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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.
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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]
Marble House was Alva Vanderbilt's 39th birthday present. She later became a leader in the women's suffrage movement. See inside Marble House, a 50-room Gilded Age mansion that a Vanderbilt heir ...
NPG x197583; Maria Consuelo (nÈe Iznaga y Clement), Duchess of Manchester by Unknown photographer Image title by Unknown photographer, albumen cabinet card, circa 1891
Alva Vanderbilt’s bedroom in Marble House serves as George Russell's (played by Morgan Spector) bedroom in The Gilded Age. Richard Morris Hunt designed this Beaux Arts-style mansion, which was ...