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CONSUELO VANDERBILT BALSAN (1877-1964) - THE PAWN 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 ...

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.

Vanderbilt’s Great-Great Granddaughter Shoots Christmas Song Video at Estate. Singer Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin, the great-great granddaughter of William K. Vanderbilt II, collaborated recently with fashion designer Malan Breton on a new duet version of the classic I’ll Be Home for Christmas.

In 1906, Consuelo Vanderbilt stunned the world. That year, she and her husband could finally take no more and publicly separated—and if her mother’s American divorce set society atwitter, Consuelo’s split from a British peer caused even more of a scandal.

Oct 22, 2016 · The story of American heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt’s ‘celebrity wedding’ in 1895 — and a very personal portrait that she kept until her death. On 6 November 1895 huge crowds gathered outside St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church at 5th Avenue and 53rd Street in Manhattan.