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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.
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Coat of Arms of Winthrop Rutherfurd. In 1895, Consuelo Vanderbilt fell in love with Rutherfurd, and Rutherfurd proposed marriage to her. [16] [17] However, Consuelo's mother Alva Vanderbilt forced Consuelo to travel to Europe, and pressured her to marry Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, in order to gain the title and status of a duchess.
More than two weeks after the body of an unidentified white woman was found dead on the grounds of the historic Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park, New York State Police released a photo to help ...
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After his death, his widow remarried to William Kissam Vanderbilt (1849–1920). [40] Vanderbilt, who had previously been married to Alva Smith, was the son of William Henry Vanderbilt and was the father of Consuelo Vanderbilt, William Kissam Vanderbilt II, and Harold Stirling Vanderbilt. [41] They remained married until his death in 1920. [33]
The death of an Arizona Wells Fargo employee who was found dead at her desk has been ruled a natural, sudden cardiac death, according to the local medical examiner.. The woman, 60-year-old Denise ...
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]