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.

Consuelo Vanderbilt was the best known “dollar princess”—or, American heiresses that English aristocrats married for their ...

In 1895, she forced her daughter, Consuelo Vanderbilt, to marry the Duke of Marlborough. Consuelo Vanderbilt. Bettmann Archive/Contributor/Getty Images ...

Eagle's Nest was built for William K. Vanderbilt II between 1910 and 1936, and is now home to a museum, planetarium, hiking ...

Together, she and Vanderbilt had three children: Consuelo, William Kissam Jr., and Harold Stirling. In 1882, the couple spent $3 million to build a mansion on "Millionaires' Row" on Fifth Avenue ...

Eagle's Nest was built for William K. Vanderbilt II between 1910 and 1936, and is now home to a museum, planetarium, hiking trails, and more.

The IRL Consuelo, Duchess of Buckingham was a friend of the Vanderbilt family — she was Consuelo Vanderbilt’s godmother and namesake — so Alva Vanderbilt was very aware of the weakness ...

Alva Vanderbilt took the opportunity to have a Duchess in the family, and paid a dowry of $2.5 million to the Duke of Marlborough for him to wed her daughter, Consuelo.

Consuelo Vanderbilt's bedroom. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider Consuelo Vanderbilt wrote that her mother had "forbidden the intrusion of my personal possessions" in her bedroom, according to the Marble ...

Alva Vanderbilt was known for her ostentatious parties, spearheading the creation of the Metropolitan Opera House, and marrying her daughter Consuelo to an English Duke.

Most importantly, though, The Gilded Age finally gives Gladys Russell (Taissa Farmiga) the full Consuelo Vanderbilt storyline, with some stunning twists. Photo: HBO ...