Born in New York City, Consuelo was the only daughter and eldest child of William Kissam Vanderbilt, a New York railroad millionaire, and his first wife, Alva Erskine Smith, a Southern …

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 .

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan (formerly Consuelo Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; born Consuelo Vanderbilt; 2 March 1877 – 6 December 1964) was a member of the prominent …

Oct 28, 2023 · Consuelo Vanderbilt, an eighth generation descendent of the moneyed family, is freshly split from husband and looking for love also has criticism for cousin Anderson Cooper.

Jun 23, 2025 · Consuelo Vanderbilt, the daughter of William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Vanderbilt, was just 19 when she was forced to marry Charles Spencer Churchill, the ninth …

Jan 31, 2024 · Consuelo was one of the earliest Gilded Age “dollar princesses,” so named for the transactional nature of marriages between rich heiresses and poor but titled men.

Jan 8, 2021 · CONSUELO VANDERBILT BALSAN (1877-1964) - THE PAWN. Consuelo Vanderbilt was a willowy beauty of 17 when the 26-year-old Frenchman and future aviation …

Consuelo Vanderbilt was born in New York City as the only daughter of William Kissam Vanderbilt, an American millionaire and railroad magnate, and his first wife, Alva Erskine …

Sep 16, 2022 · 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 …

Oct 28, 2016 · Explore the story of Consuelo Vanderbilt's 1895 celebrity wedding to the Duke of Marlborough, and the role of American Dollar Princesses in aristocratic Europe