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Her sister, María de la Natividad "Natica" Yznaga, married Sir John Lister-Kaye on 5 December 1881. [9] Her brother, Fernando Yznaga, [10] was married to Mary Virginia "Jennie" Smith, sister of Alva Belmont, Consuelo's childhood best friend. Vanderbilt's daughter Consuelo Vanderbilt was her god-daughter and named after her.
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.
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 ...
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Mrs. Fernando Yznaga, née Miss Mabel Wright, of New York, c. 1894. On September 22, 1880, Yznaga was married to Mobile, Alabama-born Mary Virginia "Jennie" Smith (1856–1926), sister of Alva (née Smith) Vanderbilt at the Vanderbilt home in Oakdale on Long Island. [15]
In the 1880s, Alva Vanderbilt succeeded in rising to the top of New York society; Arabella Huntington–one of the richest women in America–did not. Why?
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]