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Consuelo Vanderbilt
March 2, 1877 – December 6, 1964
American socialite (1877-1964)
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Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan was an American socialite. She was a member of the Vanderbilt family and only daughter of William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Erskine Smith. Her first marriage to Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough has become a well-known example of the advantageous but loveless marriages common during the Gilded Age. The Duke obtained a large dowry through the marriage and reportedly told her — on their honeymoon — that he had married her only "because he felt obliged to save Blenheim," his ancestral home.
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- Birthday · March 2
- Anniversary · December 6
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