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Portrait by John Singer Sargent, 1907. Consuelo Yznaga was born in 1853, in New York City, [5] the second of four children of diplomat Don Antonio Modesto Yznaga del Valle and Ellen Maria Clement of Ravenswood Plantation, Concordia Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana, paternal granddaughter of José Antonio de Yznaga y Borrell wife María Francisca del Valle y Castillo and maternal granddaughter of ...
The Duchess of Marlborough, c. 1903, by Paul César Helleu Determined to secure the highest-ranking mate possible for her only daughter, a union that would emphasize the preeminence of the Vanderbilt family, Alva engineered a meeting between Consuelo and the indebted, titled Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, chatelain of Blenheim Palace.
Alva Erskine Belmont (née Smith; January 17, 1853 – January 26, 1933), known as Alva Vanderbilt from 1875 to 1896, was an American multi-millionaire socialite and women's suffrage activist. She was noted for her energy, intelligence, strong opinions, and willingness to challenge convention.
He was the oldest of four children, and only son, born to merchant diplomat Antonio Modesto Yznaga del Valle (1823–1892) and Ellen Maria (née Clements) Yznaga (1833–1908). [2] His father was from an old Cuban family who owned a large plantation (Torre Iznaga) [ 3 ] and sugar mills in the vicinity of Trinidad, Cuba ; they had connections to ...
Manchester was born on 3 March 1877 as William Angus Drogo Montagu. He was the only legitimate son of The 8th Duke of Manchester, by his wife Consuelo Yznaga del Valle, a Cuban American heiress. [1] His sisters were Lady Jacqueline Mary Alva Montagu and Lady Alice Eleanor Louise Montagu, who both died unmarried. [2]
On 22 May 1876 at Grace Church, Manhattan, New York, New York County, New York, Mandeville married Consuelo Yznaga, [2] the daughter of a wealthy Cuban plantation owner and a renowned beauty. Her older brother was New York banker Fernando Yznaga. [3] It was widely accepted that he had married her for her $6 million dowry and she him for his titles.
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Through his daughter Alva, he was posthumously a grandfather of Consuelo Vanderbilt (first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough), William Kissam Vanderbilt II, and Harold Stirling Vanderbilt. [2] Through his daughter Alva, he is an ancestor of the 10th, 11th and 12th Dukes of Marlborough. [2]