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Gilded Facts About Consuelo Vanderbilt, The Million Dollar Duchess - Factinate. On the glittering surface, Consuelo Vanderbilt looked like she had it all. The beautiful heiress to the massive Vanderbilt wealth, her future had shone like a diamond from the moment she was born.
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.
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 .
3 days ago · Secrets of NYC. Consuelo Vanderbilt, The First Dollar Princess of The Gilded Age. Lynn West. Barely eighteen, Consuelo was forced into a loveless marriage to help save her mother’s reputation....
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 · August 13, 2013. From “The Marlborough-Vanderbilt Wedding” Chicago Tribune, 1895. Consuelo Vanderbilt’s wedding day had finally arrived, and all of New York (and then some) was aflutter. Crowds...
Jan 8, 2024 · Jan 8. 5 min read. Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough. On a cold November day in 1895, a carriage approaches St Thomas Episcopal Church on New York City's Fifth Avenue. Massive crowds surge forward, awaiting their glimpse of heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt.
