 1895 — and a very personal portrait that she kept until her death. Auction Highlights. Classics. 21 October 2016. Portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt; Lady Spencer-Churchill, The Duchess of Marlborough, 1911. Hulton Archive / Getty Images.
Aug 13, 2013 · Consuelo Vanderbilt Wikimedia Commons. Conseulo Vanderbilt loved another—a rich other, but an American without a title or an English country estate. But her marriage to Marlborough was...
Date: 1906. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 87 1/4 x 67 in. (221.6 x 170.2 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: Gift of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, 1946. Accession Number: 47.71. The Met's celebrated European Paintings collection encompasses more than 2,500 works of art from the thirteenth through the early twentieth century.
