Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan was a Palm Beach society fixture from the time she settled in Manalapan with her second husband ...

They did, however, have an insanely lavish wedding.

On November 6, 1895, the 18-year-old Consuelo Vanderbilt married Charles, the ninth Duke of Marlborough at St. Thomas’s ...

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan was a Palm Beach society fixture from the time she settled in Manalapan with her second husband until her death in 1964.

Alva Belmont was a prominent Gilded Age socialite who married a Vanderbilt railroad heir. Later in life, she became a women's suffrage activist.

The Gilded Age's Gladys Russell (played by Taissa Farmiga) is said to be based on Consuelo Vanderbilt, who was an American ...

Harper (The It Girls) entices readers with this lively novel about wealthy American heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt. Forced into marriage by her mother, 18-year-old Consuelo marries Sunny, Charles ...

Consuelo Vanderbilt, who married the 9th Duke of Marlborough in 1895, with her son, The Marquess of Blandford, in 1899. She later married Jacques Balsan and moved to Palm Beach.

Elise Taylor is the senior living writer at Vogue. She covers interiors, travel, food, royals, and weddings. Previously, she worked at Vanity Fair and has contributed to The New York Times ...