Consuelo Vanderbilt-Balsan (formerly Consuelo Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; born Consuelo Vanderbilt; 2 March 1877 – 6 December 1964) was an American socialite and member of the Vanderbilt family.

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 pioneer, Jacques Balsan, first saw her and fell in love.

Consuelo Vanderbilt was the most famous “Million-Dollar Duchess”—but behind the glitter of her life lay a very dark secret.

Consuelo Vanderbilt was a prominent American socialite and member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Consuelo was known for her philanthropy and social activism, dedicating her time and resources to various charitable causes throughout her life.

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. Dominated by a mother she could not please, Consuelo was a precocious, introverted child, says biographer James Brough, "in the habit of searching her ...

Jan 16, 2017 · Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough, was one of the American ‘Dollar Princess’ of the 19th century, whose family money was brought into the UK through her dowry. She married into the prestigious Marlborough family, who would produce Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales.

Jan 31, 2024 · 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.

Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877-1964) was one of the most highly sought-after heiresses of America’s Gilded Age: the period between 1870-1900 when US industrialists became the richest men in the world.

Aug 13, 2013 · Conseulo Vanderbilt loved another—a rich other, but an American without a title or an English country estate. But her marriage to Marlborough was non-negotiable.

Apr 22, 2024 · Consuelo Vanderbilt was born 2 March 1877 to William Vanderbilt I and Alva Smith in New York City, New York. Consuelo was named after her godmother, Consuelo Yznaga, her mother's best friend. Appeared in the 1880 U. S. Census in Oakdale, Islip, Suffolk, New York.