Consuelo Vanderbilt

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Consuelo Vanderbilt was a prominent American socialite and heiress of the Gilded Age whose marriage into the British aristocracy made her the Duchess of Marlborough and a symbol of the era’s transatlantic “dollar princesses.”

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American
Duchess of Marlborough
heiress
socialite
associatedWith Gilded Age
transatlantic marriages between American heiresses and European aristocrats
birthDate 1877-03-02
birthPlace New York
New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
causeOfFame high-profile society marriage to a British duke
large inheritance from the Vanderbilt fortune
child John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough
Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
deathDate 1964-12-06
deathPlace England
Hampshire
Southampton
divorceDateWith Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
familyName Vanderbilt
father William Kissam Vanderbilt
fullName Consuelo Vanderbilt self-link
genre memoir
givenName Consuelo
knownFor philanthropic activities in Britain and France
support for hospitals and charitable institutions
languageOfWork English
marriageStart 1895-11-06
marriageWith Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
memberOf Vanderbilt family
mother Alva Erskine Smith
Alva Erskine Vanderbilt
surface form: Alva Vanderbilt
movement social reform and philanthropy
notableFor being a leading American socialite of the Gilded Age
being a prominent "dollar princess"
marriage into the British aristocracy
notableWork The Glitter and the Gold
publicationDateOf The Glitter and the Gold, 1953
relative Cornelius Vanderbilt
Winston Churchill
religion Episcopalian
residence Blenheim Palace
England
France
New York City
Oxfordshire
secondMarriageStart 1921-07-04
secondMarriageWith Jacques Balsan
spouse Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
Jacques Balsan
title Duchess Consuelo of Marlborough
Duchess of Marlborough

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Alva Erskine Vanderbilt child Consuelo Vanderbilt
William Kissam Vanderbilt child Consuelo Vanderbilt
Consuelo Vanderbilt fullName Consuelo Vanderbilt self-link
Spencer-Churchill family notableMember Consuelo Vanderbilt