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Louis Jacques Balsan (September 16, 1868 – November 4, 1956) was a French aviator and industrialist, born at Châteauroux (Indre) in 1868, who was the second husband of society beauty Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough. He married her immediately after her divorce from the 9th Duke of Marlborough in 1921. [1] Early life.
Consuelo's second marriage, on July 4, 1921, was to Lt. Col. Jacques Balsan, a record-breaking pioneer French balloon, aircraft, and hydroplane pilot who once worked with the Wright Brothers. Also a textile manufacturing heir, Balsan was a younger brother of Étienne Balsan, who was an early lover of Coco Chanel.
Jan 8, 2021 · 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.
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Nov 10, 2019 · It was here that Jacques Balsan passed away in 1956. Bereaved, Consuelo kept the apartment until her own death in 1964. It was eventually purchased by Patricia Kennedy Lawford in 1966, and sold by her estate in 2007 for a little north of twelve million dollars.
SOUTHAMPTON, L. I., Dec, 6—Mrs. Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, the former Duchess of Marlborough, died today at her estate here. She was 88 years old. Mrs. Balsan, widow of Lieut. Col. Jacques...
6 days ago · Consuelo and her now former husband were married to other people in 1921. She married French aviator, Jacques Balsan. This union was a long and happy one.
Her second husband was the dashing French pilot and man about town Jacques Balsan, who was her lover in the days leading up to her official divorce. In fact, she and Balsan went way back. Wikimedia Commons. 54. Her New Husband Loved Her At First Sight
